EFCE (European Federation of Chemical Engineering)
Abstract
Process intensification (PI) in chemical production is a major concern of chemical
manufacturers. This alternative technology involves transposing syntheses into continuous plug
flow reactors with process intensification, leading to a multifunctional heat exchanger-reactor.
In this context, the RAPIC R&D project aims to develop an innovative low-cost component (in
the 10 kg/hour range). This project deals with the design from the local to the global scale and
with testing, from elementary mock-ups to pilot scale. The present paper gives a detailed
description of this research project and presents the main results on specification and definition
of the reaction channel and the first simple mock-ups