ABSTRACT
New process innovation does not end when a new product or process chemistry is discovered. Design of the reactor and subsequent downstream processing must also receive careful attention. It is often necessary to do a significant amount of inventing in order to extract economically the desired product from the reactor effluent, recycle unreacted raw materials, and minimize pollution problems. It sometimes seems that national security must be threatened to get concerted effort by a democratic nation. It was primarily the progress of science that finally ended the war with Japan. An almost forgotten element of the development of the atomic bomb relates to the race between the Allies and Germany to bring it to fruition. Gas processing recovered about half the propane plus the heavier hydrocarbons. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
