Novel Approaches for Chemical Process Intensification
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 4820
Special Issue Editor
Interests: process intensification; multifunctional reactors; adsorption processes; simulated moving bed reactors
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Dear Colleagues,
In June of 2019, a group of experts from academia, industry, governmental agencies, technical societies, and institutes gathered in Leiden ( Netherlands) to among other topics, discuss the role of process intensification (PI) as an essential tool in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It was proposed to update the definition of IP to move it away from a narrow view too focused on size and efficiency. First, PI should be viewed as an approach “by function”, instead of the conventional process design by unit operations. By looking at a process from the function perspective, it is possible to design multifunctional or hybrid units that enable PI's objectives to be achieved. Second, an approach that focuses not only on the process itself but also on what happens “outside or as a consequence of the process”. In this context, any action directed to improve a process performance should consider its impact on the environment through increased emissions, on the process economics through increased fixed and operating costs, and on the complexity of the processes through increased technical and safety risks. In summary, the focus of PI should be redirected to the sustainability of the chemical processes.
This Special Issue on “Novel Approaches for Chemical Process Intensification” aims to collect high-quality research studies addressing innovative ways of thinking about the intensification of chemical processes from a sustainability point of view.
Dr. Nuno Graça
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Hybrid processes
- Integrated processes
- Multifunctional units
- Sustainability
- Process intensification
- Process design
