Development tools, innovation process concept

From the very beginning, continuous reactor concepts, an alternative to the truly microfabricated reactors, were used, for example, static meso-scaled mixers or HPLCs and other smart tubing (see Iwasaki et al. 2006 for an example). This completed functionality by filling niches not yet covered by microfabricated reactors or even by replacing the latter as a more robust, more easily accessed or more inexpensive processing tool. Further innovative equipment, coming from related developments in the process intensification field, is another source e.g., structured packings such as fleeces, foams, or monoliths. 

The innovation process is a tool to help us develop sound concepts into profitable business opportunities. The process methodology offers a number of advantages ... 

As much as it is a key in achieving economic objectives, catalysis is also a powerful tool in realizing the goals of green chemistry. Innovation in the field of catalysis is driven by both profit motives and efforts to make more eco-efficient processes. Most often profits are markedly improved with the development of green processes. An important concept of green chemistry that can be addressed by the use of catalysis is atom-efficiency, also known as atom-economy. 

Area B New Methods and Tools deals with innovative concepts for supporting development processes, the synergistic and integrative use of these concepts, a methodology for implementing these new support concepts in the... 

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