(443c) Innovating Chemical R&D Processes By Treating Them As Metaphorical “Chemical Processes” | AIChE

(443c) Innovating Chemical R&D Processes By Treating Them As Metaphorical “Chemical Processes”

Authors 

Velegol, D. - Presenter, Penn State University
The goal of this talk is to frame the Chemical R&D process itself as a type of "chemical process". This framing enables dramatic improvements in throughput, value of products and services for customers, speed from idea to market, improved sustainability, and more. In this talk we analyze the innovation process according to "chemistries" (e.g., idea catalysts and generation, idea transfer concepts), streams (e.g., desired outputs, inputs, recycles, purges), and unit operations (e.g., idea generation “reactors” and idea evaluation “separators”). This perspective enables the analysis and measurement of R&D, including analysis of dynamics, providing a coherent philosophy for innovation processes that can significantly improve the flow of valuable R&D innovations.