Miniaturization: Fundamental Concepts and Applications

This lecture covers the fundamental concepts of miniaturization in chemical engineering, including characteristic process times, process efficiency, and the coupling of characteristic times. It explores the opportunities that miniaturization offers in enhancing heat and mass transfer, as well as the selective intensification of reactions. The instructor discusses the effect of scale on process parameters and efficiency, providing examples of first-order reactions in different reactor types. Various coupling scenarios are presented, illustrating how different phenomena interact in miniaturized systems.