Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes

Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes describes a comprehensive framework for sustainability assessment, design and the processes optimization of chemical engineering. Beginning with the analysis and assessment in the early stage of chemical products' initiating, this book focuses on the combination of science sustainability and process system engineering, involving mathematical models, industrial ecology, circular economy, energy planning, process integration and sustainability engineering.All chapters throughout answered two fundamental questions in depth: (1) what tools and models are available to be used to assess and design sustainable chemical processes, (2) what the core theories and concepts are to get into the sustainable chemical process fields. Therefore, Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes is an indispensable guide for chemical engineers, researchers, students, practitioners and consultants in sustainability related area. - Provides innovative, novel and comprehensive methods and models for sustainability assessment, design and optimization, and synthesis and integration of chemical engineering processes
- Combines sustainability science with process system engineering
- Integrates mathematical models, industrial ecology, circular economy, energy planning, process integration and sustainability engineering
- Includes new case studies related to renewable energy, resource management, process synthesis and process integration

Part 1: Sustainability Assessment and Analysis1. Sustainability Assessment in Chemical Product and Process Design During Early Design Stages2. Optimization and Decision-making models for Sustainable Tri-generation Systems3. Techno-Economic Assessment of an Integrated Bio-oil Steam Reforming and Hydrodeoxygenation System for Polygeneration of Hydrogen, Chemicals and Combined Heat and Power Production4. Risk and Resilience Analysis of Integrated Biorefineries using Input-output Modeling5. Advanced integrated systems for hydrogen production, storage and utilizationPart 2: Sustainability Design and Optimization6. Energy System Optimization7. Sustainable Utilization of low-grade heat8. Sustainable Design of Industrial area-wide layout design9. Sustainable Design of Cooling Water System10. Pinch Analysis11. Model-based Synthesis and Monte Carlo Simulation of Biochar-based Carbon Management NetworksPart 3: Sustainable manufacturing via hybridization and modularization12. Frontiers of Sustainable Manufacturing: hybridization and modularization13. Hybrid Processes for Sustainable Liquids Production from Lignite, Natural Gas and Biomass14. Hybrid Processes for Sustainable chemicals production from Shale Gas and Ethanol15. Modular Chemicals Manufacturing from Shale Gas