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Intensification and Sustainability in Chemical Engineering

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Cíntia Soares, Natan Padoin, Simon Kuhn
  • Language: English

Intensification and Sustainability in Chemical Engineering serves as a comprehensive guide to chemical process engineering, and how to make processes as sustainable as possib… Read more

Description

Intensification and Sustainability in Chemical Engineering serves as a comprehensive guide to chemical process engineering, and how to make processes as sustainable as possible. Across four sections, this book covers topics such as sustainability metrics, energy efficiency, renewable energy integration, green synthesis, process intensification, circular economy, electrification, biotechnology, digitalization, and nanotechnology - all of which crucial concepts in developing sustainable chemical processes as they address challenges, drive sustainability, and promote innovation within the field of chemical engineering. This book serves as an invaluable resource to students at postgraduate and late undergraduate level within chemical engineering, as well as other engineering disciplines involving sustainable chemical processes. This book would also be a useful reference for students, industrial researchers and process designers working in other industries, or decision/ policy makers looking to make their research design and practices more sustainable and reduce their environmental impact.

Key features

  • Includes review questions and learning outcomes in each chapter, as well as example discussion questions and potential proposal topics for future research
  • Discusses future implications for process engineering, focusing on crucial advances such as digitalization, automation, artificial Intelligence, and control in process Intensification
  • Includes multiple case studies and real-life examples of sustainable processes and technologies across industries
  • Outlines both the foundations and emerging trends in sustainable chemical process engineering, to equip students and researchers alike with a strong theoretical framework for their research and studies
  • Covers innovations in catalysis and materials, such as advanced catalysts and nanotechnology applications in chemical engineering

Readership

Students at graduate level and above in chemical engineering and related areas (Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Food Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemistry); Industry professionals working in process intensification, sustainable practices, and innovation in chemical processing

Table of contents

Section I: Foundations and Emerging Trends

1. Introduction: The Role of Intensification, Sustainability, and Innovation in the Chemical Engineering of the 21st Century

2. Global Challenges and Future Perspectives

Section II: Sustainable Processes and Technologies

3. Sustainability Metrics and Assessment in Chemical Engineering

4. Energy-Efficient Operation and Integration of Reaction and Downstream Processes

5. Renewable Energy Integration in Chemical Processes

6. Nuclear Energy in Sustainable Chemical Engineering

7. Renewable Feedstock Utilization in Chemical Processing

8. Green and Sustainable Chemical Synthesis

9. Net-Zero Chemical Processing 10. Process Intensification in the Chemical Industry

11. Circular Economy, Recycling and Waste Valorization

12. Photochemistry in Chemical Processing

13. Electrification of the Chemical Industry

14. The Role of Biotechnology in Sustainable Chemical Engineering

Section III: Advanced Manufacturing and Control

15. Continuous Manufacturing in the Chemical Processing

16. Digitalization, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Control in Process Intensification

17. Model-Based Process Intensification

Section IV: Innovations in Catalysis and Materials

18. Advanced Catalysts and Sustainable Catalytic Processes

19. Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials in Chemical Engineering

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Cíntia Soares

Cíntia Soares is a Full Professor at the Chemical and Food Engineering Department of Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis/SC, Brazil. Cíntia has a strong background in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), with several papers published in this field in well-recognized journals. Cíntia is involved with the Elsevier published Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (JECE), Chemical Engineering Science (CES) and with the Springer Nature published Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Chemical and Food Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Natan Padoin

Natan Padoin is an Adjunct Professor at the Chemical and Food Engineering Department of Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis/SC, Brazil. Natan has a strong background in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), with several papers published in this field in well-recognized journals. He is also involved with the Elsevier published Chemical Engineering Journal (CEJ).
Affiliations and expertise
Chemical and Food Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Simon Kuhn

Simon Kuhn is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Simon is specifically interested in transport processes and reactions, with expertise centered on experimental and computational aspects of transport limitations in chemical engineering applications, and their scale-up from the micro- to production scale. This rational approach by combining numerical and experimental techniques will support a reactor design toolbox for process intensification. Simon is involved with the Elsevier published Chemical Engineering Science journal.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium