Sustainable solutions by integrating process synthesis-intensification

Sustainable process synthesis-intensification

Sustainable intensification in agriculture

Sustainable intensification of crop production

Relevance Concerns about the environmental impact of farming has increasingly been the focus of discussions in the EU. Croplands, a primary land use in Europe, have a significant impact on the environment (soil, water bodies, global climate, local biodiversity and human health). The use of fertilisers and pesticides associated with conventional farming may lead to pollution and/or climate chang...

Food security and sustainable intensification.

The coming decades are likely to see increasing pressures on the global food system, both on the demand side from increasing population and per capita consumption, and on the supply side from greater competition for inputs and from climate change. This paper argues that the magnitude of the challenge is such that action is needed throughout the food system, on moderating demand, reducing waste,...

Ionic liquid synthesis in a microstructured reactor for process intensification

A. Renken b,∗, V. Hessel a,c, P. Löb a, R. Miszczuk b, M. Uerdingen d, L. Kiwi-Minsker b a Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 18-20, D-55129 Mainz, Germany b Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, SB-ISIC-GGRC-Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland c Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands d Solvent Innovation GmbH, Nattermann...