Appendix 1: Abbreviations Used

ACR
agitated cell reactor
ADL
Arthur D Little
ANL
Argonne National Laboratory (USA)
API
active pharmaceutical ingredient
ATR
autothermal reforming reactor
Bopd
barrels of oil per day
BUCT
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
CAPEX
capital expenditure
CHEAP
compact heat exchanger advancement programme
CHE
compact heat exchanger
CHP
combined heat and power
CIP
cleaning in place
CT
The Carbon Trust (UK)
CVD
chemical vapour deposition
DMFC
direct methanol fuel cell
DSMC
direct simulation Monte Carlo
EEBPP
The UK Governments Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme
EFCE
European Federation of Chemical Engineering
EHD
electrohydrodynamics (an enhancement technique)
ELM
emulsion liquid membranes
EPSRC
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
FBR
fluidised bed reactor
FPHE
formed plate heat exchanger
FPSO
floating production, storage and offloading
GLS gas/liquid/solid
HEX
reactor heat exchanger reactor
HEXAG
Heat Exchanger Action Group
HF
hydrogen fluoride
HSE
Health and Safety Executive
IChemE
Institution of Chemical Engineers
IKE
Institut fr Kernenergetic (Germany)
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IP PCR
in passage printed circuit reactor
IRMPD
infrared multiphoton dissociation
ITP
Industrial Technologies Programme (USA)
JIT just-in-time
LFM
lattice frame material
MAB
multiple adiabatic bed

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APPENDIX 1 Abbreviations Used

MEMS
microelectromechanical systems
MHD magnetohydrodynamics
MILC
metal-induced lateral crystallisation
MPI
main plant items
MRR
mean relative roughness
MVR
mechanical vapour recompression (Table 4.2)
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
OCM
oxidative coupling of methane
PCHE
printed circuit heat exchanger
PCR
printed circuit reactor
PEM
polymer electrolyte membrane
PHE
plate heat exchanger
PI
process intensification
PIN
process intensification network
POGT
partial oxidation gas turbine
ppm
parts per million
PVC
polyvinyl chloride
QA
quality assurance
RD
reactive distillation
RE
reactive extraction
RPB
rotating packed bed
RZB
rotating zigzag bed (Chapter 6)
SDR
spinning disc reactor
SEPA
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
STR
stirred tank reactor
TEMA
Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association
TFT
thin film transistor
TICM
tubular inorganic catalytic membrane
TNT trinitrotoluene
UN
United Nations
VCR
variable channel reactor