Peter Glavi, Prof.

Emeritus
University of Maribor, Slovenia
 Process Systems Engineering, PSE
PSE in the Past
PSE in the Present
Sustainable Development, SD
Classification of sustainability terms
The Limits to Growth
Globalization
External and public debts
Limited resources and sinks
PSE and SD in the Future
Predictions and trends
EITP SusChem
Conclusions
 History
Definitions
Organizations
Conferences
 1959: TJ Williams (Monsanto) presented in a
Schoch lecture an impressively broad
vision of Systems Engineering for Process Industries
1961: the term PSE was first used in a
Special Volume of the AIChE Symposium Series
1968: first textbook in the area was
Strategy of Process Engineering by Rudd and Watson
1968: the 1st European event, Tutzing, Germany:
CACE (Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering),
1977: the first journal devoted to PSE was
Computers & Chemical Engineering
1982: 1st International Symposium on
PSE, Kyoto, Japan; every 3 years on a different continent since
*P. Glavi, Thirty Years of International Symposia on Process Systems Engineering,
Current Opinion on Chemical Engineering, 2012, 1/4, 421429
 Takamatsu: The Nature and Role of PSE
Sargent: Advances in Modelling and Analysis
of Chemical Process Systems
Mah: Application of Graph Theory to Process
Design and Analysis
Clark & Westerberg; Optimization for Design
Problems Having More Than One Objective
Umeda: Computer Aided Process Synthesis
OShima: Computer Aided Plant Operation
Stephanopoulos: Synthesis of Control
Systems for Chemical Plants
 Ray: Multivariable Process Control
Morari: Flexibility and Resiliency of Process
Systems
Grossmann: Optimization Strategies for
Flexible Chemical Processes
Rippin: Design and Operation of Multiproduct
and Multipurpose Batch Chemical Plants
Motard: Computer Technology in PSE
Fan: Practical Application of PSE to Energy
and Resource Conservation and Management
McGreavy: On-line Computer Control System
for Chemical Reaction Processes
 PSE is an academic and technological field
related to methodologies for chemical
engineering decisions
how to plan, design, operate, and control
any kind of unit operation,
chemical and other production processes, and
chemical industries themselves.
PSE should contribute to synthesizing any size
of system related to Chemical Engineering
He defined the Process Synthesis and
Process Analysis
 Fundamental Phenomena: thermodynamics,
reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, fluid
dynamics, etc.
Unit Operations: reactor, separator, mixer,
heat exchanger, pump, etc.
Processes: chemical, energy, pharmaceuticals,
petrochemicals, fertilizers, pulp & paper, etc.
Large Systems: factories, complexes;
regionality, environment, energy policy, etc.
Process Analysis - its direction is the
opposite of Process Synthesis
 PSE is concerned with the improvement of the
decision making process for the creation and
operation of the chemical supply chain
It deals with discovery, design, manufacture
and distribution of chemical products in the
context of many conflicting goals
Chemical supply chain today: integrated
networks where a number of suppliers,
manufacturers, distributors and retailers work
together to acquire raw materials, convert them
into chemical products, and deliver them to
final customers
 Starts at small, or micro-scale:
molecules, molecular clusters, particles and thin films,
having
lengths between picometers and micrometers, and
times between picoseconds and seconds;
Continues at intermediate, or meso-scale:
single and multiphase systems, process units, having
lengths between micrometers and millimeters, and
times between seconds and hours;
Ends at the large, or macro-scale:
plant, site, enterprise having
lengths between millimeters and kilometers, and
times between hours and months
 PSE dimensions
inter-, trans-, and multi-disciplinary,
multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder
PSE bridges:
engineering disciplines (chemical, process, energy,
evironmental, mechanical, electrical, civil,
biological, biomedical, etc.),
technologies (chemical, pharmaceutical, bio-based,
textile, mineral, metalurgy, binders, pulp & paper,
agriculture, etc.), and
sciences (chemistry, physics, mathematics, material
sciences, and life sciences).
 PSE dimensions
inter-, trans-, and multi-disciplinary,
multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder
PSE bridges:
engineering disciplines (chemical, process, energy,
evironmental, mechanical, electrical, civil,
biological, biomedical, etc.),
technologies (chemical, bio-based, textile, mineral,
metalurgy, binders, pulp & paper, agriculture, etc.),
and
sciences (chemistry, physics, mathematics, material
sciences, and life sciences).
 The WP CAPE (Computer Aided Process Engineering)
is one of 19 WPs of the European Federation of
Chemical Engineering (EFCE)
Established by Prof. Brusset in 1966 with the title
"Programmes de Calculs de Routines et Emploi des
Ordinateurs Electroniques"
Supported and promoteed CAPE research by
providing a forum for new ideas and developments,
preparing state-of-the-art reviews of CAPE
methods and tools, and
inspiring new projects to meet emerging opportunities
It concerns management of complexity in systems
involving physical and chemical change
 1968: the first European event on Computer
Applications in Chemical Engineering (CACE)
1968-1979: twelve annual symposia on CACE
were organized
1980-1991: eleven annual symposia were
organized under different names,
one of them together with PSE85
1992 2013: 22 annual ESCAPE conferences
(European Symposium on CAPE) took place
1979-1999: conference proceedings published
in Computers & Chemical Engineering
2000 Elsevier annual books of proceedings as
Computer Aided Chemical Engineering Series
 CAPE Forums for young engineers and scientists
EURECHA (European Committee for the Use of
Computers in Chemical Engineering Education)
development of computer aided teaching
methods, since 1983
PRES International conferences on Process
Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for
Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction,
established by Prof. Kleme in the memory of
Prof. Burianec in 1998 within the framework of
International Congress of Chemical and Process
Engineering, CHISA, Prague
CACHE Corporation (Computer Aids for Chemical
Engineering, USA), organizes conferences on:
FOCAPD - Foundations of Computer Aided
Process Design, in 2012 the 8th event
FOCAPO - Foundations of Computer Aided
Process Operations, since 1987
CPC - Chemical Process Control, 2012 the 8th event
FOSBE Foundations of Systems Biology and
Engineering, since 2005
FOMMS Foundations of Molecular Modeling and
Simulation, in 2012 the 5th event took place
PSE ASIA - 6th event in 2013
 Modelling and simulation
Product and process design
Operations and control
Novel industrial PSE applications
Business decision support
PSE education
Modelling and simulation
Multi-scale modelling and optimization
(molecular and fluid flow, equipment, process
and total sites
Rigorous modelling of process equipment,
hybrid rigorous and data driven models
Large scale and global optimization models
including uncertainty
Information modelling and data mining
Linking expertiments to models.
*P. Glavi, Thirty Years of International Symposia on Process Systems
Engineering, Current Opinion on Chemical Engineering, 2012, 1/4, 421429
Product and process design
Synthesis of complex separation systems, heat
exchanger, water networks
Process integration, optimization and intensification
Resource efficiency (raw materials, energy, people,
information)
Emissions, pollution, and waste reduction to
approach zero, e.g. by carbon storage and capture,
separation and reuse of materials (cradle to cradle)
Raw material and energy base is changing from
fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) to renewable ones.
Operations and control
Data driven diagnosis and supervision
Real time optimization, planning and
scheduling
Model-based control of distributed systems
(reactors, separators, energy equipment)
Environmentally safe production, storage and
transportation systems
Zero effluent emissions and wastes
Safe and risk free production
Integrated optimization of energy generation
and consumption.
Novel industrial PSE applications
Energy processing (renewables, biomass, waste to
energy, energy use minimization)
Biological and biochemical systems (wood, algae,
organic waste as chemical raw materials, biofuels)
Materials processing (nano-, composite-, bio-
materials)
Biomedical processes (pharmaceuticals; modelling
of molecules, cells, and organs; drug delivery)
Environmental processes (5Rs: Reduce, Recycle,
Reuse, Recover, Repair)
Business decision support
Enterprise-wide optimization
Supply chain and logistics
Planning and scheduling of process networks
Information, knowledge and innovation
processing, and management
PSE education
New curricula and courses
Novel methods in learning, teaching and problem
solving
Textbooks, case studies, guides, problems,
quizzes, videos, PowerPoint presentations
 Definitions
Cassification
Terminology
 Sustainable Development (SD) meets the needs of
present without compromising the ability of the
future generations to meet their own needs*:
emphasizes the development of society, not growth
is responsible from economic point of view
is in accordance with environment.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC
next report will include black carbon particles info:
CO2 1.6 W/m2, carbon particles 1.1 W/m2; 20 years
Our company Aerosol holds 80 % of the global
measuring equipment market, with our Pipistrel,
global leader in ultralight planes, measured 80 Mm

* Bruntland G, et al. Our common future: The World

Commission on Environment and Development. Oxford
University Press, Oxford, 1987.
Principle is a fundamental concept, serving as
a basis for action, a framework for a more
complex system, e.g.
Environmental principles:
Minimization of Resource Usage (MRU)
Source Reduction (SR); Factor 4, Factor 10 (FX)
Renewable Resources (R2)
Recycling (RE), Reuse (RU), Repair (RP), Recovery
(RV), Regeneration (RG), Remanufacturing (RF)
Purification (P) and End-of-Pipe Treat (EoP)
Degradation (DE)
Economic and Societal principles
Eco-efficiency (E2)
Environmental Accounting (EA)
Ethical Investments (EI)
Social Responsibility (SRE)
Health & Safety (HS)
Polluter Pays principle (PP)
Reporting to the Stakeholders (RS), e.g.
Global Reporting Initiative, GRI of the World
Business Council for Sustainable Development
(WBCSD)
Approach contains a group or cluster of
principles related to the same topic,
building a more complex system
Environmental approaches:
Cleaner Production (CP)
Pollution Control (PC)
Eco-design (ED)
Green Chemistry (GC)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Waste Minimization (WM)
Zero Waste (ZW)
 Sub-system is a part of a more complex
system:
It consists of approaches, connected together, and
presents strategies that are to be met in order
to achieve integral conservation of environment
and contribute to the human welfare
Environmental sub-systems:
Green Technology and Engineering (GTE)
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC)
Industrial Ecology (IE)
Pollution Prevention (PP)
 System is a group of interdependent and
interrelated sub-systems,
comprising a coherent entity
Sub-systems function together as a whole to
accomplish the Sustainable Development (SD)
Sustainable systems:
Responsible Care (RC)
Sustainable Production (SP)
Sustainable Consumption (SC)
Circular Economy (CE)
 Globalization
National debts
Resources and sinks
 Globalization
New equilibria in work places distribution, wages,
social rights, employment, R & D, etc.
Country debts
External and public debts (interest payment)
Limited resources and sinks
Extinction of raw materials (fossil fuels, minerals
and metals); GHGs, and climate change

No limits to creativity, smart and busy work

Education, R & D, Innovations, Entrepreneurship
 GDP of China in PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) is
higher than those of USA, EU, or Japan
Car market (millions sold):
China 18.4, USA 12.8, EU 11.8
Chinese R&D expenditure has surpassed the
one of EU this year, but
Chinas rise in salaries makes the investments
in India, Brazil and other BRICS countries more
attractive
Therefore, China has to invest in education,
R & D, innovations, new technologies, PSE & SD
Source: Human Development Report 2013
 Structural reforms (pensions, labour market,
social rights, control of salaries)
Increased resource usage and efficiency
Investments in quality education and skills,
research, technological development,
innovations, entrepreneurship, exports
Ethics (modesty, honesty), and consensus on
national, EU, and global levels, like in:
Scandinavian/Baltic countries;
Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Country External debt as a Public Debt as a
fraction of GDP in % fraction of GDP in %
Japan 45 198
USA 103 62
European Union 85 88
Greece 174 143
Italy 108 119
Portugal 223 112
Germany 142 82
Spain 84 72
Slovenia 112 48
China 9 19
Russia 23 9
 Higher interest rates for governmental-,
bank-, and company-loans
Recession instead of the development
Lower social standard (education, health-,
public- and social-services)
Unemployment, especially of younger and
older population
Mobility across the borders, South North
Powerty, social exclusion, decohesion
Political crisis ans extremists movements
State/Union disaggregation possible
 Resources extinction: fossil fuels, raw materials
(metals, ores and minerals):
increased pressure on resources
price elevations
Climate change
Population increase (and aging)
Food, synthetic inorganic fertilizers (critical: phosphorus
95 % import, little recycling, high losses, low efficiencies)
EU: Beyond GDP initiative
enlarged GDP indicators
social, well-being indicators
environmental indicators
Others: UN - RIO+20, OECD - Green Growth?)
 GDP per capita in 2011, Country Comparison

120
103
100

80 74

60
47 49 50
42 43 44 45
Rank

40 36
28 29 31
21 23
14 17
20 12
10
2 4
0
Finland

Ukraine
Poland
Spain

Italy

Lithuania
Norway

Slovenia

Hungary
Ireland

Portugal

Estonia

Croatia
Slovakia
Netherlands

Austria

Germany
Luxembourg

Romania
Denmark

Czech Republic

Source: World Economic Outlook Database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

 Environmental Performance Index 2012, country rankings
120

102
100
88

80
Rank

60
45

40 36
28
20 21
16 17
20
11
7
4
1
-
Switzerland

Slovenia
Netherlands

Denmark
Austria

Ireland
Germany
Luxembourg

Lithuania

Romania

Ukraine
Hungary
Croatia

Country rankings, year 2010 Country rankings, year 2012

Source: Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
 Environmental health (effects on human):
air (particulate matter, indoor pollution)
water (drinking water, sanitation)
environmental burden of diseases (child mortality)
Ecosystem Vitality (ecosystem effects):
agriculture (subsidies, pesticide regulation)
air (SO2 per capita & per GDP)
biodiversity and habitat (marine, biome) protection
climate change (CO2 per capita, per GDP, per kW h)
fisheries (trawling intensity, stock overexploited)
forests (cover, growing stock, loss)
water use
 100
120
140
160

20
40
60
80

0
103
Hungary 3.59

105
Poland 3.94

114
Croatia 4.19
118
Italy 4.52
120

Germany 4.57
122

Slovak Republic 4.66

123

United Kingdom 4.71

126

Norway 4.77
127

France

WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature)

4.91
129

Switzerland 5.01
131

Slovenia 5.21

Rank
132

Czech Republic 5.27

133

Austria 5.29
Ecological footprint 2012, country rankings

137

Sweden 5.71
139

Finland 6.21
141

Netherlands 6.34
Ecological Footprint
146

Denmark 8.25
Schurz J (1987), kosysteme in systemtheoretischer Hinsicht. CLB Chemie fr Labor
und Betrieb, 38/9, 461-466. Institut fr Physikalische Chemie der Universitt Graz.

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The Happy Planet Index:
A global index of sustainable well-being

HPI = Experienced well-being Life Expectancy

Ecological Footprint

Global measure of progress

Happiness does not have to cost the Earth
Shows that people can live long, happy lives
without using more than their fair share of
the Earth's resources per capita: 1.8 ha
Combines environmental impact with human well-being
International ranking (151 countries), 2012
Different picture of the wealth and poverty of nations
Country Life Experienced Ecological Happy Planet
Expectancy well-being Footprint Index Rank
Costa Rica 79.3 7.3 2.5 64.0 1
Germany 80.4 6.7 4.6 47.2 46
Austria 80.9 7.3 5.3 47.1 48
Netherlands 80.7 7.5 6.3 43.1 67
Ireland 80.6 7.3 6.2 42.4 73
Romania 74.0 4.9 2.8 42.2 75
Croatia 76.6 5.6 4.2 40.6 82
Slovenia 79.3 6.1 5.2 40.2 87
Ukraine 68.5 5.1 3.2 37.6 100
Hungary 74.4 4.7 3.6 37.4 104
Lithuania 72.2 5.1 4.4 34.6 120
Luxembourg 80.0 7.1 10.7 29.0 138

all 3 good 2 good & 1 good & 3 medium 1 poor 2 poor or

1 medium 2 medium EFP bad
HPI peaks at GDP 5 000 $/cap
 The Beyond GDP initiative develop
indicators
as clear and appealing as GDP but
more inclusive on environmental and social aspects
of progress
Resource efficiency indicators, key categories:
materials
energy (and climate)
water
land use
Gross National Happiness (Bhutan)
World Happiness Report*
*J. Helliwell, R. Layard and J. Sachs, The Earth Institute,
Columbia University
 World Happiness Index, Cantril Ladder by Country, Gallup (GWP), 20052011

100 96
91
90
80
80
70
58 60
60
49
50
40
30
30
20 16
13
10
10 4 6
1 2
0
Ireland

Slovenia
Germany

Croatia

Hungary
Denmark

Finland

Netherlands

Austria

Lithuania

Romania
Switzerland

Luxembourg

Ukraine
Source: World Happiness Report, 2012
 Club of Rome, 1968 (A. Peccei, A. King, etc.)
The Limits to Growth*, 1972, World 3 model:
interactions between the Earts and human systems
5 variables: world population, industrialization,
pollution, food production, resource depletion
altering growth trends feed-back patterns
2 scenarios overshoot and collapse, 3rd stabilized
Beyond the Limits, 1993
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update, 2004
A Comparison of LtG with 30 Years of Reality
2008: conclusions surprisengly valid, pioneering r.
Donella and Dennis Meadows, Jorgen Randers, William Behrens
Scenario 9: World Seeks Stable
Population and Stable lowers
Pollution, and Resource usage,
and applies Organic
Agricultural Technologies
In this scenario population
and industrial output are
limited, and in addition
technologies are added to
abate pollution, conserve
resources, increase land yield,
and protect agricultural land.
The resulting society is
sustainable: Nearly 8 billion
people live with high human
welfare and a continously
declining ecological footprint.

Source:
http://www.sustainer.org/
pubs/limitstogrowth.pdf
 Smart growth:
Digital Agenda for Europe
Innovation Union
Youth on the move
Sustainable growth:
Resource efficient Europe
An industrial policy for the globalisation era
Inclusive growth:
An agenda for new skills and jobs
European platform against poverty
 Sustainable comsumption and production
Improving products and changing consumption
patterns
Boosting efficient production
Turning waste into a resource
Supporting research and innovation
Environmentally harmful subsidies
Phasing out inefficient subsidies
Prices:
Getting the prices right and reorienting the
burden of taxation (green tax reform)
 Sustainable supply in the EU:
Tackling the challenges in commodity markets and
on raw materials, COM(2011) 25 final, e.g.
Au: 168 kt mined (104 private), +50 kt available
Pt : (7.5 m)3, 90 kt still available (South Africa), catalyst
prod. 465 t/a at 5 g/g (2 g/g in the road dust)
Recycling and resource efficiency
European Innovation Partnership (EIP):
1st Sherpa meeting, January 2013
1st High Level Steering Group meeting, Febr. 2013
Innovation Network on Substitution of Critical RM, April,
2013
Exploration, mining, extraction, processing, recycling,
substitution
Economic importance, supply risk, country risk
14 critical raw materials (minerals and metals)
High supply risk
China (Sb, Be, fluorspar, Ga, Ge, graphite, In, Mg, rare
earths, W)
Russia (Pt group metals)
Congo (Co, Ta)
Brazil (Nb, Ta)
EC Trade policy actions are including:
Ecodesign, recycling, substitution, more efficient use
Best practice in collection and treatment of key waste
Control of illegal waste shipments, inspection standards
How Reliable were Predictions in History?
Kondratiev Waves
What can we do?
 This telephone has too many
shortcomings to be seriously considered
as a means of communication.
The device is inherently of no value to
us
Western Union Internal Memo, 1876

Everythingthat can be invented has

been invented
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899
*CSIRO Forum Sixth Wave - James Moody, 18 August 2010
 I think there is a world market for maybe five
computers
Tomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
Computers in the future may weight no more
than 1.5 t (tonnes)
Popular Mechanics, 1949
There is no reason anyone would want a
computer in his home
Ken Olson, Present Chairman and Founder of
Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
640k [of RAM] ought to be enough for anybody
Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, 1981
 Time in years needed for the prevalence of technology
amongst 25 % of U.S. population
50

46
40
Time in years

30 35
31

20
18
10 13

7
0
electricity phone (1876) radio (1897) color TV mobile phone World Wide
(1873) (1951) (1983) Web (1991)
Source: Global Trends 2030
 From consumption to resource-efficiency,
break away from resource-dependence
Economic growth will no longer be tied to
resource consumption or waste production
Technologies ranging from clean technology
to digital mapping, to online collaboration
Traditional physical and geographical
boundaries will mean nothing
everything and everyone will be online
Industry will realise value from services
rather than from resource-intensive products
*James Bradfield Moody & Bianca Nogrady, The Sixth Wave,
Random House, North Sidney, 2010
 Information & Commu-
nication Technology
Materials: composites,
semiconductors
Energy: nuclear and gas
Corporate organization:
network linkage
Minimise transaction
cost, e.g. e-mail/letter
Gl. finance: uncontrolled
Democracy: indirect
The 5th wave The 6th wave
Resource efficiency,
clean technology
Materials: nano-, bio-,
eco-materials
Energy: renewable
Corporate organization:
cooperatives, SMEs
Minimise waste, maxim.
resource efficiency
Glob. finance: controlled
Democracy: direct
 PSE adoptions
ETIP SusChem plans
Future trends
 Pinch Analyses:
Energy (Bodo Linnhoff, 1977)
Mass Exchange Networks (El-Halwagi and
Manousiouthakis, 1987)
Analysis of emissions for total sites (Dhole and
Linnhoff, 1992)
1st International Process Integration Conference,
1992; the 20-Year Jubilee: March 2013
Water Pinch (Wang and Smith, 1994)
Hydrogen Pinch (Hallale et al., 2003)
Carbon Emission Pinch Analysis (Tan and Foo, 2007)
Modeling, simulation, optimization, control,
intensification, supply chains and networks, ...
+ National Technology Platforms (NTPs) and ECRNs
FP-7 budget: 300 M/a inspired by SusChem thinking
WG-3: Reaction and Process Design
Eropean Innovation Partnerships (EIPs) projects:
Raw Materials
Water
Smart Home, Cities and Communities
Active and Healthy Aging
Educate to Innovate programme
Financial Instruments and projects:
Horizon 2020, Structural Fonds, Eu Inv Bank, Risk Capital
SPIRE PPP
BRIDGE PPP:
Key Enabling Technologies
Advanced Materials
CO2 utilization
 High Performance and Light Weight
Advanced composites
Printed electronics, self healing materials, high
performance coatings, thin films, encapsulation m.
Energy
Thermal & electrical energy storage, capacitors, waste
heat recovery, hydrogen storage, insulation
Energy production PV, solar: cooling & concentrated
Circular Economy
Materials from bio-based feedstock
Others
Smart textiles, materials & solutions for air quality
 Value chains:
1. from lignocellulosic feedstock to fuels, chemicals, etc.
2. next generation forest based, new AddValue products
3. next generation agro-based, and markets
4. from organic waste valuable products
5. integrated biorefineries sugar, wood, pulp & paper +
energy, composites, chemicals (colourants, pharma, ...)
R&D projects & topics, demonstrations
Flagship projects
to optimise technology, ensure price competitiveness
abandoned industrial sites into biorefineries
Supporting projects: clustering, networking, SMEs
Synergies with ither EU initiatives
Reduce, reuse, recycle, replace, retrofit, reinvent
Ambitions:
30 % reduction in fossil energy intensity
20 % reduction in non-renewable raw materials
40 % improvement in GHGs emissions
Extend potential improvements beyond PIs
Six key components:
Alternative and renewable feedstocks, including waste
Efficient processing and energy systems, proc. control
Application: new processes and products, plant design
Waste to resources: waste avoidance, valorisation, reuse
Horizontal: evaluation tools, education and skills, best p.
Outreach: realisation of impact through awareness
 New raw material base for process industries
(biomass, waste, photosynthesis from CO2 using
algae, and inorganic synthesis)
Resource efficiency (materials, energy, water,
human, financial)
Waste minimization, down to zero waste;
the remaining waste to materials, energy, or fuels
LCA (Life Cycle Approaches): LC analysis, costing, ...
Advanced energy systems (renewable sources,
combined heat and power, poly-generation,
carbon capture, storage and reuse)
Novel combustion and gasification technologies
Smart mobility: second generation bio-fuels,
electrochemical cells and batteries
 Supply chains, and value chains, logistics
More efficient systems and equipment
Networks integration and optimization
Sustainable and intelligent product design
Chemicals and process safety and risk reduction;
public and occupational health,
standardisation, regulation and legislation
Design for environment and resource efficiency
Further development of PSE methods and tools
Education of competitive PS engineers with
visionary, strategic and responsible thinking
Challenges
Initiatives
Activities
 Future challenges of PSE:
Recycling of materials, energy, water, information
Recovery and reuse of valuable sources from
industrial and consumer products
Turning carbon emissions into valuable resources
Bio- and medical engineering
New processes and products,
environmentally sound, societally beneficial, and
economically robust
Strong players in CPI from BRICS countries
Require renewed strategy
 Flagship initiatives:
Resource and energy efficiencies
Bio-based industries
Raw materials and water
Smart cities and communities
Sustainable agriculture - feedstocks and products
Activity areas and shift of thinking:
Research and innovation
Education and skills
Inter- and multi-disciplinary interfaces
Cross sectoral activites along supply & value chains
Green chemistry and biotechnology
 CAPE community shall:
Strengthen cooperation of national research units
Apply for European and intercontinental projects
Interface with math & sciences on product design
Spread research to all process industries,
(bio)medical and other engineering actors, using
modeling, simulation, integration, intensification,
(multi-variable) optimization, design, operations,
dynamics, and control
from processes to supply/value chains & networks
Socially responsible and sustainable universities
shall contribute to the new paradigm of
low but highly efficient usage of resources
peter.glavic@um.si