Reactive Distillation

Reactive Distillation is a very promising alternative to conventional reaction-distillation flow schemes. In a reactive distillation column the chemical conversion and the distillative separation of the product mixture are carried out simultaneously in one single unit. As a consequence of this integration process efficiency can be increased and investment and operational costs can be reduced. Highly renowned international experts from both industry and academia review the state-of-the-art and the future directions in application, design, analysis and control of reactive distillation processes. "New concepts of chemical synthesis have led to an increasing demand for miniaturization and more complex systems. Microreaction technology is a hot topic as it opens completely new possibilities for chemical engineering, combinatorial chemistry, and biotechnology." "This book outlines the fabrication techniques of microfluidic components, unit operations of micro-chemical engineering and current world-wide activities. Requirements with respect to needs of the chemical industry have been included." "Chemists, chemical engineers, biotechnologists, process engineers, microsystem technologists in the chemical and pharamaceutical industry and academia, as well as manufacturers of analytical instruments, will find this book a state-of-the-art review of this extremely interesting and rapidly developing field."--Jacket