4. Intensification support methodologies

Once the limitations have been identified and the strategies designed, the designer is faced with a multiplicity of technology options and process layouts. It is then imperative to guide his choice, to reduce process design time as much as possible, at the risk of losing all the benefits of intensification. This is why, since the early 2000s, the first proposals for decision-support methods and tools have been appearing in the literature.

An expert system for reactor type selection presented in explores different reactor typology...