Sustainable development in chemical engineering : innovative technologies / editors, Angelo Basile, Vincenzo Piemonte, Marcello De Falco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Basile, Angelo.

De Faico, Marcello.

Piemonte, Vincenzo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical engineering--Technological innovations.

Chemical engineering.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., c2013.

Summary:

Sustainable development is an area that has world-wide appeal, from developed industrialized countries to the developing world. Development of innovative technologies to achieve sustainability is being addressed by many European countries, the USA and also China and India. The need for chemical processes to be safe, compact, flexible, energy efficient, and environmentally benign and conducive to the rapid commercialization of new products poses new challenges for chemical engineers. This book examines the newest technologies for sustainable development in chemical engineering, through

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Sustainable Development Strategies: An Overview; 1.1 Renewable Energies: State of the Art and Diffusion; 1.2 Process Intensification; 1.2.1 Process Intensifying Equipment; 1.2.2 Process Intensifying Methods; 1.3 Concept and Potentialities of Bio-based Platforms for Biomolecule Production; 1.3.1 Biogas Platform; 1.3.2 Sugar Platform; 1.3.3 Vegetable Oil Platform; 1.3.4 Algae Oil Platform; 1.3.5 Lignin Platform; 1.3.6 Opportunities and Growth Predictions; 1.4 Soil and Water Remediation; 1.4.1 Soil Remediation

1.4.2 Water Remediation Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 2 Innovative Solar Technology: CSP Plants for Combined Production of Hydrogen and Electricity; 2.1 Principles; 2.2 Plant Configurations; 2.2.1 Solar Membrane Reactor Steam Reforming; 2.2.2 Solar Enriched Methane Production; 2.3 Mathematical Models; 2.3.1 Solar Enriched Methane Reactor Modelling; 2.3.2 Membrane Reactor Modelling; 2.3.3 WGS, Separation Units and the Electricity Production Model; 2.4 Plant Simulations; 2.4.1 EM Reactor; 2.4.2 Membrane Reactor; 2.4.3 Global Plant Simulations and Comparison; 2.5 Conclusions; Nomenclature

References Chapter 3 Strategies for Increasing Electrical Energy Production from Intermittent Renewables; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Penetration of Renewable Energies into the Electricity Market and Issues Related to Their Development: Some Interesting Cases; 3.3 An Approach to Expansion of RES and Efficiency Policy in an Integrated Energy System; 3.3.1 Optimization Problems; 3.3.2 Operational Limits and Constraints; 3.3.3 Software Tools for Analysis; 3.4 Analysis of Possible Interesting Scenarios for Increasing Penetration of RES; 3.4.1 Renewable Energy Expansion in a Reference Scenario

3.4.2 Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Flexibility 3.4.3 Effects of Introducing the Peak/Off-Peak Charge Tariff; 3.4.4 Introducing Electric Traction in the Transport Sector: Connection between Electricity and Transport Systems; 3.4.5 Increasing Industrial CHP Electricity Production; 3.4.6 Developing the Concept of `Virtual Power Plants'; 3.5 Analysis of a Meaningful Case Study: The Italian Scenario; 3.5.1 Renewable Energy Expansion in a Reference Scenario; 3.5.2 Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Flexibility; 3.5.3 Effects of Introducing a Peak/Off-Peak Charge Tariff

3.5.4 Introduction of a Connection between Electricity and Transport Systems: The Increase in Electric Cars 3.5.5 Increasing Industrial CHP Electricity Production; 3.6 Analysis and Discussion; 3.7 Conclusions; Nomenclature and Abbreviations; References; Chapter 4 The Smart Grid as a Response to Spread the Concept of Distributed Generation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Present Electric Power Generation Systems; 4.3 A Future Electrical Power Generation System with a High Penetration of Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy Resources; 4.4 Integration of DGs into Smart Grids for Balancing Power

4.5 The Bornholm System-A ``Fast Track'' for Smart Grids

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118629840

1118629841

9781118629703

1118629701

9781118629833

1118629833

OCLC:

850164932