Chemical Process Simplification: Improving Productivity and Sustainability

1 Process Simplification: Basic Guidelines 1 

2 Process Solutions 9 

3 Commonalities of Businesses 53 

4 Laboratory Process Development 77 

5 Mass and Heat Balance 95 

6 Reaction Kinetics 111 

7 Physical Properties 123 

8 Combination of Heat, Mass Balance, and Physical Properties 135 

9 Cross-Fertilization of Technologies 159 

10 Scale-up to Commercialization 171 

Appendix A: Ideas and Observations from the Author 189 

Appendix B: Related Articles by the Author 231 

Index 279