Chemical industry future

A genuine commitment to sustainability will mean more than resolving these concerns - it will mean real innovation in the chemical industry. Future generations will continue to need chemicals, and the industrial transformation of chemicals, to meet human needs, will continue to require ingenuity and enterprise. However, the types of chemicals and how they are used must be significantly reconsidered. 

Membrane Technology in the Chemical Industry Future Directions... 

I 7 Membrane Technology in the Chemical Industry Future Directions (a) Conventional solvent dewaxing process... 

R.W. Baker, Membrane technology in the chemical industry Future directions, in S.P. Nunes, K.V. Peinemann, eds.. Membrane Technology in the Chemical Industry, 2nd Ed., WUey-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, 2006, pp. 305-335. 

Benson and Ponton (1993) and Ponton (1996) have speculated on the ultimate results of continuing efforts for process minimization. They envision a twenty-first century chemical industry totally revolutionized by technological innovation, automation, and miniaturization. Small, distributed manufacturing facilities would produce materials on demand, at the location where they are needed. Raw materials would be nonhazardous, and the manufacturing processes would be waste free and inherently safe. While their vision of future technology is speculative, we are beginning to see progress in this direction. 

Butadiene is a diolefmic hydrocarbon with high potential in the chemical industry. In 1955, it was noticed that the assured future of butadiene (CH2=CH-CH=CH2) lies with synthetic rubber. . . the potential of butadiene is in its chemical versatility. .. its low cost, ready availability, and great activity tempt researchers. 

The expenditure, and potential savings estimated by the UK Committee on Corrosion for a variety of industries are shown in Table 9.1. The savings shown are those which could be made by better use of available knowledge, and do not include the potential benefit of future research and development. The costs referred to are mainly those arising in the industries concerned, or, in certain cases, sustained by users of the products because of the need for protection, maintenance and replacement of the materials of construction. In the oil and chemical industries the costs of using corrosion resistant... 

These chemicals have all been produced since the beginning of the chemical industry by various and sometimes changing processes. When process changes were made, it was almost always for economic reasons, that is, to make products at lower cost. It seems unlikely that still lower cost processes will be developed, but there may be future process changes for some of these chemicals because of environmental concerns. 

The fact that our daily lives are so dependent on the chemical industry does not appear to be widely recognized, even by those working in the chemical industry. And so, as companies are forced in a world economy to become more productive and more quality conscious, as well as having a greater concern for the environment, it becomes essential that their present and future employees understand the basic concepts upon which the chemical industry (indeed, our modern existence) is based. This book is designed to aid in that understanding by reviewing the important aspects of industrial chemistry in a way that can be understood even by those who have not taken any formal chemistry courses. 

The Future s Green an Integrated Approach to a Greener Chemical Industry... 

Whilst, in general terms, industry is in agreement with the objectives of the White Paper there is disagreement over implementation. The main concerns of industry centre on the cost, timescale and increased use of animals for the testing of existing substances, many of which have been used for 30 years or more without any obvious problems. Satisfactory resolution of the issues could have a significant impact on the future direction of the European chemical industry. 

The partial arene derivative hydrogenation into cyclohexene or cyclohexa-diene as intermediates is also investigated. The process developed by Asahi Chemical Industry in Japan is an example of the selective formation of cyclohexene [6]. In the future, this reaction could be an active area of research due to the potential of the intermediate in organic synthesis. 

These examples represent the proverbial tip of the iceberg. In the future, zeolites and related solid acids will be widely applied as catalysts in the fine chemicals industry. One final example, worthy of mention, is a widely used reaction of long standing aromatic nitration. 

Some of the economic problems that confront the chemical industry and some practical problems of agriculture and society in general, resulting from the use of newer economic poisons, are discussed. Above all else, more facts are needed upon which to base both present procedures and future studies. 

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