Micro process engineering is approaching both academia and industry. With the provision of micro devices, systems and whole plants by commercial suppliers, one main barrier for using these units has been eliminated.

Chemical Micro Process Engineering focuses on processes and their plants rather than on devices: what is 'before', 'behind' and 'around' micro device fabrication - and gives a comprehensive and detailed overview on the micro-reactor plants and three topic-class applications which are mixing, fuel processing, and catalyst screening.

Thus, Chemical Micro Process Engineering reflects the current level of development from 'micro-reactor design' to 'micro-reactor process design'.

Contents:

1. Mixing of Miscible Fluids
   • Mixing in Micro Spaces—Drivers, Principles, Designs and Uses
   • Active Mixing
   • Passive Mixing

2. Micro Structured Fuel Processors for Energy Generation
   • Outline and Definitions
   • Factors Affecting the Competitiveness of Fuel Processors
   • Design Concepts of Micro Structured Reactors for Fuel Processing Applications
   • Micro Structured Test Reactors for Fuel Processing
   • Combustion in Micro Channels as Energy Source for Fuel Processors
   • Micro Structured Reactors for Gas Purification (CO Clean-up)
   • Integrated Micro Structured Reactor Fuel Processing Concepts
   • Comparison of Micro Structured Fuel Processor Systems with Conventional Technologies
   • Fabrication Techniques for Micro Structured Energy Generation Systems

3. Catalyst Screening
   • Introduction
   • Catalyst Preparation Methodology
   • Parallel Batch Screening Reactors
   • Screening Reactors for Steady Continuous Operation
   • Reactors for Transient/Dynamic Operation
   • Computational Evaluation Methods

4. Micro Structured Reactor Plant Concepts
   • Micro Reactor or Micro Structured Reactor Plant (MRP)
   • Applicable Principles for Micro Structured Reactor Plant (MRP) Design
   • Process Conception and Economics
   • Early Concepts for Micro Structured Reactor Plant Design
   • Fluidic and Electrical Interconnects-Device-to-Device and Device-to-World
   • Table-Top Laboratory-Scale Plants
   • Hybrid Plants
   • Mobile Plants
   • Production Plants
   • Plant Installations and Supplier-specific Assemblies
   • Process Management
   • Process Engineering
   • New Processes for Cost-efficient Reactor Manufacturing

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