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Will the next generation of chemical plants be in miniaturized flow reactors ?

Jean-Christophe M Monbaliu

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For decades, a production paradgim based on centralized, stepwise, large scale processes has dominated the chemical industry horizon. While effective to meet an ever increasing demand for high value-added chemicals, the so-called macroscopic batch reactors are also associated with inherent weaknesses and threats; some of the most obvious ones were tragically illustrated over the past decades with major industrials disasters and impactfull disruptions of advanced chemical supplies. The COVID pandemic has further emphasized that a change in paradigm was necessary to sustain chemical production with an increased safety, reliable supply chains and adaptable productivities. More than a decade of research and technology development has led to alternative and effective chemical processes relying on miniaturised flow reactors (a.k.a. micro and mesofluidic reactors). Such miniaturised reactors bear the potential to solve safety concerns and to improve the reliability of chemical supply chains. Will they initiate a new paradigm for a more localized, safe and reliable chemical production?

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hal-03838939 , version 1 (03-11-2022)

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Jean-Christophe M Monbaliu, Julien Legros. Will the next generation of chemical plants be in miniaturized flow reactors ?. Lab on a Chip, In press, ⟨10.1039/D2LC00796G⟩. ⟨hal-03838939⟩
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