Process Development & Chemical Manufacturing | AIChE

Session Chairs:

  • Ravi Dixit, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Patrick Newby, Lubrizol

Session Description:

Successful process development involves scaling up process information from concept to commercial scale while meeting safety, technical and economic objectives as well as meeting customer and market expectations.  Process development includes process research and innovation; scale-up; process design, construction and operation of pilot plant or laboratory units; technology transfer; and optimization of manufacturing processes.  Different scale up strategy is used depending on whether the product is a large volume commodity chemical or a specialty product for a niche market.  In this session the emphasis will be on process development strategies for specialty chemical manufacturing involving both batch and continuous processes, and those demonstrating technology integration and sustainable principles.

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Schedule:

TIME PRESENTATION SPEAKER
1:30pm-2:00pm Options to Reduce Cooling Water Consumption in Fertilizer Plants Eberhard Lucke, CH2M Hill
2:00pm-2:30pm From Micro to Macro without Migraines Elizabeth Bennett, Lubrizol
2:30pm-3:00pm Coffee
3:00pm-3:30pm What Have I Learnt from My Process Development & Commercialization Experience? Anil Mehta, The Dow Chemical Company
3:30pm-4:00pm Dehydration and Purification of Spent Tetra Hydro Furan Solvent Sameer Thorat, Ingenero