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Process Intensification: Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility Process Intensification: Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility, 2nd ed. By David Reay, Colin Ramshaw, and Adam Harvey. Butterworth-Heinemann/IChemE, Woburn, MA. 2013. 591 + xiii pp. £95.00. ISBN 978-0-08-098304-2.
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rocess chemists will be disappointed that this second edition of Process Intensif ication does not cover more of the tremendous advances in microreactor technology and other fine-chemicals related technologies (e.g., those used at Lonza for fine-chemicals manufacture) that have taken place over the past few years. Nevertheless, other Organic Process Research & Development readers will enjoy it since this is definitely a book for process engineers. After introductory chapters plot the history of process intensification followed by a brief overview of the topic, it covers topics such as compact and microheat exchangers, reactors, separation processes, and intensified mixing. The second part of the book explores application areas, with Chapter 8 covering “Petrochemicals and Fine Chemicals”. However, there are few examples from the fine organic chemicals sector or the pharmaceuticals industry. Later chapters describe applications in “Offshore Processing”, “Miscellaneous Process Industries”, and “The Built Environment: Electronics and the Home”. The final chapter is devoted to “Specifying, Manufacturing and Operating PI Plant”, and contains a number of useful appendices, for example, a list of equipment suppliers. Overall, this is a useful book for process engineers (but definitely not for process chemists) who would like to know more about intensified chemical reactions as well as unit operations and equipment.
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Trevor Laird, Editor AUTHOR INFORMATION
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
Published: December 13, 2013 © 2013 American Chemical Society
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