This edition of 'Micro Process Engineering' was originally published in the successful series 'Advanced Micro & Nanosystems'. Authors from leading industrial players and research institutions present a concise and didactical introduction to Micro Process Engineering, the combination of microtechnology and process engineering into a most promising and powerful tool for revolutionizing chemical processes and industrial mass production of bulk materials, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and many other products. The book takes the readers from the fundamentals of engineering methods, transport processes, and fluid dynamics to device conception, simulation and modelling, control interfaces and issues of modularity and compatibility. Fabrication strategies and techniques are examined next, focused on the fabrication of suitable microcomponents from various materials such as metals, polymers, silicon, ceramics and glass. The book concludes with actual applications and operational aspects of micro process systems, giving broad coverage to industrial efforts in America, Europe and Asia as well as laboratory equipment and education.

This edition of 'Micro Process Engineering' was originally published in the successful series 'Advanced Micro & Nanosystems'.Authors from leading industrial players and research institutions present a concise and didactical introduction to Micro Process Engineering, the combination of microtechnology and process engineering into a most promising and powerful tool for revolutionizing chemical processes and industrial mass production of bulk materials, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and many other products.The book takes the readers from the fundamentals of engineering methods, transport processes, and fluid dynamics to device conception, simulation and modelling, control interfaces and issues of modularity and compatibility. Fabrication strategies and techniques are examined next, focused on the fabrication of suitable microcomponents from various materials such as metals, polymers, silicon, ceramics and glass.The book concludes with actual applications and operational aspects of micro process systems, giving broad coverage to industrial efforts in America, Europe and Asia as well as laboratory equipment and education.

PREFACEPROCESS ENGINEERING METHODS AND MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGYMOMENTUM AND HEAT TRANSFER IN MICROSIZED DEVICESTRANSPORT PROCESSES AND EXCHANGE EQUIPMENTMULTIPHASE FLOW, EVAPORATION, AND CONDENSATION AT THE MICROSCALEGENERATION AND MULTIPHASE FLOW OF EMULSIONS IN MICROCHANNELSCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN CONTINUOUS-FLOW MICROSTRUCTURED REACTORSDESIGN PROCESS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENTSIMULATION AND ANALYTICAL MODELING FOR MICROREACTOR DESIGNINTEGRATION OF SENSORS AND PROCESS-ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUESMICROFABRICATION IN METALS AND POLYMERSSILICON MICROFABRICATION FOR MICROFLUIDICSMICROFABRICATION IN CERAMICS AND GLASSINDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF MICROCHANNEL PROCESS TECHNOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATESINDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS IN EUROPEINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION PLANTS IN JAPAN AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTSLABORATORY APPLICATIONS OF MICROSTRUCTURED DEVICES IN STUDENT EDUCATIONSUBJECT INDEX