A Chemical Engineering View of Reaction Path Synthesis - ACS

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4 A Chemical Engineering View of Reaction Path Synthesis RAKESH GOVIND and GARY J. POWERS

Downloaded by UNIV LAVAL on September 28, 2015 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date: June 1, 1977 | doi: 10.1021/bk-1977-0061.ch004

Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213

The synthesis, analysis, and evaluation of reaction paths i s of fundamental importance i n the chemical process industries. Research and development chemists and chemical engineers are often confronted with problems which are best solved by u t i ­ l i z i n g chemical reactions. Figure 1 shows a matrix of the common problems and possible solutions encountered i n the chemical process industries. Problems associated with products may be classified into those which deal with compounds or mixtures of compounds which are a new market for the company and those which are existing products. Separation problems which might be solved by chemical reactions (e.g. use chemical reactions to convert one or more of the species i n a mixture

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