CHEMICAL ENERGY AND TYPES OF ENERGY USED IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Abstract

The development of the chemical industry is accompanied not only by a
quantitative increase in energy consumption, but also by a change in its quality. This
is expressed in the increasingly rapid introduction of new types of energy and effects
into the chemical production, such as plasma-chemical, ultrasonic, photo- and
radiation effects, low-voltage electric discharges, and the effects of laser radiation.
These extreme effects contribute to the activation of the molecules of the reaction
system, the appearance of excited particles in it and the start of a chemical process,
including a process with high selectivity..