Chemical Projects Scale Up: How to go from Laboratory to Commercial

by Joe M. Bonem

Overview

Chemical Projects Scale Up: How to Go from Laboratory to Commercial covers the chemical engineering steps necessary for taking a laboratory development into the commercial world. The book includes the problems associated with scale up, equipment sizing considerations, thermal characteristics associated with scale up, safety areas to consider, recycling considerations, operability reviews and economic viability. In addition to the process design aspects of commercializing the laboratory development, consideration is given to the utilization of a development in an existing plant.

• Explains how heat removal for exothermic reactions can be scaled up
• Outlines how a reactor can be sized from batch kinetic data
• Discusses how the plant performance of a new catalyst can be evaluated
• Presents how the economics of a new product/process can be developed
• Discusses the necessary evaluation of recycling in commercial plants

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128137284
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/31/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Mr. Bonem’s highly productive five-decade career has included over three decades in Polymers manufacturing and process development with Exxon Chemical as well as 20 years in consulting. He is available for consulting in his areas of expertise. These areas include all phases of chemical engineering including Technology Transfer and Assimilation, Process Development and Scaleup, Project Basis Development and Process Design, Plant Performance Improvements and Safety Assessment of New and Existing Technology. Mr. Bonem is experienced in the development and mentoring of young engineers, and has extensive experience in working in foreign countries and cultures. He also has experience serving as an expert witness.

Table of Contents

1. Potential Problems with Scaleup2. Equipment Design Considerations3. Developing Commercial Process Flow Sheets4. Thermal Characteristics for Reactor Scaleup5. Safety Considerations6. Recycle Considerations7. Supplier’s Equipment Scaleup8. Sustainability9. Project Evaluation10. Emerging Technology Contingency11. Other Uses of Study Design12. Scaling Up to Larger Commercial Sizes13. Defining and Mitigating Risk14. Typical Case Studies15. Epilogue: Final Words and Acknowledgements

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Provides the techniques and know how to scale up from the laboratory to commercial operation, including economic evaluations