title: Transfer of the epoxidation of soybean oil from batch to flow chemistry guided by cost and environmental issues.
abstract: The simple transfer of established chemical production processes from batch to flow chemistry does not automatically result in more sustainable ones. Detailed process understanding and the motivation to scrutinize known process conditions are necessary factors for success. Although the focus is usually "only" on intensifying transport phenomena to operate under intrinsic kinetics, there is also a large intensification potential in chemistry under harsh conditions and in the specific design of flow processes. Such an understanding and proposed processes are required at an early stage of process design because decisions on the best-suited tools and parameters required to convert green engineering concepts into practice-typically with little chance of substantial changes later-are made during this period. Herein, we present a holistic and interdisciplinary process design approach that combines the concept of novel process windows with process modeling, simulation, and simplified cost and lifecycle assessment for the deliberate development of a cost-competitive and environmentally sustainable alternative to an existing production process for epoxidized soybean oil.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany. dana.kralisch@uni-jena.de
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kralisch
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Streckmann
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: Ulich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Krtschil
authors.forename: Elio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santacesaria
authors.forename: Martino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Serio
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Lucrezia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Carlo
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Linhart
authors.forename: Engelbert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Christian
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cortese
authors.forename: Mart H J M
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: de Croon
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hessel
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D013024:Soybean Oil / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D013024:Soybean Oil