Manufactured chemistry: Rethinking unit operation design in the age of additive manufacturing

Stark, Addison K.

doi:10.1002/aic.16118

Title: Manufactured chemistry: Rethinking unit operation design in the age of additive manufacturing

Journal Article · Wed Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2018 · AIChE Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16118· OSTI ID:1464214

Stark, Addison K. ^[1]

US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

Advanced manufacturing enables new approaches to chemical reactor design due to the ability to build complex geometries and topologies unaccessible to traditional manufacturing technologies. These benefits have been demonstrated in the design and manufacture of novel heat exchangers and fluidic devices. However, due to prevailing heuristics in chemical reactor design, many of the benefits of advanced manufacturing have yet to be realized by the chemical engineer. As such, in order to reap these benefits, a formalized design methodology such as topology optimization should be employed for the development of high-efficiency small scale modular reactors capable of being manufactured at large volumes. In this way we may be able to start to descend fast manufacturing learning curves and unleash a new wave of innovation in the chemical engineering sciences.

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Research Organization:: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

OSTI ID:: 1464214

Journal Information:: AIChE Journal, Vol. 64, Issue 4; ISSN 0001-1541

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