Process Design, Integration, and Intensification

Dear Colleagues,

With the growing emphasis on enhancing the sustainability and efficiency of industrial plants, process integration and intensification are gaining additional interest throughout the chemical engineering community. Some of the hallmarks of process integration and intensification include a holistic perspective in design and the enhancement of material and energy intensity. The techniques can apply to individual unit operations, multiple units, a whole industrial  facility, or even a cluster of industrial plants.

This Special Issue on “Process Design, Integration, and Intensification” aims to cover recent advances in the development and application of process integration and intensification. Topics include, but are not limited to, methods and/or application in the following areas:

• Systematic approaches to mass, energy, and property integration
• Unit and system intensification
• Conservation of natural resources
• Mitigation of environmental impact
• Techno-economic studies of emerging processes (e.g., shale gas monetization, biorefining)
• Integration of renewable energy in industrial processes
• Inherently safer design
• Metrics for assessing integration and/or intensification
• Eco-industrial parks

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi
Prof. Dr. Dominic C. Y. Foo
Guest Editors

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