Route Selection
Route selection is at the foundation of developing new products and processes. Selecting the optimal route to make your molecules can have a major impact on both the environmental impact of your route as well as the cost of goods.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this module you should:
- Be aware of practical techniques used within route selection;
- Be able to balance a range of criteria to make a decision on which is the ‘best’ route.
- Route Selection
- GMP
- Introduction to Process Engineering
- Route Selection and Scale Up: Case Study and Exercise
- Process Safety
- Reactive Hazards in Scaling Up: Case Study and Exercise
- Design of Experiments
- Some Definitions
- The Experimental Design Process
- Comparing Traditional Approaches to Experimental Design
- Examples of Variables and Responses for a Chemical Process
- Main Effects and Interactions
- Experimental Designs: Factorial Designs
- Experimental Designs: Response Surface Design
- Design of Experiments: Summary and Further Reading
- Reaction Work-up and Product Isolation
- Environmental Legislation
- Abatement and Waste Treatment