文档介绍：Batch Chemical Process Integration
Thokozani Majozi
Batch Chemical Process
Integration
Analysis, Synthesis and Optimization
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Prof. Dr. Thokozani Majozi
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood Road
0002 South Africa
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ISBN 978-90-481-2587-6 e-ISBN 978-90-481-2588-3
DOI -90-481-2588-3
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Foreword
Over the past three decades, process integration has evolved as a holistic approach
to design and operation which emphasizes the unity of the tackled systems. The
overwhelming majority of research publications and textbooks in the field have
focused on continuous systems. This has been the case for two main reasons. First,
until recently, most of the sizable process industries have been designed to oper-
ate in a near steady-state and continuous mode. This is changing given the need
to produce a number of specialty chemical to address variable market needs, the
increasing level of flexibility, and the emergence of new industrial sectors (.,
biorefineries) that favor batch operations. Second, process integration techniques
for unsteady-state operations are more challenging than those for steady-state oper-
ations. A