Process Engineering Renewal 2

Process Engineering Renewal 2

by Éric Schaer, Jean-Claude André
Released October 2020
Publisher(s): Wiley-ISTE
ISBN: 9781786305541

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Book description


Process engineering emerged at the beginning of the 20th Century and has become an essential scientific discipline for the matter and energy processing industries. Its success is incontrovertible, with the exponential increase in techniques and innovations. Rapid advances in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, as well as current societal needs – sustainable development, climate change, renewable energy, the environment – are developments that must be taken into account in industrial renewal. Process Engineering Renewal 2 focuses on research in process engineering, which is partly overshadowed by the sciences that contribute to its development. The external constraints of this interface science must be seen in relation to conservation, sustainable development, global warming, etc., which are linked to current success and the difficulty of taking risks in research.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
    1. I.1. A brief history
    2. I.2. A little bit of the future
    3. I.3. Resolving emerging problems
    4. I.4. Innovating to save the Earth
    5. I.5. Framing elements
  5. 1 From “Autonomous” Research to Societal Solutions
    1. 1.1. Positioning of process engineering
    2. 1.2. A forced transition
  6. 2 Highly “Autonomous” Research
    1. 2.1. Intensification
    2. 2.2. Additive manufacturing
    3. 2.3. Nanotechnologies
  7. 3 Externally Stimulated Research
    1. 3.1. Chemistry and process engineering
    2. 3.2. Biotechnologies – bioprocess engineering
    3. 3.3. Impacts of digital technology
    4. 3.4. Product engineering
    5. 3.5. Materials and process engineering
    6. 3.6. Biomimicry and process engineering
    7. 3.7. Complexity and process engineering
  8. 4 Research in Response to Societal Questions
    1. 4.1. General framework
    2. 4.2. Some additional elements
    3. 4.3. Energies
    4. 4.4. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  9. 5 Non-Exhaustive List of Possible Actions in Process Engineering
    1. 5.1. Process engineering under constraints stimulating upstream research
    2. 5.2. Methodological development and paradigms
    3. 5.3. Challenges and innovations
    4. 5.4. Possible science behind the application
  10. 6 Consequences and Attempting to Reach an Operative Conclusion
    1. 6.1. A provisional assessment
    2. 6.2. A possible operational conclusion
  11. Appendix 1: Process Engineering in the French National Strategy and in “Horizon Europe”
    1. A1.1. Critical preamble
    2. A1.2. Introduction
    3. A1.3. Horizon Europe and other Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development (FWPs)
    4. A1.4. Concerning manufacturing methodologies
    5. A1.5. Concerning the transformation of matter (and energy)
    6. A1.6. Concerning energies
    7. A1.7. Partial conclusion
    8. A1.8. National strategies and programs
    9. A1.9. Provisional conclusion
  12. Appendix 2: Reminders on Artificial Intelligence
    1. A2.1. Introduction
    2. A2.2. Artificial intelligence
    3. A2.3. Current limitations of artificial intelligence
    4. A2.4. A French perspective
  13. Appendix 3: Between Process and Environmental Engineering
    1. A3.1. Introduction
    2. A3.2. Environmental engineering – framing
    3. A3.3. Major challenges in environmental engineering
    4. A3.4. In fact, the reality is that
    5. A3.5. Conclusion
  14. References
  15. Index
  16. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Process Engineering Renewal 2
  • Author(s): Éric Schaer, Jean-Claude André
  • Release date: October 2020
  • Publisher(s): Wiley-ISTE
  • ISBN: 9781786305541