CHE 1545 - PROCESS INTENSIFICATION - REACTION ENGINEERING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description What is PI? "Process intensification" (PI) refers to the design and implementation of novel manufacturing processes to achieve drastic improvements in energy efficiency, productivity, and safety, while strongly reducing emissions, cost, and physical footprint. To put it simply: it's a reaction engineer's contribution to making the chemical industry more sustainable by "making more with less". While the historical roots of PI date back to the 1970s, it has only emerged as a technological trend over the past two decades and is now gaining rapid momentum across all sectors of the chemical industry. What will you learn? In this course, we will discuss various approaches to achieve process intensification, identify overarching principles that underlie PI, and learn about current drivers and barriers for implementation of PI across the chemical industry. Students will learn about novel "intensified" equipment and operating modes, approaches to decarbonize chemicals processing, and graduate students will be challenged to apply PI principles to their own realm of research. Who should enroll? The course is tailored for senior undergraduate and graduate students with a solid foundation in reaction engineering fundamentals, i.e. either ChE400 (Reactive Process Engineering) or an equivalent "Kinetics & Reactor Design" course is a minimum prerequisite. This class will be especially valuable to students with interest in clean and sustainable manufacturing, or the circular economy.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CHE 0400

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