In the frame of globalization and sustainability, process intensification, a path to the future of chemical and process engineering (molecules into money)

2007 ◽  
Vol 134 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 84-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Charpentier
Keyword(s):  
Process Intensification ◽  
Process Engineering ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals In the frame of globalization, some tracks for the future of chemical and process engineering

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-115
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Charpentier
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Process Intensification ◽  
Process Engineering ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Multiscale Approach ◽  
New Production ◽  
Production Scale ◽  
Chemical Process Industry ◽  
The Future

In today's economy, chemical engineering must respond to the changing needs of the chemical process industry in order to meet market demands. The evolution of chemical engineering is necessary to remain competitive in global trade. The ability of chemical engineering to cope with managing complex systems met in scientific and technological problems is addressed in this paper. Chemical Engineering is vital for sustainability: to satisfy both the market requirements for specific end-use properties of products and the social and environmental constraints of industrial-scale processes. An integrated system approach of complex multidisciplinary, non-linear non-equilibrium processes and phenomena occurring on different length and time scales is required. This will be obtained due to breakthroughs in molecular modeling, scientific instrumentation and related signal processing and powerful computational tools. The future of chemical engineering can be summarized by four main objectives: (1) Increase productivity and selectivity through intensification of intelligent operations and a multiscale approach to processes control; (2) Design novel equipment based on scientific principles and new production methods: process intensification using multifunctional reactors and microengineering and microtechnology (3) Extend chemical engineering methodology to product design and engineering using the "triplet 3PE molecular Processes-Product-Process Engineering" approach; (4) Implement multiscale application of computational chemical engineering modeling and simulation to real-life situations from the molecular scale to the production scale.

Market Demand versus Technological Development: the Future of Chemical Engineering

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Charpentier
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Process Intensification ◽  
Multiscale Approach ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
New Production ◽  
Production Scale ◽  
Chemical Process Industry ◽  
The Future

In today’s economy, Chemical Engineering must respond to the changing needs of the chemical process industry in order to meet market demands. The evolution of chemical engineering is necessary to remain competitive in global trade. The ability of chemical engineering to cope with scientific and technological problems is addressed in this paper. Chemical Engineering is vital for sustainability: to satisfy both the market requirements for specific end-use properties of products and the social and environmental constraints of industrial-scale processes. A multidisciplinary, multiscale approach to chemical engineering is evolving due to breakthroughs in molecular modelling, scientific instrumentation and related signal processing and powerful computational tools. The future of chemical engineering can be summarized by four main objectives: (1) Increase productivity and selectivity through intensification of intelligent operations and a multiscale approach to process control; (2) Design novel equipment based on scientific principles and new production methods: process intensification; (3) Extend chemical engineering methodology to product design and product focussed processing using the 3P Engineering “molecular Processes-Product-Process” approach; (4) Implement multiscale application of computational chemical engineering modelling and simulation to real-life situations from the molecular scale to the production scale.

On the Future of Business Process Engineering

2012 ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
Frank Schönthaler ◽  
Gottfried Vossen ◽  
Andreas Oberweis ◽  
Thomas Karle
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Engineering ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Ecological Advanced Innovation Design Approach for Efficient Integrated Upstream and Downstream Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3291-3300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Livotov ◽  
Mas'udah Mas'udah ◽  
Arun Prasad Chandra Sekaran ◽  
Richard Law ◽  
David Reay
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Process Intensification ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Process Engineering ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
Downstream Processes

AbstractProcess engineering industries are now facing growing economic pressure and societies' demands to improve their production technologies and equipment, making them more efficient and environmentally friendly. However unexpected additional technical and ecological drawbacks may appear as negative side effects of the new environmentally-friendly technologies. Thus, in their efforts to intensify upstream and downstream processes, industrial companies require a systematic aid to avoid compromising of ecological impact. The paper conceptualises a comprehensive approach for eco-innovation and eco- design in process engineering. The approach combines the advantages of Process Intensification as Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE), inventive tools of Knowledge-Based Innovation (KBI), and main principles and best-practices of Eco-Design and Sustainable Manufacturing. It includes a correlation matrix for identification of eco-engineering contradictions and a process mapping technique for problem definition, database of Process Intensification methods and equipment, as well as a set of strongest inventive operators for eco-ideation.

Process intensification in the future production of base chemicals from biomass

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 117-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.P.M. Sanders ◽  
J.H. Clark ◽  
G.J. Harmsen ◽  
H.J. Heeres ◽  
J.J. Heijnen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Process Intensification ◽  
Future Production ◽  
The Future
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