Product-driven process design – from molecule to enterprise provides process engineers and process engineering students with access to a modern and stimulating methodology to process and product design.

Throughout the book the links between product design and process design become evident while the reader is guided step-by-step through the different stages of the intertwining product and process design activities. Both molecular and enterprise-wide considerations in design are introduced and addressed in detail. Several examples and case studies in emerging areas such as bio- and food-systems, pharmaceuticals and energy are discussed and presented. This book is an excellent guide and companion for undergraduate, graduate students as well as professional practitioners.

• Foreword 8
• Contents 10
• Part I: Process Design 20
• 1. Introduction 20
• 2. Performance products in a challenging environment 26
• 3. A structured approach for product-driven process design of consumer products 106
• 4. Formulation of design problems and identification of consumer wants 136
• 5. Product function and generation of ideas 162
• 6. Network of tasks, mechanisms and operational window 182
• 7. Equipment selection and design 202
• 8. Multi-product and multi-product-equipment integration 250
• 9. Molecular product design 260
• Part II: Process Design Principles 278
• 10. Process synthesis 278
• 11. Process simulation 294