Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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A Brief History of Process Intensification |
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1 | (20) |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (4) |
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6 | (2) |
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The chemical process industry - the process intensification breakthrough at ICI |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (2) |
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Non-chemical industry related applications of rotating heat and mass transfer |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (3) |
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19 | (2) |
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Process Intensification - An Overview |
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21 | (26) |
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21 | (1) |
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What is process intensification? |
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21 | (3) |
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The original ICI PI strategy |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (11) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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To whet the reader's appetite |
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39 | (1) |
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Equipment summary - finding your way around this book |
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40 | (1) |
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40 | (7) |
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44 | (3) |
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The Mechanisms involved in Process Intensification |
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47 | (30) |
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47 | (2) |
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Intensified heat transfer - the mechanisms involved |
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49 | (14) |
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Intensified mass transfer - the mechanisms involved |
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63 | (2) |
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Electrically enhanced processes - the mechanisms |
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65 | (5) |
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70 | (4) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (3) |
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74 | (3) |
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Compact and Micro-Heat Exchangers |
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77 | (26) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (13) |
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91 | (3) |
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What about small channels? |
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94 | (4) |
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Heat transfer applications of chemical reactions |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (3) |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (84) |
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Reactor engineering theory |
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103 | (6) |
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109 | (19) |
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Oscillatory baffled reactors (OBRs) |
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128 | (9) |
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137 | (4) |
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Micro-reactors (including hex-reactors) |
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141 | (18) |
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159 | (4) |
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163 | (4) |
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167 | (3) |
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170 | (2) |
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Miscellaneous intensified reactor types |
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172 | (8) |
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180 | (7) |
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180 | (7) |
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Intensification of Separation Processes |
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187 | (28) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (10) |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (2) |
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Precipitation and crystallisation |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (4) |
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212 | (3) |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (8) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (4) |
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Mixing on a spinning disc |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (3) |
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221 | (2) |
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Application Areas - Petrochemicals and Fine Chemicals |
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223 | (42) |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (24) |
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Fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
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250 | (8) |
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Bioprocessing or processing of bioderived feedstock |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (5) |
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260 | (5) |
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Application Areas - Offshore Processing |
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265 | (22) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (4) |
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Offshore on platforms or subsea |
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270 | (11) |
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281 | (3) |
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Safety offshore - can PI help? |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (2) |
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285 | (2) |
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Application Areas - Miscellaneous Process Industries |
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287 | (36) |
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287 | (1) |
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287 | (6) |
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The food and drink sector |
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293 | (10) |
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303 | (5) |
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The metallurgical and glass industries |
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308 | (4) |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (7) |
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320 | (3) |
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320 | (3) |
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Application Areas - The Built Environment, Electronics and the Home |
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323 | (32) |
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323 | (1) |
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Refrigeration/heat pumping |
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324 | (10) |
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334 | (4) |
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338 | (14) |
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352 | (3) |
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352 | (3) |
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Specifying, Manufacturing and Operating PI Plant |
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355 | (80) |
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355 | (1) |
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Various approaches to adopting PI |
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356 | (3) |
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359 | (5) |
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364 | (5) |
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Installation features of PI plant |
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369 | (1) |
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Pointers to the successful operation of PI plant |
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369 | (1) |
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The `systematic' approach to selecting PI technology |
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370 | (5) |
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An application of the methodology to synthesis gas/hydrogen production |
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375 | (9) |
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The ultimate goal - whole plant intensification |
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384 | (2) |
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386 | (3) |
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387 | (2) |
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Appendix 1 Abbreviations Used |
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389 | (2) |
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391 | (2) |
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Appendix 3 Relevant Review Papers/Texts |
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393 | (4) |
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Appendix 4 Equipment Suppliers |
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397 | (18) |
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Appendix 5 R&D Organisations, Consultants and Miscellaneous Groups Active in PI |
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415 | (14) |
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Appendix 6 A Selection of Other Useful Contact Points, including Networks and Web Sites |
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429 | (6) |
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UK Assistance/information/support programmes |
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429 | (1) |
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Centres of excellence/groupings |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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432 | (3) |
Index |
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