title: Modular Chemical Process Intensification: A Review.
abstract: Modular chemical process intensification can dramatically improve energy and process efficiencies of chemical processes through enhanced mass and heat transfer, application of external force fields, enhanced driving forces, and combinations of different unit operations, such as reaction and separation, in single-process equipment. These dramatic improvements lead to several benefits such as compactness or small footprint, energy and cost savings, enhanced safety, less waste production, and higher product quality. Because of these benefits, process intensification can play a major role in industrial and manufacturing sectors, including chemical, pulp and paper, energy, critical materials, and water treatment, among others. This article provides an overview of process intensification, including definitions, principles, tools, and possible applications, with the objective to contribute to the future development and potential applications of modular chemical process intensification in industrial and manufacturing sectors. Drivers and barriers contributing to the advancement of process intensification technologies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0373.
authors.forename: Yong-Ha
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0373.
authors.forename: Lydia K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0373.
authors.forename: Sotira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yiacoumi
authors.affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0373.|Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6181; email: tsourisc@ornl.gov.
authors.forename: Costas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsouris
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels / Q000032:analysis / Q000191:economics; D002616:Chemical Engineering / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D004560:Electricity; D004867:Equipment Design; D000066388:Oil and Gas Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013016:Sound; D013814:Thermal Conductivity; D018508:Water Purification / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels
keywords: chemical and manufacturing processes; intensified equipment; intensified methods; modular chemical process intensification; process intensification principles