Process intensification in the petrochemicals industry: Drivers and hurdles for commercial implementation

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-73

  Harmsen, Jan ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividing wall column; Implementation; Industry; Innovation; Process intensification; Reactive distillation; Reverse flow reactors; Scale up; Success factors

Indexed keywords

DIVIDING WALL COLUMN; DIVIDING WALL COLUMNS; INNOVATION PROCESS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; REVERSE FLOW REACTOR; SCALE-UP; SUCCESS FACTORS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST REDUCTION; DISTILLATION; HEALTH RISKS; PETROCHEMICALS; TECHNOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 75249086547     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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