Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains
Theory and Applications

An international perspective on sustainability in the chemical industry, drawing on relevant case studies and applications

Fengqi You (Volume editor)

9780444634726

Hardback, published 1 May 2015

692 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.7 cm, 1.4 kg

Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains: Theory and Applications presents the recent theoretical developments and applications on the interface between sustainability and process systems engineering. It offers a platform for cutting-edge, holistic analyses of key challenges associated with computer-aided tools for incorporating sustainability principles and approaches into the design and operations of multi-scale process systems, ranging from molecular and products systems, to energy and chemical processes, and supply chains.

Process Design and Optimization for Sustainability 1. Optimization Models for Process Water Networks and Their Application to Biofuel Processes 2. Energy Efficient Chiller Configuration – A Design Perspective 3. Modeling Sustainable Chemical Processes for Biofuels 4. Sustainable Design and Operation of a Reactive Distillation System Used for the Production of Cosmetic Ingredients 5. A Graphical Method for Hydrogen Network Integration with Purification Reuse 6. A New Biochemical Fermentation Process Design Method Considering Bifurcations and Oscillations Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration 7. Sustainable Process Design: Sustainable Process Networks for Carbon Dioxide Conversion 8. Pressure Swing Adsorption Optimization Strategies for CO2 Capture 9. Superstructure Based Optimal Design of Pipeline Network for CO2 Transport in Large-scale Carbon Capture and Sequestration 10. Optimization and Techno-economic Analysis of Rapid Temperature Swing Adsorption (RTSA) Process for Carbon Capture from Coal-fired Power Plant 11. Towards Sustainable Solvent-Based Post Combustion CO2 Capture: From Molecules to Conceptual Flowsheet Design 12. Selection of Sustainable Processes Using Sustainability Footprint Method: A Case Study of Methanol Production from Carbon Dioxide Sustainable Supply Chains 13. Design and Planning of Sustainable Supply Chains 14. Operability Analysis of Process Supply Chains - Toward the Development of a Sustainable Bioeconomy 15. Dynamic Simulation Based Assessment of Supply Chain Sustainability 16. Transport and Logistics Models for Sustainability 17. Dynamic Optimization for the Optimal Location of New Industrial Facilities Considering the Sustainability of the Watershed Bioenergy Supply Chains 18. Strategic Planning of Biomass Supply Chain Networks for Co-Combustion Plants 19. Supply Chains and Optimization for Biorefineries 20. Optimal Supply Chains for Biofuel Production 21. Optimal Harvest Management Adaptation for a New Biorefinery Investment in a Timberlands Supply Chain Using a Modified Cyclic Scheduling Model 22. Bioethanol Supply Chain Design and Optimisation: Some Achievements and Future Challenges for the Development of Sustainable Biorefineries Sustainability Analysis Methodologies 23. An Integrated Multi-Scale Modelling Framework for Sustainable Process Design Applications 24.Social Sustainability of Complex Systems 25. Economic Sustainability of Products and Processes

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Biochemical engineering [TC]