1. Introduction.- 1. General introduction.- 2. Introduction to the proceedings.- 2. Summary of the Conference.- Precision process technology - promising options and research Strategies.- 3. New Feedstocks for the Chemical Industry.- 1. Feedstock utilization for petrochemicals: Precision or luck?.- 2. Methane coupling - perspective for zero-loss olefin manufacturing.- 3. Pyrolysis of mixed plastics.- 4. Natural precision in carbohydrates.- 4. Energy Management in the Chemical Industry.- 1. Exergy analysis. Adding insight and precision to experience and intuition.- 2. Heat pumps in the Dutch process industry.- 5. Industrial Catalysis.- 1. The role of catalysis in waste minimization.- 2. Design of catalyst morphology tailored to process needs.- 3. Zeolites in fine chemical synthesis - contribution to environmental protection.- 4. Du Pont butane oxidation process.- 5. The analysis of non-isothermal data on the oxidation of carbon monoxide in a monolithic reactor.- 6. The bead string reactor: a compact, dust-proof, low pressure drop reactor with ordered catalyst material for heterogeneous catalysis.- 7. The partial hydrogenation of benzene and toluene to (methyl-)-cyclohexenes over modified Ruthenium catalysts.- 6. Adsorption from the Liquid Phase.- 1. Some developments in adsorption from the liquid phase.- 2. Single and multicomponent adsorption from liquid phase on activated carbon in a finite bath process.- 3. Application of regenerable adsorbents in edible oil refining.- 4. Preparation of a protein-repelling, yet hydrophobic membrane by treatment with non-ionic block copolymers.- 5. Sorption and desorption of hydrogen in metal hydride slurries.- 6. Hydrodynamics of centrifugal partition chromatography.- 7. The removal of cyanide with silver impregnated activated carbon.-8. Compact separation equipment using sorption by fibers.- 7. Hybrid Systems.- 1. Adsorptive separations and adsorptive reactors.- 2. Concentration Swing Adsorption: novel processes for bulk liquid separations.- 3. Adsorptive and chromatographic bioreactors.- 4. Economic and technical aspects of hybrid processes in the petroleum and petrochemical industries.- 5. Integrated dual and multiple separation systems applying combined separation techniques.- 6. Removal of volatile organic components from air by means of membrane technology.- 7. Hybrid membrane systems in the synthesis of specialties based on new vegetable oils.- 8. Single and multi-component transport through metal-supported MFI zeolite membranes.- 8. Transient Operations.- 1. Transient operation of fixed bed cat?lytic reactors.- 2. The selective catalytic reduction of NOx in a reverse flow reactor: a quick design procedure.- 3. Transient phenomena in three-way catalysis.- 4. A transient kinetic study of the CO-oxidation over a Cu-Cr catalyst.- 5. Pressure Swing Adsorption - the optimization of multiple bed units.- 6. Heterogeneous bioconversion of ionic compounds.- 9. Process Monitoring.- 1. On-line process analysis for bioreactor control.- 2. Sampling and analysis of dioxins, dibenzofurans and PCBs from Incinerators.- 3. Application of 11C and 15O positron emitters in exhaust catalysis Research.- 4. Membrane inlet mass spectrometry as an analytical tool for monitoring industrial emissions and processes.- 10. Process Modelling and Control.- 1. Process control: a challenge to chemical process engineers.- 2. Progress in pollution prevention through precision process modeling, design, and operation.- 3. Simultaneous process and system control design: an actual industrial case.- 4. On-line reactor monitoring forprecision process control.- 5. Important issues in batch process automation: automation in recipe Improvement.- 6. Real-time expert systems for process supervision.- 7. Neural nets for process control.- 11. Miscellaneous Contributions to Enhanced Precision.- 1. New centrifuge design leads to more efficient de-oiling of produced water.- 2. Application of the Peng-Robinson equation of state to calculate interfacial tensions and profiles at fluid interfaces.- 3. Liquid-liquid-vapour phase equilibria in the system methane +ethane + eicosane: precision in establishing complex phase behaviour.- 4. Application of styrene-degrading fungi in biofilters.- 5. Pollution prevention a key to a durable cleaner production.- 6. Dimensionally stable anodes with a long lifetime for Electroflotation.- 12. The Role of Serendipity in Research and Development.- Serendipity: its origin, history, domains, traditions, patterns, appearances and programmability.- Appendix Abstracts.- 1. Oleochemicals, trends and opportunities, J.W.J. Gielen and L.H. Staal.- 2. Process integration of production and product retrieval, M.L. Jansen, J.P.F. de Bruijn, A.J.J. Straathof, K.Ch.A.M. Luyben and W.J.J. van den Tweel.
