Applications in Design and Simulation of Sustainable Chemical Processes

Table of Contents

Part I: SYSTEMATIC METHODS IN CONCEPTUAL PROCESS DESIGN 1. Sustainable Process Technology 2. Process Systems Approach in Conceptual Process Design

Part II: COMMODITY CHEMICALS 3. Methanol 4. Methanol-To-Ole?n Process 5. Propylene by Ole?n Metathesis 6. Isobutene Dimerization

Part III: RENEWABLE FUELS AND BIOCHEMICALS 7. Castor Oil Biore?nery�

8. Bioethanol and Biobutanol 9. Biodiesel 10. Dimethyl Ether 11. Fuel Additives

Part IV INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS 12. Styrene Manufacturing 13. Acetic Acid 14. Acrylic Acid 15. Acrylic Monomers 16. Dimethyl Carbonate 17. Polyesters

Authors

Alexandre C. Dimian University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania. Alexandre Dimian, PhD, is one of the pioneers in Europe in using computer-aided process engineering (CAPE) in industry and for teaching. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University "Politehnica� of Bucharest, and TU Hanover, and MSc in Computer Science from Ecole Centrale Paris. As professor in the Netherlands, he taught various process design and integration courses at graduate and postgraduate level from 1993 to 2011, at the University of Amsterdam and TU Eindhoven. He has a solid industrial experience working many years as consultant in CAPE applications with major companies in France and the Netherlands, namely in using computer simulation for design and operation of complex industrial processes. Professor Dimian is member of the Romanian Technical Academy and was awarded a Dr.H.C. title by the University "Politehnica� of Bucharest, where he is continuing the scientific activity. Costin Sorin Bildea University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. Costin S. Bildea, PhD, is professor at University "Politehnica� of Bucharest and invited professor at Delft University of Technology, teaching various courses in the field of Chemical Engineering. He holds MSc degrees in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Process Control, as well as a PhD title from University of Amsterdam. Professor Bildea is carrying on research activities in the field of integration between process design and process control, publishing more than 120 scientific papers and 2 books. In 2009, he received the prestigious "Nicolae Teclu" prize of Romanian Academy for his work in the field of design, control, and automation in industrial process engineering. Anton A. Kiss University of Manchester. Tony Kiss is a professor and chair in chemical engineering at The University of Manchester, and a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder. He has over a decade of industrial experience, working as Senior Project Manager and RD&I Specialist in Separation Technology at AkzoNobel - Research, Development & Innovation. Besides his industrial role, he has been appointed as part-time professor of Separation Technology at University of Twente (Sustainable Process Technology group). He holds a PhD title from University of Amsterdam, and he was also Post Doctoral research fellow at TU Delft and University of Amsterdam. During the past decade, he carried out many research & industrial projects, supervised graduation projects, published several textbooks, book chapters, and over 100 scientific articles. For the pioneering research work, he received in 2013 the Hoogewerff Jongerenprijs - a very prestigious award recognizing the most promising young scientist in The Netherlands. He also led his research team to receive in 2013 the AkzoNobel Innovation Excellence Award for the most successful industrial innovation. More information is available at: www.tonykiss.com