Window of opportunity - Potential of increase in profitability using modular compact plants and micro-reactor based flow processing

Green Processing and Synthesis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-336

  Gürsel, Iris Vural ^a   Hessel, Volker ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Noël, Timothy ^a   Lang, Jürgen ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Micro process technology; Modular plants; Net present value

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS;

COMPACT PLANTS; FLOW PROCESSING; MICRO PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROPROCESS; MODULAR PLANT; MODULARIZATIONS; MODULARS; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; THE NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV);

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84882260955     PISSN: 21919542     EISSN: 21919550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/gps-2012-0046     Document Type: Article

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