Process intensification 4.0: A new approach for attaining new, sustainable and circular processes enabled by machine learning

Processes Intensification for Sustainability: Prospects and Opportunities

“…Boodhoo & Harvey indicated that PI should be the pillar of sustainability and green engineering, promoting interdisciplinarity of process engineering, process control, microprocess technology, and process integration. López-Guajardo et al explained that the initial purpose of PI4.0 is to connect the industry to the Internettransforming factories into a three-helix model (smart, efficient, and economic)to sustainability and technology circularity. Etchells mentioned that PI has the potential to be an important factor in inherent safety and a basic element in achieving sustainability, but it should be considered as part of a balanced risk assessment of the process, athough, sometimes, technology may frame safety issues that mean that an intensified process is not necessarily the best choice.…”

Fluidized‐bed reactor scale‐up: Reaction kinetics required

“…These initiatives sparked the exploration of new process intensification technologies. Much of the current research investigates the intersection of Process Systems Engineering and more traditional chemical engineering fields 3–5 . Boffito and Rivas suggest that combining experimental data with the increasingly advanced computational methods from Industry 4.0 facilitates the adoption of process intensification principles in the chemical industry 6 .…”

“…intersection of Process Systems Engineering and more traditional chemical engineering fields. [3][4][5] Boffito and Rivas suggest that combining experimental data with the increasingly advanced computational methods from Industry 4.0 facilitates the adoption of process intensification principles in the chemical industry. 6 However, Powell rightfully points out that our ability to simulate complex multiscale phenomena does not automatically lead to a priori process predictions required for scale-up success.…”

Can process intensification change the future of biodiesel?

“…López-Guajardo et al have presented the concept of Process Intensification 4.0 which is the integration between PI, Industry 4.0 and Circular Chemistry [146]. The real-time data based simulation and prediction of the DT are identified as important tools to achieve the next generation of PI [146].…”

“…López-Guajardo et al have presented the concept of Process Intensification 4.0 which is the integration between PI, Industry 4.0 and Circular Chemistry [146]. The real-time data based simulation and prediction of the DT are identified as important tools to achieve the next generation of PI [146]. The PI 4.0 takes advantages of Industry 4.0 data-driven tools and algorithms to develop, improve and deploy innovative technologies and circular processes, thus, improving the viability of sustainable transitions in process industries [146].…”