Batch to Continuous: Process Intensification and Green Chemistry

This lecture discusses the transition from batch to continuous processing in chemical engineering, focusing on the advantages and limitations of both reactor types, high pressure processing, criteria for implementing continuous processing, and examples of pressure-enhanced reactions. It covers the potential benefits of continuous reactors, such as increased mixing intensity, homogeneous mixing, reduced holdup, and enhanced heat and mass transfer. The use of supercritical fluids as solvents is explored, highlighting their properties, advantages, and operational regions. The lecture also delves into the effects of high pressure conditions on volume, viscosity, and dielectric constant, as well as the criteria for choosing industrializable technologies and the advantages of continuous processing over batch processing.