Session VI: Process Intensification

Process intensification (PI) has attracted increasing attention from many in industry looking for opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining or increasing productivity. PI refers to any chemical engineering development that leads to a substantially smaller, cleaner, safer, and more energy efficient technology. These improvements are achieved by combining multiple unit operations or otherwise simplifying the overall process. Additional reductions in equipment footprint are enabled by enhancing mass and heat transfer. This session will feature talks on the practical implementation of processes incorporating PI and how challenges in scale up were overcome.