Process intensification and design encompass a suite of innovative methodologies aimed at achieving radical improvements in efficiency, sustainability, and economic viability in chemical processing ...

(a) Temporal tracer molar fraction distribution; (b) mean residence time; (c) dimensionless variance. A recent study published in Engineering delves into the crucial role of mixing intensification in ...

The production of chemicals employing, for example, hydrogenation of alkynes, nitrobenzoic acid and alpha-methyl styrene, and oxidations of bulk feedstocks such as glycerol, glucose and ethanol demand ...

Sonochemical reactors are based on the generation of cavitational events using ultrasound and offer immense potential for the intensification of physical and chemical processing applications. The ...

AMES, Iowa – On a whim, Iowa State University’s Robert C. Brown asked students to crank up the oxygen. Brown and the engineers in his research group had worked for years to develop a thermochemical ...

Photograph of a floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition reactor. Recycling gases through this floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition reactor offers a more efficient route to making carbon ...

Distillation remains a backbone technology in the chemical process industry despite its historically high energy consumption. In recent years, research has focused on improving the thermal efficiency ...