Process Development

The fine chemicals industry is concerned with the manufacture of relatively small volume products by multistage manufacturing processes. Pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, colouring materials and biocidal compounds are typical examples. Understanding the fundamental science behind these chemical processes is of great benefit in the development of efficient, high-yielding and environmentally friendly processes. However, there are no other texts which specifically address this topic by covering the physiochemical principles underpinning the subject. This primer outlines the strategy for obtaining the requisite data, and then goes on to outline the chemical and chemical engineering concepts involved in process development. These include a description of pre-reaction equilibria in single and two-phase systems, factors influencing selectivity in competing reactions, mixing effects in single and two-phase reactions, the science behind workup processes, and a discussion of the principles behind scale-up.

ISBN 0198503725   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780198503729 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 217 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Series editor Davies, Stephen G. Format Paperback   Series ISSN 79 Publication date 20 Jan 2000   Series title Oxford Chemistry Primers Non-book description 88 p. :   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress TP155.7.A8   Width (mm) 188 DEWEY 660.28   Spine width (mm) 6 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 96

1		The scope of process development		1
2		Strategy for process development		4
3		Pre-reaction equilibria		12
4		Competing reactions in homogeneous media		23
5		Mixing effects in pseudo-homogeneous systems		36
6		Equilibria in multiphase systems		46
7		Dispersion and mass transfer in multi-phase systems		54
8		Mass-transfer and reaction in two-phase systems		64
9		Product isolation and workup		75
10		Scale-up		84
		Index		89

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