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Sustainable development in the process industries : cases and impact / edited by Jan Harmsen, Joseph B. Powell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial ecology.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Because of the growing interest among petroleum, recycling, and other industries, sustainability is central to chemical engineers and students. Sustainable Development in the Process Industry not only explores but also demonstrates practical solutions for using sustainable technologies, focusing on three major points: people, prosperity, and planet. Rather than presenting theories, the text provides examples and cases studies ranging from the petroleum industry to the water processing industry. With a collection of international authors, the text is suitable for any chemical engineer or
- Contents:
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES; CONTENTS; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Sustainability Metrics, Indicators, and Indices for the Process Industries; 3 Resource Efficiency of Chemical Manufacturing Chains: Present and Future; 4 Regional Integration of Processes, Agriculture, and Society; 5 Eco-industrial Parks in The Netherlands: The Rotterdam Harbor and Industry Complex; 6 By-product Synergy Networks: Driving Innovation Through Waste Reduction and Carbon Mitigation; 7 Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass For Energy and Chemicals: Technologies at Various Scales
- 8 Integrated Corn-Based Biorefinery: A Study in Sustainable Process Development9 Cellulosic Biofuels: A Sustainable Option for Transportation; 10 Integrated Urea-Melamine Process at DSM: Sustainable Product Development; 11 Sustainable Innovation in the Chemical Industry and Its Commercial Impacts; 12 Implementation of Sustainable Strategies in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Based on the Concept of Cleaner Production; 13 Sustainable Concepts in Metals Recycling and Mineral Processing; 14 Industrial Ecosystem Principles in Industrial Symbiosis: By-product Synergy; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-5231-6405-0
- 1-118-20980-X
- 1-282-69059-0
- 9786612690594
- 0-470-58609-5
- 0-470-58608-7
- OCLC:
- 612307225
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