1st Edition

Sustainable Process Engineering Concepts, Strategies, Evaluation and Implementation

By David Brennan Copyright 2012
422 Pages 76 B/W Illustrations
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

398 Pages
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

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 utility supplies, interconnected plants, wider... Read more

The progressive response by legislators and professionals to perceived environmental damage and the concepts of sustainability, cleaner production, and industrial ecology
Waste minimization strategies for reactors and separators and wider process and utility systems
Environmental, safety, economic, and sustainability assessments
Guidelines for implementing sustainable process engineering in planning, project development, design, and operations

Biography

David Brennan

"The concepts involved in sustainable processing of materials require a wide understanding of chemical processes, and of the energy and water systems supporting them. There are repercussions of each design decision, which makes it an extremely challenging topic for students of chemical engineering. David Brennan provides an excellent framework for guiding students through this field, and the real examples in the book provide them with insights into how sustainability can be assessed by considering the range of impacts as well as practical engineering constraints."
—Prof. Andrew Hoadley - Monash University, Australia