Process Engineering Renewal 2: Research

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	Cover
	Half-Title Page
	Title Page
	Copyright Page
	Contents
	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction
		I.1. A brief history
		I.2. A little bit of the future
		I.3. Resolving emerging problems
		I.4. Innovating to save the Earth
		I.5. Framing elements
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	1. From “Autonomous” Research to Societal Solutions
		1.1. Positioning of process engineering
		1.2. A forced transition
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	2. Highly “Autonomous” Research
		2.1. Intensification
			2.1.1. Reminders on microfluidics
			2.1.2. Applications
		2.2. Additive manufacturing
		2.3. Nanotechnologies
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	3. Externally Stimulated Research
		3.1. Chemistry and process engineering
		3.2. Biotechnologies – bioprocess engineering
		3.3. Impacts of digital technology
		3.4. Product engineering
		3.5. Materials and process engineering
		3.6. Biomimicry and process engineering
			3.6.1. Emergence of biomimetic concepts in PE
			3.6.2. Applicability of biomimicry
		3.7. Complexity and process engineering
			3.7.1. Between complication and complexity
			3.7.2. Complexity “quite simply”
			3.7.3. To start the debate
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	4. Research in Response to Societal Questions
		4.1. General framework
		4.2. Some additional elements
			4.2.1. Some additions and considerations
		4.3. Energies
			4.3.1. Biomass
			4.3.2. Electrochemistry, photochemistry
			4.3.3. Storage of electrical energy
			4.3.4. Processes related to negative greenhouse gas emissions
			4.3.5. Energy and raw materials
			4.3.6. Consequences in terms of low-carbon industry
		4.4. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
			4.4.1. Life Cycle Assessment limitations
			4.4.2. Life Cycle Assessment methodology
			4.4.3. Environmental mechanism: cause-and-effect chain (Becaert 2010)
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	5. Non-Exhaustive List of Possible Actions in Process Engineering
		5.1. Process engineering under constraints stimulating upstream research
		5.2. Methodological development and paradigms
		5.3. Challenges and innovations
		5.4. Possible science behind the application
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	6. Consequences and Attempting to Reach an Operative Conclusion
		6.1. A provisional assessment
			6.1.1. Consolidating knowledge
			6.1.2. Developing a sense of belonging, creativity and innovation
		6.2. A possible operational conclusion
			6.2.1. A little reflection on PE research
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	Appendix 1: Process Engineering in the French National Strategy and in “Horizon Europe”
		A1.1. Critical preamble
		A1.2. Introduction
		A1.3. Horizon Europe and other Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development (FWPs)
			A1.3.1. General framework
			A1.3.2. To talk more about process engineering
			A1.3.3. What about disruption?
		A1.4. Concerning manufacturing methodologies
		A1.5. Concerning the transformation of matter (and energy)
		A1.6. Concerning energies
		A1.7. Partial conclusion
		A1.8. National strategies and programs
			A1.8.1. French Society of Process Engineering
			A1.8.2. National Research Strategy
		A1.9. Provisional conclusion
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	Appendix 2: Reminders on Artificial Intelligence
		A2.1. Introduction
		A2.2. Artificial intelligence
			A2.2.1. General framework
			A2.2.2. Neural networks
		A2.3. Current limitations of artificial intelligence
			A2.3.1. Moore’s law: limitations
			A2.3.2. Learning with AI
		A2.4. A French perspective
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	Appendix 3: Between Process and Environmental Engineering
		A3.1. Introduction
		A3.2. Environmental engineering – framing
		A3.3. Major challenges in environmental engineering
			A3.3.1. Producing less CO2 or NO
			A3.3.2. Adaptation to the impacts of climate change
			A3.3.3. A waste-free future?
		A3.4. In fact, the reality is that
		A3.5. Conclusion
Index
	Index
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