Process Intensification
Process Intensification
Process Intensification
Process Intensification
Maximizing the effectiveness Giving same experience of
of intra- and intermolecular processes for each of the
events. molecule.
PRINCIPLES
Suitable equipment
- plug-flow reactor with gradientless, volumetric heating (microwave
heating)
-Optimizing Transport
the driving rate across
the interfaces
forces
-Maximize
the specific - output
areas - the interfacial area (diameter )
- the ratio of surface area to volume
Illustrated by blood capillary
Maximizing
synergistic
Maximum usage at macroscale and also on
affects from molecular and meso scale.
spatial
processes.
Example:-
Reaction equilibrium can be shifted by
removing the product in situ from the
reaction environment.
Approaches of
Process Intensification
Structure
(spatial
domain)
Time Energy
(temporal APPROACHES (thermodynamic
domain) domain)
Synergy
(functional
domain)
STRUCTURE Spatial domain
• Will affect the effectiveness of the reaction events
• Will also affect the activity of molecular reactor.