Modular Systems

Recent advances in automation, communications, and systems integration are changing the way chemical, materials, and energy processes are developed and deployed. It has become far easier to source pilot and demonstration-scale facilities from dedicated third-party vendors, and these facilities are now shipped globally on a regular basis. As the capabilities of these deployable systems increase, it will become possible to scale up facilities by integrating additional modular units, rather than by increasing the size and capacity of individual vessels, reactors, and sub-systems. This session will present and discuss recent developments pertaining to the state of the art of integrated, modular, deployable facilities and their applications.