Integrated reaction/separation processes in chemical technology

In recent decades, a combination of separation and reaction inside a single unit has become more and more popular. It has been recognised by the chemical process industries for having favourable economics of carrying out reaction simultaneously with separation for certain classes of reacting systems, and many new processes (called reactive separations) have been invented based on this technology. The overview of reactive separations proves that the simultaneous application of the fundamentals of chemical engineering and chemical technology allows for significant intensification of production processes.