Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes: Applications of Sustainability Assessment and Analysis, Design and Optimization, and Hybridization and Modularization

Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes provides a comprehensive framework for sustainability assessment, design and optimization of chemical engineering processes based on the principles of process system engineering and the methods of operations research. The book focuses on the combination of sustainability science and process system engineering, involving mathematical models, industrial ecology, circular economy, energy planning, process integration and sustainability engineering. The book is an indispensable guide for chemical engineers and researchers focusing on technology and process development, practitioners and consultants in sustainability related area, and students who need to learn skills related to sustainability. Provides innovative, novel and comprehensive methods and models for sustainability assessment, design and optimization, and synthesis and integration of chemical engineering processesCombines sustainability science with process system engineeringInvolves mathematical models, industrial ecology, circular economy, energy planning, process integration and sustainability engineeringIncludes new case studies related to renewable energy, resource management, process synthesis and process integrationHelps understand methods for energy efficiency improvement, emissions reduction and social benefits improvement INDICE: Part 1: Sustainability Assessment and Analysis 1. Sustainability Assessment: Criteria, Methods and Challenges 2. Sustainability Assessment of Chemical Process based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making 3. Life Cycle Aggregated Index of Chemical Process 4. Sustainability Assessment and Prioritization of Chemical Processes under Uncertainties Part 2: Sustainability Design and Optimization 5. Energy System Optimization 6 Sustainable Utilization of low-grade heat 7. Sustainable Design of Industrial area-wide layout design 8. Sustainable Design of Cooling Water System Part 3: Sustainable manufacturing via hybridization and modularization 9. Frontiers of Sustainable Manufacturing: hybridization and modularization 10. Hybrid Processes for Sustainable Liquids Production from Coal, Natural Gas and Biomass 11. Hybrid Processes for Sustainable chemicals production from Shale Gas and Ethanol 12. Modular Chemicals Manufacturing from Shale Gas

• ISBN: 978-0-12-818376-2
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 428
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés