A methodology for gradual process intensification is applied to a conventional flowsheet for
the production of the green solvent ethyl lactate from ethyl alcohol and lactic acid. The
approach takes the base design and integrates two pieces of equipment into one at each
step of the intensification task. The concepts of phenomena building blocks and
simultaneous phenomena building blocks are used to track the intensification steps, and
each intensified structure is rated through economic, environmental, sustainability and …