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

Sustainable Design through Process Integration: Fundamentals and Applications to Industrial Pollution Prevention, Resource Conservation, and Profitability Enhancement, Third Edition provides authoritative, comprehensive, and easy-to-follow coverage of the fundamental concepts and practical techniques on the use of process integration to maximize the efficiency and sustainability in industrial processes. Sections cover new information on the inclusion of sustainability objectives within different front-end loading stages of design, carbon management and monetization, design of renewable energy systems and integration with existing infrastructure, incorporation of process safety in design, resilience principles and design approaches, modular design, industrial symbiosis, and open-ended mini projects on sustainable design. Provides authoritative, comprehensive, and easy-to-follow coverage of the fundamental concepts and practical techniques in the use of process integration to maximize the efficiency and sustainability of industrial processes Helps readers systematically develop rigorous targets that benchmark the performance of industrial processes and develop cost-effective implementations Contains state-of-the-art process integration approaches and applications, including graphical, algebraic, and mathematical techniques Covers applications, including process economics, targeting for conservation of mass and energy, synthesis of innovative processes, retrofitting of existing systems, integration of process components, and in-process pollution prevention Includes numerous examples and case studies for a broad array of industrial systems and processes