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Towards Small‐Scale Continuous Chemical Production: Technology Gaps and Challenges
Author(s) -
Pashkova Aneta,
Greiner Lasse
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201100037
Subject(s) - production (economics) , scale (ratio) , biochemical engineering , scale up , process engineering , environmental science , engineering , economics , geography , microeconomics , physics , cartography , classical mechanics
Continuous processes are highly attractive and their advantages are textbook knowledge. However, for small‐scale chemical production (typically up to 100 t per year) batch processes are the predominant application. Why this is the case and what factors dominate the decision is analyzed. Apart from technological reasons, socioeconomic, as well as human factors have to be accounted for.