ABSTRACT

This book introduces chemical engineering students to key concepts, strategies, and evaluation methods in sustainable process engineering. The book is intended to supplement chemical engineering texts in fundamentals and design, rather than replace them. The key objectives of the book are to widen system boundaries beyond a process plant to include

part |2 pages

PART A: CONCEPTS

chapter |6 pages

Introduction to Part A

chapter 1|10 pages

Sustainability Concepts

chapter 2|12 pages

Cleaner Production

chapter 3|20 pages

Industrial Ecology

part |2 pages

PART B: STRATEGIES

chapter |2 pages

Introduction to Part B

chapter 4|28 pages

Waste Minimisation in Reactors

chapter 5|20 pages

Waste Minimisation in Separation Processes

chapter 7|22 pages

Energy Conservation

chapter 8|16 pages

Materials Recycling

chapter 9|20 pages

Waste Minimisation in Operations

part |2 pages

PART C: EVALUATION

chapter 10|36 pages

Life Cycle Assessment

chapter 11|18 pages

Life Cycle Assessment Case Studies

chapter 12|18 pages

Safety Evaluation

chapter 13|32 pages

Assessment of Costs and Economics

chapter 14|26 pages

Sustainability Assessment

part |2 pages

PART D: IMPLEMENTATION

chapter 15|20 pages

Planning for Sustainable Process Industries

chapter 16|24 pages

Process Design and Project Development

chapter 17|25 pages

Operations Management