Synthesis Systems

A fundamentally different reaction system is under development by Air Products and Chem Systems (23). In this system, synthesis gas is bubbled through a slurry consisting of micrometer-sized methanol catalyst particles suspended in a paraffinic mineral oil. The Hquid phase serves as the heat sink to remove the heat of reaction. 

Ordinary diffusion involves molecular mixing caused by the random motion of molecules. It is much more pronounced in gases and Hquids than in soHds. The effects of diffusion in fluids are also greatly affected by convection or turbulence. These phenomena are involved in mass-transfer processes, and therefore in separation processes (see Mass transfer Separation systems synthesis). In chemical engineering, the term diffusional unit operations normally refers to the separation processes in which mass is transferred from one phase to another, often across a fluid interface, and in which diffusion is considered to be the rate-controlling mechanism. Thus, the standard unit operations such as distillation (qv), drying (qv), and the sorption processes, as well as the less conventional separation processes, are usually classified under this heading (see Absorption Adsorption Adsorption, gas separation Adsorption, liquid separation). 

The economics of the various methods that are employed to sequence multicomponent columns have been studied. For example, the separation of three-, four-, and five-component mixtures has been considered (44) where the heuristics (rules of thumb) developed by earlier investigators were examined and an economic analysis of various methods of sequencing the columns was made. The study of sequencing of multicomponent columns is part of a broader field, process synthesis, which attempts to formalize and develop strategies for the optimum overall process (45) (see Separation systems synthesis). 

Distillation (qv) is the most widely used separation technique in the chemical and petroleum industries. Not aU. Hquid mixtures are amenable to ordinary fractional distillation, however. Close-boiling and low relative volatihty mixtures are difficult and often uneconomical to distill, and azeotropic mixtures are impossible to separate by ordinary distillation. Yet such mixtures are quite common (1) and many industrial processes depend on efficient methods for their separation (see also Separation systems synthesis). This article describes special distillation techniques for economically separating low relative volatihty and azeotropic mixtures. 

Malone, M. F. and Doherty, M. F. (1995). Separation system synthesis for nonideal liquid mixtures. AlChE Symp. Ser., 91(304), 9-18. 

The finding that the anthelmintic thiazoloimidazole levamisole showed immunoregulatory activity spurred further investigation of this heterocyclic system. Synthesis of a highly modified analogue starts by displacement of bromine in keto ester 149 by sulfur in substituted benzimidazole 148. Cyclization of the product (150), leads initially to the carbinol 151. Removal of the ester group by saponification in base followed by acid-catalyzed dehydration of the carbinol affords the immune regulator tilomisole (152) [28]. 

Analysis proceeds from the assumption that in order to understand a system one must first break it up into its constituent parts. Understanding then comes from the knowledge gained by reconstructing the system. But for systems whose dynamics depend critically on interaction between pai ts, analysis often misses the essential characteristics of the whole system. Synthesis is the complementary act of putting the individual pieces together in order to understand what they do collectively. Understanding complex synthesis requires that both analysis and synthesis be done. 

Operability analysis and control system synthesis for an entire chemical plant Mathematical modeling of transport and chemical reactions of combustion-generated air pollutants... 

Amination of Aromatic Heterocyclic Lactam Systems (Synthesis of Cytidines)... 

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NEW NANO- THROUGH MACRO-CARBONS FOR ENERGY SYSTEMS SYNTHESIS, MODELING, CHARACTERIZATION... 

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Ibsen, K., Equipment design and cost estimation for small modular biomass systems, synthesis gas cleanup, and oxygen separation equipment, Contract Report NREL/SR-510-39943, NREL Technical Monitor, Section 2, May 2006. 

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Pflrman, S.. and the NSF Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education (2003). Complex Environmental Systems Synthesis for Earth. Life, and Society in the 2l Century, A report summarizing a 10-year outlook in environmental research and education for the National Science Eoundation, 68 pp. 

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Table 3. Rearrangements of Cyclopropanemethanols and Related Systems Synthesis of Cyclobutanes... 

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