Sustainable Design Through Process Integration. Fundamentals and Applications to Industrial Pollution Prevention, Resource Conservation, and Profitability Enhancement

Content: 
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages ix-xi
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Sustainability, Sustainable Design, and Process Integration, Pages 1-14
Chapter 2 - Overview of Process Economics, Pages 15-61
Chapter 3 - Benchmarking Process Performance Through Overall Mass Targeting, Pages 63-88
Chapter 4 - Direct-Recycle Networks: A Graphical Approach, Pages 89-109
Chapter 5 - Synthesis of Mass-Exchange Networks: A Graphical Approach, Pages 111-131
Chapter 6 - Combining Mass-Integration Strategies, Pages 133-145
Chapter 7 - Heat Integration, Pages 147-163
Chapter 8 - Integration of Combined Heat and Power Systems, Pages 165-200
Chapter 9 - Property Integration, Pages 201-222
Chapter 10 - Direct-Recycle Networks: An Algebraic Approach, Pages 223-229
Chapter 11 - Synthesis of Mass-Exchange Networks: An Algebraic Approach, Pages 231-235
Chapter 12 - Synthesis of Heat-Induced Separation Networks for Condensation of Volatile Organic Compounds, Pages 237-242
Chapter 13 - Design of Membrane-Separation Systems, Pages 243-254
Chapter 14 - Overview of Optimization, Pages 255-286
Chapter 15 - An Optimization Approach to Direct Recycle, Pages 287-298
Chapter 16 - Synthesis of Mass-Exchange Networks: A Mathematical Programming Approach, Pages 299-313
Chapter 17 - Synthesis of Reactive Mass-Exchange Networks, Pages 315-326
Chapter 18 - Mathematical Optimization Techniques for Mass Integration, Pages 327-344
Chapter 19 - Mathematical Techniques for the Synthesis of Heat-Exchange Networks, Pages 345-356
Chapter 20 - Synthesis of Combined Heat and Reactive Mass-Exchange Networks, Pages 357-363
Chapter 21 - Design of Integrated Biorefineries, Pages 365-373
Chapter 22 - Macroscopic Approaches of Process Integration, Pages 375-391
Chapter 23 - Concluding Thoughts: Launching Successful Process-Integration Initiatives and Applications, Pages 393-396
Appendix I - Conversion Relationships for Concentrations and Conversion Factors for Units, Pages 397-399
Appendix II - Modeling of Mass-Exchange Units for Environmental Applications, Pages 401-413
Index, Pages 415-422