Process Categories

Name Description
BioManufacturing Biomanufacturing is a type of manufacturing or biotechnology that utilizes biological systems to produce commercially important biomaterials and biomolecules for use in medicines, food and beverage processing, and industrial applications.
Energy Generation Generalized energy production technologies include energy production technology, energy transmission technology, energy distribution technology, and energy consumption management technology.
Feedstock Handling Refinery processes for handling, modifying or converting feedstock.
Functional Monomer Polymerization Polymerization of functional organic compounds, meaning organic compounds with hetero-atomic (N, O, S, Cl, etc.) functional groups directly involved in the polymerization reaction. Such monomers can also comprise additional unsaturations (covalent double-bonds) not directly involved in the polymerization reaction.
Inorganic Reactions Chemical reactions related to compounds that do not contain organic covalent bonds, such as metals, salts and other chemical substances with ionic bonds.
Logistics and Infrastructure Logistics and Infrastructure Processes and Assets.
Organic Reactions Chemical reactions involving covalent bonds, that are chemical bonds involving the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms, most commonly associated with carbon atoms-containing molecules.
Others Processes to be allocated or not belonging to any specific process category.
Refining Conversion Processes These are typically large scale processes taking place at the upper bound of a refinery, mostly dealing with the modification of first level intermediate products originating from direct feedstock processing activities.
Refining Finishing Processes Processes that are dealing with the modification and improvement of products obtained through refining conversion processes.
Unsaturated Monomer Polymerization Polymerization of unsaturated monomers, that are unsaturated hydrocarbons with a reactive covalent double-bond.Such monomers can also comprise additional organic functional groups not directly involved in the polymerization reaction.
Waste Treatment The processes that are converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recovery of energy from waste materials is often included in this category.