Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Chapter 1 A Brief History of Process Intensification |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2.1 The rotating boiler/turbine concept |
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1.2.2 NASA work on rotating boilers |
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1.3 The rotating heat pipe |
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1.3.1 Rotating air conditioning unit |
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1.4 The chemical process industry - the process intensification breakthrough at ICI |
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12 | (2) |
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1.5.1 The Podbielniak extractor |
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1.5.2 Centrifugal evaporators |
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1.5.3 The still of John Moss |
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1.5.4 Extraction research in Bulgaria |
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1.6.1 Catalytic plate reactors |
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1.6.2 Polymerisation reactors |
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1.6.3 Rotating fluidised bed reactor |
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1.6.4 Reactors for space experiments |
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1.6.5 Towards perfect reactors |
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1.7 Non-chemical industry-related applications of rotating heat and mass transfer |
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1.7.1 Rotating heat transfer devices |
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21 | (2) |
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1.8.2 Integration of process intensification and renewable energies |
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1.8.3 PI and carbon capture |
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23 | (4) |
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Chapter 2 Process Intensification - An Overview |
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27 | (1) |
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2.2 What is process intensification? |
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28 | (1) |
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2.3 The original ICI PI strategy |
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29 | (4) |
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33 | (13) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (6) |
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2.4.4 The business process |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (1) |
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2.7 To whet the reader's appetite |
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48 | (1) |
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2.8 Equipment summary - finding your way around this book |
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49 | (5) |
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54 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 The Mechanisms Involved in Process Intensification |
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57 | (2) |
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3.2 Intensified heat transfer - the mechanisms involved |
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59 | (16) |
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3.2.1 Classification of enhancement techniques |
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61 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Passive enhancement techniques |
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62 | (7) |
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3.2.3 Active enhancement methods |
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3.2.4 System impact of enhancement/intensification |
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3.3 Intensified mass transfer - the mechanisms involved |
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3.4 Electrically enhanced processes - the mechanisms |
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3.5.2 Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) |
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3.5.3 Opto-micro-fluidics |
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Chapter 4 Compact and Micro-heat Exchangers |
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91 | (2) |
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4.2 Compact heat exchangers |
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93 | (17) |
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4.2.1 The plate heat exchanger |
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96 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHE) |
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97 | (4) |
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4.2.3 The Chart-flo heat exchanger |
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101 | (2) |
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4.2.4 Polymer film heat exchanger |
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103 | (2) |
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4.2.5 Foam heat exchangers |
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105 | (3) |
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4.2.6 Mesh heat exchangers |
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108 | (2) |
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4.3 Micro-heat exchangers |
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110 | (3) |
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4.4 What about small channels? |
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113 | (4) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (3) |
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118 | (3) |
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121 | (84) |
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5.1 Reactor engineering theory |
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121 | (6) |
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122 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Residence time distributions (RTDs) |
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123 | (1) |
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5.1.3 Heat and mass transfer in reactors |
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124 | (3) |
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5.2 Spinning disc reactors |
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127 | (19) |
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5.2.1 Exploitation of centrifugal fields |
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127 | (1) |
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5.2.2 The desktop continuous process |
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128 | (1) |
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5.2.3 The spinning disc reactor |
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5.2.4 The Nusselt flow model |
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5.2.7 Film-flow instability |
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5.2.9 Heat/mass transfer performance |
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137 | (7) |
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5.2.10 Spinning disc reactor applications |
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5.3 Other rotating reactors |
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146 | (4) |
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5.3.1 Rotor stator reactors: the STT reactor |
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146 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Taylor-Couette reactor |
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147 | (2) |
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5.3.3 Rotating packed-bed reactors |
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149 | (1) |
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5.4 Oscillatory baffled reactors (OBRs) |
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152 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Liquid-liquid systems |
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153 | (1) |
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5.4.5 Biological applications |
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5.4.8 Oscillatory mesoreactors: scaling OBRs down |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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5.5 Micro-reactors (including HEX-reactors) |
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160 | (19) |
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5.5.1 The catalytic plate reactor (CPR) |
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162 | (4) |
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166 | (8) |
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5.5.3 The corning micro-structured reactor |
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174 | (2) |
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5.5.4 Constant power reactors |
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176 | (3) |
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5.6 Field-enhanced reactions/reactors |
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179 | (3) |
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5.6.1 Induction-heated reactor |
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179 | (1) |
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5.6.2 Sonochemical reactors |
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179 | (2) |
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5.6.3 Microwave enhancement |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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5.6.5 Laser-induced reactions |
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182 | (1) |
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5.7.1 Reactive distillation |
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184 | (1) |
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5.7.2 Reactive extraction |
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185 | (1) |
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5.7.3 Reactive adsorption |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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5.8.1 Tubular membrane reactor |
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187 | (1) |
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5.8.2 Membrane slurry reactor |
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187 | (2) |
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5.8.3 Biological applications of membrane reactors |
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189 | (1) |
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5.9 Supercritical operation |
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189 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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5.10 Miscellaneous intensified reactor types |
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191 | (8) |
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5.10.1 The Torbed reactor |
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191 | (7) |
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5.10.2 Catalytic reactive extruders |
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198 | (1) |
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5.10.3 Heat pipe reactors |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (6) |
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200 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Intensification of Separation Processes |
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205 | (46) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (15) |
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6.2.1 Distillation - dividing wall columns |
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206 | (2) |
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6.2.2 Compact heat exchangers inside the column |
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208 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Cyclic distillation systems |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (11) |
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225 | (3) |
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6.5.1 Electric drying and dewatering methods |
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226 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Membranes for dehydration |
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227 | (1) |
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6.6 Precipitation and crystallisation |
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228 | (3) |
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6.6.1 The environment for particle formation |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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6.6.3 Electric fields to aid crystallisation of thin films |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (4) |
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6.7.1 Description of the equipment |
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231 | (1) |
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6.7.2 Capture mechanism/efficiency |
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231 | (3) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (12) |
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6.8.2 The effect of microgravity |
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236 | (1) |
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6.8.3 The effect of high gravity |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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6.8.5 Rotary electrolysis cell design |
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239 | (2) |
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6.8.6 The static cell tests |
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241 | (3) |
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6.8.7 The rotary cell experiments |
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244 | (3) |
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247 | (4) |
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Chapter 7 Intensified Mixing |
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251 | (8) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (5) |
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252 | (3) |
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255 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Rotor stator mixers |
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256 | (1) |
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7.3 Mixing on a spinning disc |
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257 | (1) |
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7.4 Induction-heated mixer |
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257 | (1) |
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Chapter 8 Application Areas - Petrochemicals and Fine Chemicals |
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259 | (64) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (2) |
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8.2.1 Catalytic plate reactor opportunities |
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261 | (1) |
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8.2.2 More speculative opportunities |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (26) |
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8.3.1 Stripping and gas clean-up |
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263 | (4) |
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8.3.2 Intensified methane reforming |
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267 | (2) |
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8.3.3 The hydrocarbon chain |
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269 | (1) |
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8.3.4 Reactive distillations for methyl and ethyl acetate |
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270 | (1) |
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8.3.5 Formaldehyde from methanol using micro-reactors |
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270 | (2) |
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8.3.6 Hydrogen peroxide production - the Degussa PI route |
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272 | (1) |
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8.3.7 Olefin hydroformylation - use of a HEX-reactor |
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272 | (2) |
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8.3.8 Polymerisation - the use of spinning disc reactors |
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274 | (3) |
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8.3.9 Akzo Nobel Chemicals - reactive distillation |
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277 | (1) |
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8.3.10 The gas turbine reactor - a challenge for bulk chemical manufacture |
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277 | (10) |
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8.3.11 Other bulk chemical applications in the literature |
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287 | (1) |
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8.4 Fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
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288 | (12) |
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8.4.1 Penicillin extraction |
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288 | (2) |
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8.4.2 AstraZeneca work on continuous reactors |
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290 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Micro-reactor for barium sulphate production |
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290 | (1) |
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8.4.4 Spinning disc reactor for barium carbonate production |
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290 | (2) |
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8.4.5 Spinning disc reactor for producing a drug intermediate |
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292 | (2) |
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8.4.6 SDR in the fragrance industry |
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294 | (2) |
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8.4.7 A continuous flow microwave reactor for production |
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296 | (1) |
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8.4.8 Ultrasound and the intensification of micro-encapsulation |
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296 | (2) |
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8.4.9 Powder coating technology - Akzo Nobel powder coatings Ltd |
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298 | (1) |
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8.4.10 Chiral amines - scaling up in the Coflore flow reactor |
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298 | (2) |
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8.4.11 Plant-wide PI in pharmaceuticals |
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300 | (1) |
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8.5 Bioprocessing or processing of bioderived feedstock |
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300 | (2) |
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8.5.1 Transesterification of vegetable oils |
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300 | (1) |
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8.5.2 Bioethanol to ethylene in a micro-reactor |
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300 | (1) |
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8.5.3 Base chemicals produced from biomass |
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301 | (1) |
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8.6 Intensified carbon capture |
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302 | (13) |
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302 | (1) |
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8.6.2 Carbon capture methods |
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302 | (2) |
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8.6.3 Intensification of post-combustion carbon capture |
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304 | (8) |
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8.6.4 Intensification of carbon capture using other techniques |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (2) |
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317 | (6) |
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Chapter 9 Application Areas - Offshore Processing |
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323 | (26) |
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323 | (1) |
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9.2 Some offshore scenarios |
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324 | (4) |
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9.2.1 A view from BP a decade ago |
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324 | (1) |
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9.2.2 More recent observations - those of ConocoPhillips |
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324 | (3) |
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327 | (1) |
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9.3 Offshore on platforms or subsea |
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328 | (12) |
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328 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Down hole heavy crude oil processing |
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329 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Compact heat exchangers offshore (and onshore) |
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329 | (2) |
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9.3.4 Extending the PCHE concept to reactors |
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331 | (1) |
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9.3.5 HiGee for enhanced oil recovery - surfactant synthesis |
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332 | (1) |
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9.3.6 Deoxygenation using high gravity fields |
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333 | (7) |
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9.3.7 RF heating to recover oil from shale |
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340 | (1) |
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9.4 Floating production, storage and offloading systems (FPSO) activities |
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340 | (5) |
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9.5 Safety offshore - can PI help? |
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345 | (1) |
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346 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 Application Areas - Miscellaneous Process Industries |
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349 | (44) |
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10.2 The nuclear industry |
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349 | (6) |
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10.2.1 Highly compact heat exchangers for reactors |
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350 | (2) |
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10.2.2 Nuclear reprocessing |
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352 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Uranium enrichment by centrifuge |
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352 | (3) |
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10.3 The food and drink sector |
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355 | (16) |
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357 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Sector characteristics |
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357 | (1) |
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10.3.3 Induction-heated mixers |
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358 | (1) |
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10.3.4 Electric fields for drying and cooking |
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358 | (1) |
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10.3.5 Spinning discs in the food sector |
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359 | (5) |
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10.3.6 Deaeration systems for beverage packaging |
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364 | (3) |
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10.3.7 Intensified refrigeration |
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367 | (1) |
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10.3.8 Pursuit dynamics intensified mixing |
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368 | (1) |
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10.3.9 The Torbed reactor in food processing |
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369 | (2) |
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371 | (4) |
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10.4.1 Textile preparation |
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371 | (1) |
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371 | (1) |
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10.4.3 Textile effluent treatment |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (2) |
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10.4.5 Leather production |
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375 | (1) |
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10.5 The metallurgical and glass industries |
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375 | (5) |
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10.5.1 The metallurgical sector |
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375 | (3) |
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10.5.2 The glass and ceramics industry |
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378 | (2) |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (8) |
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10.7.1 Biodiesel production |
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382 | (2) |
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10.7.2 Waste/effluent treatment |
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384 | (5) |
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389 | (4) |
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Chapter 11 Application Areas - the Built Environment, Electronics, and the Home |
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393 | (44) |
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393 | (1) |
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11.2 Refrigeration/heat pumping |
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394 | (17) |
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11.2.1 The Rotex chiller/heat pump |
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395 | (4) |
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11.2.2 Compact heat exchangers in heat pumps |
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399 | (5) |
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11.2.3 Micro-refrigerator for chip cooling |
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404 | (2) |
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11.2.4 Absorption and adsorption cycles |
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406 | (5) |
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411 | (7) |
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11.3.1 Miniature fuel cells |
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411 | (3) |
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414 | (1) |
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414 | (3) |
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417 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (14) |
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419 | (3) |
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11.4.2 Micro-heat pipes - electronics thermal control |
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422 | (10) |
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432 | (5) |
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432 | (5) |
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Chapter 12 Specifying, Manufacturing and Operating PI Plant |
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437 | (144) |
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437 | (1) |
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12.2 Various approaches to adopting PI |
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438 | (4) |
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12.2.1 Process integration |
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439 | (1) |
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12.2.2 Britest process innovation |
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440 | (1) |
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12.2.3 Process analysis and development - a German approach |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (5) |
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12.3.1 Know your current process |
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442 | (3) |
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12.3.2 Identify process limiting factors |
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445 | (2) |
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12.3.3 Some key questions to address |
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447 | (1) |
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12.4 Equipment specification |
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447 | (7) |
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12.4.1 Concerns about fouling |
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449 | (1) |
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12.4.2 Factors affecting control and their relevance to PI plant |
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450 | (4) |
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454 | (1) |
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12.5 Installation features of PI plant |
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454 | (1) |
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12.6 Pointers to the successful operation of PI plant |
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454 | (2) |
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12.7 The systematic approach to selecting PI technology |
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456 | (5) |
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12.7.1 A process intensification methodology |
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456 | (5) |
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12.8 The ultimate goal - whole plant intensification |
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461 | (2) |
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12.9 Learning from experience |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (79) |
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464 | (2) |
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Appendix: Applications of the PI Methodology |
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466 | (1) |
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467 | (76) |
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Appendix 1 Abbreviations Used |
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543 | (2) |
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545 | (2) |
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Appendix 3 Equipment Suppliers |
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547 | (16) |
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Appendix 4 R&D Organisations, Consultants and Miscellaneous Groups Active in PI |
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563 | (14) |
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Appendix 5 A Selection of Other Useful Contact Points, Including Networks and Websites |
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577 | (4) |
Index |
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