Open AccessIntegrated Process Development: The Key to Future Production of Chemicals
Author(s) -
Elmar Heinzle,
Konrad Hungerbühler
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.1997.176
Subject(s) - key (lock) , production (economics) , process (computing) , risk analysis (engineering) , process management , development (topology) , biochemical engineering , development environment , process development , process safety , computer science , manufacturing engineering , business , engineering , operations management , work in process , computer security , economics , macroeconomics , operating system , mathematical analysis , mathematics , software engineering
Commercially successful chemical manufacturing needs to take into account stringent environmental and safety constraints already in the early stages of process development. All these necessary criteria have to be considered simultaneously. Information must be exchanged between all stages of development. Development has to be made in parallel. Economic, environmental, and safety criteria have to be considered broadly with respect to time and space. Some research examples of the 'Safety and Enviromental Protection in Chemistry Group' of ETH are briefly sketched.