Process design tools for the environment / [edited by] Subhas K. Sikdar, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sikdar, Subhas K.

El-Halwagi, Mahmoud M., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green chemistry.

Environmental management.

Physical Description:

xii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Taylor & Francis, 2001.

Contents:

Process Design Tools For The Environment: Introduction / Subhas K. Sikdar, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi 3

Part 2 Environmental Based Assessment And Review Of Design

Chapter 1 Environmental Reviews In The Design Process / Robert W. Sylvester 23

Chapter 2 Integrated Assessment Methodologies And Software Tools For Process Design: Economic, Environmental, Safety, And Decision Analyses / David R. Shonnard, Tony N. Rogers, Bruce A. Barna, Daniel A. Crowl, Eric J. Oman, Peter P. Radecki, Jon A. Herlevich, Jr., Piyush B. Parikh 39

Chapter 3 An Introduction To Metrics For The Environmental Comparison Of Process And Product Alternatives / David W. Pennington, Gregory Norris, Theresa Hoagland, Jane C. Bare 65

Part 3 Process Integration For The Environment

Chapter 4 Challenges For Applying Process Integration Design Methodologies For Waste Reduction Within Chemical Process Companies / Russell F. Dunn 105

Chapter 5 Pollution Prevention And Process Integration: Two Complementary Philosophies / Alan P. Rossiter 121

Chapter 6 Process Integration, Synthesis, And Analysis For Cleaner Processes / A. Alva-Argaez, A. C. Kokossis, R. Smith 135

Part 4 Synthesis And Screening Of Environmental Technologies

Chapter 7 Mass Transfer Technology For Pollution Prevention / Nick Hallale 169

Chapter 8 Screening Of Recovery And Treatment Options For Waste Minimization / Andreas A. Linninger, Aninda Chakraborty, George Stephanopoulos 193

Chapter 9 Pollution Prevention With A Middle Vessel Column / Weiyang Cheong, Paul I. Barton 219

Chapter 10 Using Heuristics To Systematically Identify Process Flow Diagram Alternatives In The Context of Pollution Prevention / David W. Pennington 247

Chapter 11 Shortcut Approaches To The Recovery And Allocation Of Multicomponent Volatile Organic Compounds / Gautham Parthasarathy, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi 269

Part 5 Macroscopic Design And Environmental Impact Assessment

Chapter 12 Designing Processes For Environmental Problems / Yan Fu, Urmila Diwekar, Douglas Young, Heriberto Cabezas 295

Chapter 13 Environmental Impact And Environmental Risk Minimization Via Process Design And Optimization / C. G. Vassiliadis, S. K. Stefanis, E. N. Pistikopoulos 319

Chapter 14 Combining Geographic Information Systems, Process, And Environmental Modeling For Macro Level Pollution Prevention / Derya B. Ozyurt, Matthew J. Realff 341

Part 6 Molecular Design And Selection

Chapter 15 Computer-Aided Tools For Design/Selection Of Environmentally Friendly Substances / Peter M. Harper, Rafiqul Gani 371

Chapter 16 Environmentally Benign Synthesis Of Refrigerants And Solvents / Luke E. K. Achenie, Manish Sinha 405

Chapter 17 Computer-Aided Solvent Design For The Environment / Renhong Zhao, Heriberto Cabezas, Subha R. Nishtala 431.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

156032824X

OCLC:

43390923