CL631 PROCESS INTENSIFICATION
CO1 process intensification in industrial processes
CO2 implementation of methodologies for process intensification.
CO3 scale up issues in the chemical processes
CO4 process challenges using intensification technologies
Introduction: Process Intensification (PI) Applications, The philosophy and opportunities of Process Intensification, Main benefits from process intensification, Process-Intensifying equipment, Process intensification toolbox, Techniques for PI application.
Process Intensification through micro reaction technology: Effect of miniaturization on unit operations and reactions, Implementation of Micro-Reaction Technology, From basic properties to technical design rules, Inherent Process restrictions in miniaturized devices and their potential solutions, Micro-fabrication of reaction and unit operation devices - Wet and Dry Etching processes.
Scales of mixing, Flow patterns in reactors, mixing in stirred tanks: Scale up of mixing, Heat transfer. Mixing in intensified equipment, Chemical Processing in High-Gravity Fields Atomizer, Ultrasound atomization, Nebulizers, High intensity inline mixer reactors, Static mixers, Ejectors, Tee mixers, Impinging jets, Rotor stator mixers, Design principles of static Mixers- Applications of static mixers, Higee reactors.
Combined chemical reactor heat exchangers and reactor separators: Principles of operation; Applications, Reactive absorption, Reactive distillation, Applications of RD processes, Fundamentals of Process Modeling, Reactive Extraction Case Studies, Absorption of NOx-Coke Gas Purification.
Compact heat exchangers: Classification of compact heat exchangers, Plate heat exchangers, Spiral heat exchangers, Flow pattern, Heat transfer and pressure drop, Flat tube-and-fin heat exchangers, Microchannel heat exchangers, Phase-change heat transfer, Selection of heat exchanger technology, Feed/effluent heat exchangers, Integrated heat exchangers in separation processes, Design of compact heat exchanger - examples.
Enhanced fields: Energy based intensifications, Sono-chemistry, Basics of cavitation, Cavitation reactors, Flow over a rotating surface, Hydrodynamic cavitation applications, Cavitation reactor design, Nusselt-flow model and mass transfer, The Rotating Electrolytic Cell, Microwaves, Electrostatic fields, Sonocrystallization, Reactive separations, upercritical fluids.
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