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STEP Published an article for Chemical Industry Digest

06-Jun-2017

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The drive towards sustainability in the chemical industry has to be taken up comprehensively from the start of the supply chain, to the manufacturing processes, the product characteristics and to its end use and disposal. There are several things that can be done from process intensification to developing new catalysts, novel engineering to improved equipment design.

This article provides examples of four such developments: one for chemical reactions (Bio-catalysis/ Biotransformations), one for a novel reactor which is on the verge of being commercialized (Downflow Gas Contactor) and two for downstream processing for various applications (Cavitation and Chromatographic Separation). In each case the background of the technology is provided along with it’s industrial applications and couple of case studies