Optimising industrial production

What this note covers

1. Flow charts make material movement and processing visible
2. Yield and rate create different optimisation problems
3. Pressure is valuable only when benefits exceed its costs
4. Catalysts affect process economics and environmental impact
5. Haber and Contact processes illustrate conditional compromises
6. Profit and green chemistry require whole-process evidence
7. Single-pass conversion and recycle in an ammonia plant
8. Separating atom economy from actual yield

8 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes