This handbook covers the fundamentals on the design of micro process devices and their microfluidics, including their use for production or as laboratory tools, their fabrication technology and their characterisation, as well as their integration and functionalisation.
Focusing on production cost improvements, safety, energy and reducing the environmental impact throughout each step of the process, the book discusses how this technology can aid in finding solutions for global challenges, such as energy generation and storage, synthesizing new materials with new properties and improved products, plus such economic aspects as the market, new products and supply chain management.
Focusing on production cost improvements, safety, energy and reducing the environmental impact throughout each step of the process, the book discusses how this technology can aid in finding solutions for global challenges, such as energy generation and storage, synthesizing new materials with new properties and improved products, plus such economic aspects as the market, new products and supply chain management.
Table of Contents
MICRO PROCESS TECHNOLOGY AND ITS SUPERORDINATE PROCESSING EMBEDMENTMarket and Environmental Constraints
Factory–of–the–Future Concepts
Sustainability and Life–Cycle Analysis
Green Chemistry
Green Engineering
Process Intensification
Flow Chemistry
Microreactors and Micro Process Technology
REACTION ENGINEERING POTENTIAL TRANSPORT INTENSIFICATION
REACTION ENGINEERING POTENTIAL CHEMICAL INTENSIFICATION (′NOVEL PROCESS WINDOWS′)
Chemical Applicableness
Chemical Intensification through Harsh Conditions ′Novel Process Windows′
Chemical Intensification through High–Reactive Intermediates – ′Flash Chemistry′
PROCESS–DESIGN INTENSIFICATION (′NOVEL PROCESS WINDOWS′)
MICROMIXERS
Mixing Principles
Active and Passive Micromixers
Diffusion–based Micromixers
Convection–based Micromixers
Chaotic Advection Micromixers
Turbulent Micromixers
Design and Making of Micromixers
Mixing Characterization, including Analytical Techniques used
Applications of Micromixer Technologies
MICRO HEAT EXCHANGERS
Heat Exchange Fundamentals
Classification of Micro Heat Exchanger
Heat Transfer Characterization and Enhancement
Fouling of Micro Heat Exchangers
Scale–Out of Micro Heat Exchangers
MICROEVAPORATORS
FLOW SEPARATIONS
State–of–the–Art in Flow Separation
Micro Extractors
Micro Distillators/
Rectificators
Micro Chromatography Devices
Micro Membrane Devices
Integrated Reaction–Separation Devices
CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK
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