Abstract Process Systems Engineering (PSE) is the scientific discipline of integrating scales
and components describing the behavior of a physicochemical system, via mathematical …

Process intensification offers the potential to drastically reduce the energy consumption and
cost of producing chemicals from both bulk and distributed feedstocks. This review article …

In this paper, we survey the main superstructure-based approaches in process system
engineering, with a particular emphasis on the existing literature for automated …

Rising populations put huge stresses on natural resources. Extraction and depletion of raw
materials and waste created throughout the supply chain of products have enormous …

The catalytic oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to C2 hydrocarbons with oxygen (O2‐
OCM) has garnered renewed worldwide interest in the past decade due to the emergence of …

Enterprise-wide sustainability involves aspects from molecular-scale design to macroscale
facilities. Typically, these aspects are treated as independent sub-problems. Maintaining …

Reactive distillation process, a representative process intensification technology, has been
widely applied in the chemical industry. However, due to the strong interaction between …

While efforts to use digital solutions in process operations are gaining wider acceptance,
there are serious safety concerns that need to be addressed when adopting digitalization …

Highlights•Comparison of Process Synthesis (PS), Process Optimization (PO) and Process
Intensification (PI).•Review and evaluation of methods to perform PS, PO, and PI.•Literature …

Due to high global warming potential (GWP) of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the separation
and recovery of HFCs from different refrigerant mixtures is an important issue. Most HFC …