Chemical Engineering

Unlike extensive major reference works or handbooks, Chemical Engineering: Trends and Developments provides readers with a ready-reference to latest techniques in selected areas of chemical engineering where research is and will be focused in the future. These areas are: bioseparations; particle science and design; nanotechnology; and reaction engineering. The aim of the book is to provide academic and R&D researchers with an overview of the main areas of technical development and how these techniques can be applied. Each chapter focuses on a technique, plus a selection of applications or examples of where the technique could be applied.

Unlike extensive major reference works or handbooks, Chemical Engineering: Trends and Developments provides readers with a ready-reference to latest techniques in selected areas of chemical engineering where research is and will be focused in the future. These areas are: bioseparations; particle science and design; nanotechnology; and reaction engineering. The aim of the book is to provide academic and R&D researchers with an overview of the main areas of technical development and how these techniques can be applied. Each chapter focuses on a technique, plus a selection of applications or examples of where the technique could be applied.

List of Contributors.Preface.1. The Art and Science of Upscaling (Pedro E. Arce, MichelQuintard and Stephen Whitaker).2. Solubility of Gases in Polymeric Membranes (M. GiacintiBaschetti, M. G. De Angelis, F. Doghieri, G. C. Sarti).3. Small Peptide Ligands for Affinity Separations ofBiological Molecules (Guangquan Wang, Jeffrey R. Salm, Patrick V.Gurgel and Ruben G. Carbonell).4. Bioprocess Scale-up: SMB as a promising technique forindustrial separations using IMA (E.M. Del Valle, R. Gutierrez andM.A. Galan)5. Opportunities in catalytic reaction engineering.Examples of heterogeneous catalysis in water remediation andpreferential CO oxidation (J. Levec).6. Design and analysis of homogeneous and heterogeneousphotoreactors (A.E. Cassano and O.M. Alfano).7. Development of nano-structured micro-porous materialsand their application in bioprocess - chemical processintensification and tissue engineering (G. Akay, M.A.Bokhari, V.J. Byron, and M. Dogru).8. The encapsulation art: scale-up and applications (M.A.Galán, C.A. Ruiz and E.M. Del Valle).9. Continuous processes for fine coatings and membranes(Skip Scriven).10. Langmuir-blodgett films: a window to nanotechnology(M.E. Diaz and R. Cerro).11. Advances in process integration and supply changemanagement (Ignacio Grossman).12. Integration of Process Systems Engineering and BusinessDecision Making Tools: Financial Risk Management and Other EmergingProcedures (Miguel Bagajewicz).Index.