Identification of cleaner production improvement opportunities / Kenneth L. Mulholland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mulholland, Kenneth L., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical industry--Waste minimization.

Chemical industry.

Manufacturing processes--Production control.

Manufacturing processes.

Green technology.

Pollution prevention.

Production control.

Physical Description:

xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2006]

Summary:

Regardless of its size or nature, every industry generates waste and is responsible for implementing the practices of pollution prevention and waste minimization in its day-to-day operations. Whether it's dirty water or toxic wastes, industrial pollution is all the same in one way: it reduces a business's profitability. Identification of Cleaner Production Improvement Opportunities urges environmental, health, and safety department managers, industrial environmental consultants, and personnel across all chemical engineering industries to employ a forward-thinking and tested technology of process improvements that will reduce waste generation, reduce the resources requirements to manufacture a product, and, most important to the life of a business, increase revenues.

Industry expert and chair of AlChE's Environmental Division, Kenneth Mulholland introduces methodology in this manual that has been used to identify process improvement opportunities for more than fifty processes, including pharmaceutical intermediates, elastomer monomers and polymers, polyester intermediates and polymers, batch processes such as agricultural products and paints, chlorofluoro-hydrocarbon and chlorocarbon processes, and specialty chemicals and waste water treatment facilities. With no product changes or new technology necessary, these process improvements have produced a 200 percent internal rate of return and reduced waste generation by 40 percent to 50 percent.

Contents:

Section I Cleaner Production and Waste 1

Manual 2

Cleaner Production and Sustainable Manufacturing 3

Why Waste? 5

Waste 8

Cleanest Production-"ZERO" Waste 11

Root Causes 12

Opportunity Identification 14

Resources and Duties 18

Section II Waste Stream Selection 23

Process Waste 23

Treatment Cost 26

Value of Waste Minimization 27

Value of Improved Feed Material Utilization 28

Select Process Waste Streams 28

Section III Preparation for Opportunity Identification 33

Collect Data 33

Team Data Package 37

Define the Problem 38

Show Stoppers 40

Preparation to Generate Options 41

Section IV Opportunity Identification 53

Set Goals 53

The Brainstorming Session 54

Brainstorming Responsibilities 56

Brainstorming Room Setup and Supplies 60

Idea Generation 61

Screening the Options 62

Section V Opportunity Evaluation and Final Report 65

Evaluate "Best" Opportunities 65

Economic Criteria for Technology Comparisons 66

Opportunity Assessment 78

Revisit Opportunity Assessment 82

Final Report 83

Appendix A Forms and Handouts 85

Waste Stream Description Form 87

Process Flow Chart for a Chemical Process 89

Function Description Form 91

Process Chemistry 93

Process Chemistry Form 94

Process Constituents and Sources 95

Component Information 97

Component Property Form 98

Participant Responsibilities 99

Sample Invitation Letter 101

Typical Questions for Each Participant to Consider 103

Typical Ground Rules for a Brainstorming Session 104

Opportunity Assessment 105

Appendix B Chemical Plant Final Report 119

Top Ideas 126

All Ideas Proposed 164

Waste Minimization Program Purpose 165

Brainstorming Session: Purpose and Products 166

Brainstorming Session: Agenda 167

Participants' Responsibilities 168

Problem Definition 169

Process Flowsheet 176

Flow Chart 177

Process Flowsheet and Flow Chart Function Forms 178

Mass Balances 187

Process Chemistry Form 189

Component Information 190

Component Property Form 191

Review Chapters 192.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471794406

OCLC:

62152817

Publisher Number:

9780471794400