Additive Manufacturing in Fluid Process Engineering

Abstract

Abstract Additive manufacturing describes technologies that translate virtual computer‐aided design data into physical models in a fast process. While industries such as automotive and aerospace adopt this manufacturing technique rapidly, it is little applied within process engineering. Additive manufacturing offers freedom of design which gives access to novel shapes and geometries with fast production times. This review analyses the most important layer fabrication principles first and shows applications of additive manufacturing in fluid process engineering second. The review focuses on applications where liquids and gases are involved and it showcases the potential of additive manufacturing within process engineering of functional devices. Examples of current research projects show the potential of the technology for advances process engineering.