Chemical projects scale up : how to go from laboratory to commercial /

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 associa...

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Main Authors: Bonem, Joe M.
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128136102
Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xix, 212 pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780128137284
0128137282
Index Number: TP155
CLC: TQ02
Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 -- Potential Problems With Scale-up; Equipment Related; Mode Related; Theoretical Considerations; Thermal Characteristics; Safety Considerations; Recycle Considerations; Regulatory Requirements; Project Focus Considerations; Take Home Message; 2 -- Equipment Design Considerations; Introduction; Reactor Scale-up; Laboratory Batch Reactor to Larger Batch Reactor (Pilot Plant or Commercial); Laboratory Batch Reactor to a Commercial Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor; Laboratory Batch Reactor to a Commercial Tubular Reactor
Laboratory Tubular Reactor to a Commercial Tubular ReactorReactor Scale-up Example; Problem 2-1; Summary of Considerations for Reactor Scale-up; Supplier's Scale-ups; Volatile Removal Scale-up; Example Problem 2-2; Problem Statement; Summary of Key Points for Scale-up of Volatiles Removal Equipment; Other Scale-ups Using the Same Techniques; Solid-Liquid Separation; Example Problem 2-3; Problem Statement; Given; Pilot Plant Data; Required Commercial Operating Needs; Problem Approach; Pilot Plant Calculations and Comments; Commercial Calculations; 3 -- Developing Commercial Process Flow Sheets
4 -- Thermal Characteristics for Reactor Scale-up5 -- Safety Considerations; Use of New Chemicals; Change in Delivery Mode for Chemicals; Impact of a New Development on Shared Facilities; Reaction By-Products That Might be Produced; Storage and Shipping Considerations; Step-Out Designs; 6 -- Recycle Considerations; Why Have a Recycle System in a Pilot Plant?; Impurity Buildup Considerations; 7 -- Supplier's Equipment Scale-up; Agitator and Mixer Scale-up; Indirect Heated Dryer; Summary of Working With Suppliers of Specialty Equipment; 8 -- Sustainability; Long-Term Changes in Existing Technology
Long-Term Availability and Cost of Feeds and CatalystsLong-Term Availability and Cost of Utilities; Disposition of Waste and By-Product Streams; Operability and Maintainability of Process Facilities; Summary; 9 -- Project Evaluation Using CAPEX and OPEX Inputs; Introduction; CAPEX and OPEX; Project Timing and Early Design Calculations; 10 -- Emerging Technology Contingency (ETC); Application; Contributors/Reviewers; References; 11 -- Other Uses of Study Designs; Identifying High Cost Parts of CAPEX and OPEX; Identifying Areas Where Unusual or Special Equipment Is Required
Identifying Areas for Future Development WorkIdentifying the Size-limiting Equipment; Identifying Areas Where There Is a Need for Consultants; Summary; 12 -- Scaling Up to Larger Commercial Sizes; Summary; 13 -- Defining and Mitigating Risks; Techniques for Definition and Mitigation of Risk; Required Manpower Resources; Reasonable Schedules; Cooperative Team Spirit and Culture; 14 -- Typical Cases Studies; Successful Case Studies; Unsuccessful Case Studies; Production of an Inorganic Catalyst; Development of a New Polymerization Platform.