Sustainability Engineering: A Design Guide for the Chemical Process Industry
Springer | Energy Efficiency | August 10, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3319324934 | 188 pages | pdf | 6.77 mb
Authors: Perl, Jeffery
Introduces holistic process designs that emphasizes sustainability as a core requirement from the outset
Demonstrates how to combine chemical, mechanical and natural processes to optimize material and energy utilization in a sustainable manner
Instructs readers on evaluating the overall approach for sustainability within cost and safety constraints
Presents a practical, methodical approach that can be used in industrial settings, as well as for the preparation of young chemical engineers in the capstone course of senior process design

This book explores sustainability engineering through the lens of the manufacturing and chemical process industries to elucidate the safe and economic implementation of process designs used to transform raw materials into useful finished products. The author applies the tenets of sustainability science to develop an engineering methodology that supports the perpetual availability of raw materials through recycling/reuse/repurposing, incorporates inexhaustible supplies, such as solar energy and municipal waste, and encompasses the husbandry of these resources in a manner that minimizes negative environmental impacts. Anyone involved in the design or manufacture of chemicals, or the upgrade of existing manufacturing processes, will benefit from this book’s suggestions for identifying improvement options, while adding the pivotal aspect of sustainability to the usual cost and safety equation optimization elements.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
9 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics
Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings)
Industrial Pollution Prevention
Industrial and Production Engineering

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