The best process is the one which results from an integration of the overall process development activities.  During process development, many decisions have to be made at different levels and synchronized.  These levels include the Business layer, Chemistry layer, Reaction/Reactor layer, Separations layer, Heat Recovery layer, and the Utility Systems layer.  In this course we will present a unique industrially proven approach to process development which encompasses decision making across these layers.

Participants will get an overview of process development starting from the time a process chemistry is invented in the lab to the development of a commercial scale process.  The course will examine critical issues at each level in the development workflow, the available technologies for solving problems, and the key information required.

Instructors: Lionel O'Young and Vaibhav Kelkar