Four main objectives for the future of chemical and process engineering mainly concerned by the science and technologies of new materials production

Charpentier, Jean‐Claude

doi:10.1016/j.cej.2004.12.004

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“…This research area holds promise in disparate fields ranging from automation of chemical analysis (Dittrich et al, 2006;Manz et al, 1990;West et al, 2008) to medical diagnostics (Abgrall and Gué, 2007;Haeberle and Zengerle, 2007;Melin and Quake, 2007) through to process intensification (Charpentier, 2005;Dudukovic, 2009;Haswell, 2006;Jensen, 2001). …”

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On importance of surface forces in a microfluidic fluidized bed

Živković

Biggs

2015

Chemical Engineering Science

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Fluidized beds potentially offer a means of significantly enhancing mixing, heat and mass transfer under the low Reynolds number flow conditions that prevail in microfluidic devices. However, as surface forces at the microscale can be significant relative to hydrodynamics forces, fluidization within a microfluidic channel can be potentially hindered or even prevented through particle adhesion to the channel walls.We have used the acid-base theory of van Oss, Chaudhury and Good to predict the propensity for adhesion of particles on microfluidic fluidized bed walls for various practically important wall material/particle/fluid combinations. Comparison of the results from this approach with experimental observations indicates it provides a robust means of predicting the adhesion propensity. It is also demonstrated how results from the model can be used to estimate for a system of interest the particle size range in which the particle-wall surface forces transition from being dominate to being insignificant.

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On importance of surface forces in a microfluidic fluidized bed

Živković

Biggs

2015

Chemical Engineering Science

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“…Schemes coupling cyclic operation devices, in series or in parallel, start to receive attention in chemical engineering (Chin and Wang 2004, Hur and Wankat 2005, Charpentier 2005). Coupling of different technologies as for instance: SMB with PSA, SMB with crystallization, PSA with separation by sedimentation, fluidization or membrane filtration is also of interest.…”

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Polystochastic Models for Complexity

Iordache¹

2010

Understanding Complex Systems

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Complexity is an interdisciplinary program publishing the best research and academic-level teaching on both fundamental and applied aspects of complex systems -cutting across all traditional disciplines of the natural and life sciences, engineering, economics, medicine, neuroscience, social and computer science.Complex Systems are systems that comprise many interacting parts with the ability to generate a new quality of macroscopic collective behavior the manifestations of which are the spontaneous formation of distinctive temporal, spatial or functional structures. Models of such systems can be successfully mapped onto quite diverse "real-life" situations like the climate, the coherent emission of light from lasers, chemical reaction-diffusion systems, biological cellular networks, the dynamics of stock markets and of the internet, earthquake statistics and prediction, freeway traffic, the human brain, or the formation of opinions in social systems, to name just some of the popular applications.Although their scope and methodologies overlap somewhat, one can distinguish the following main concepts and tools: self-organization, nonlinear dynamics, synergetics, turbulence, dynamical systems, catastrophes, instabilities, stochastic processes, chaos, graphs and networks, cellular automata, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms and computational intelligence.The two major book publication platforms of the Springer Complexity program are the monograph series "Understanding Complex Systems" focusing on the various applications of complexity, and the "Springer Series in Synergetics", which is devoted to the quantitative theoretical and methodological foundations. In addition to the books in these two core series, the program also incorporates individual titles ranging from textbooks to major reference works. Future scientific and technological developments in many fields will necessarily depend upon coming to grips with complex systems. Such systems are complex in both their composition -typically many different kinds of components interacting simultaneously and nonlinearly with each other and their environments on multiple levels -and in the rich diversity of behavior of which they are capable. Editorial and Programme Advisory BoardThe Springer Series in Understanding Complex Systems series (UCS) promotes new strategies and paradigms for understanding and realizing applications of complex systems research in a wide variety of fields and endeavors. UCS is explicitly transdisciplinary. It has three main goals: First, to elaborate the concepts, methods and tools of complex systems at all levels of description and in all scientific fields, especially newly emerging areas within the life, social, behavioral, economic, neuroand cognitive sciences (and derivatives thereof); second, to encourage novel applications of these ideas in various fields of engineering and computation such as robotics, nano-technology and informatics; third, to provide a single forum within which commonalities and differences in the workings of comple...

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“…1 Process Intensification (PI) is a design approach to achieving real benefits in manufacturing and processing, such as substantially reducing equipment size, boosting plant efficiency, saving energy, reducing capital costs and minimizing environmental impact, and increasing safety, remote control and automation. Membrane technology has the potential to contribute to achieving these strategic goals by replacing conventional energy-intensive techniques, such as distillation and evaporation, to accomplish the selective and efficient transport of specific components, to improve the performance of reactive processes and, ultimately, to provide reliable options for sustainable industrial growth.…”

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“…In this context, future challenges of chemical engineering involve increasing productivity and selectivity via intensification and multi-scale control of processes; designing innovative equipment and implementing more efficient production methods; driving chemical engineering methodology to fit end-use properties required by the customer; and realizing multi-scale applications of computational chemical engineering from molecular scale to complex production scale. 1 Process Intensification (PI) is a design approach to achieving real benefits in manufacturing and processing, such as substantially reducing equipment size, boosting plant efficiency, saving energy, reducing capital costs and minimizing environmental impact, and increasing safety, remote control and automation. Membrane technology has the potential to contribute to achieving these strategic goals by replacing conventional energy-intensive techniques, such as distillation and evaporation, to accomplish the selective and efficient transport of specific components, to improve the performance of reactive processes and, ultimately, to provide reliable options for sustainable industrial growth.…”

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Membrane engineering for process intensification: a perspective

Drioli

Curcio

2007

J of Chemical Tech & Biotech

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Pushed by the increasing demand for materials, energy and products, chemical engineering today faces a crucial challenge: to support a sustainable industrial growth. One possible solution is process intensification (PI), the innovative design strategy aiming to improve manufacturing and processing by decreasing the equipment size/productivity ratio, energy consumption and waste production using innovative technical solutions. Membrane processes meet the requirements of PI because they have potential to replace conventional energy-intensive techniques, to accomplish the selective and efficient transport of specific components, and to improve the performance of reactive processes. Here, we identify the most interesting aspects of membrane engineering in some strategic industrial sectors. The opportunity to integrate conventional membrane units with innovative systems in order to exploit the potential advantages coming from their synergic applications is also emphasized.  2007 Society of Chemical IndustryKeywords: membrane engineering; integrated membrane systems; process intensification; membrane contactors INTRODUCTIONHow to satisfy the increasing demand for raw materials, energy and products under the constraints imposed by sustainable development is a complex problem, but possible solutions can be found by the rational integration and implementation of new industrial, economical, environmental and social strategies.In this context, future challenges of chemical engineering involve increasing productivity and selectivity via intensification and multi-scale control of processes; designing innovative equipment and implementing more efficient production methods; driving chemical engineering methodology to fit end-use properties required by the customer; and realizing multi-scale applications of computational chemical engineering from molecular scale to complex production scale.

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Four main objectives for the future of chemical and process engineering mainly concerned by the science and technologies of new materials production

Cited by 43 publications

References 27 publications

On importance of surface forces in a microfluidic fluidized bed

On importance of surface forces in a microfluidic fluidized bed

Polystochastic Models for Complexity

Membrane engineering for process intensification: a perspective

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