Green Chemistry and Reaction Engineering I

The objective of the section is to inform the chemical engineering community about novel processes and/or reaction mechanisms that reduce consumption of raw materials, energy, unit operations, emissions, and/or generation of waste. Consideration will be given to papers clearly describing the elimination of reaction steps, or the use of less hazardous chemicals to produce consumer products, commodity and/or specialty chemicals, synthetic chemicals and feedstocks, and biofuels. Other areas of interest include the conversion of waste into value added products and more efficient environmental remediation technologies. The papers should quantitatively compare (e.g., investigate the reduction of pollutants or raw materials) the conventional chemistry with the proposed new green (sustainable) chemistry or reaction engineering. Some examples of topics include reactions/separations using supercritical fluids, generation of biofuels from non-food related and waste feedstocks, and integration of reaction and separation steps.