Towards Sustainable Chemical Processes: Applications of Sustainability Assessment and Analysis, Design and Optimization, and Hybridization and Modularization

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.

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 Analysis

1. Sustainability Assessment in Chemical Product and Process Design During Early Design Stages

2. Optimization and Decision-making models for Sustainable Tri-generation Systems

3. Techno-Economic Assessment of an Integrated Bio-oil Steam Reforming and Hydrodeoxygenation System for Polygeneration of Hydrogen, Chemicals and Combined Heat and Power Production

4. Risk and Resilience Analysis of Integrated Biorefineries using Input-output Modeling

5. Advanced integrated systems for hydrogen production, storage and utilization

6. Energy System Optimization

7. Sustainable Utilization of low-grade heat

8. Sustainable Design of Industrial area-wide layout design

9. Sustainable Design of Cooling Water System

10. Pinch Analysis

11. Model-based Synthesis and Monte Carlo Simulation of Biochar-based Carbon Management Networks

12. Frontiers of Sustainable Manufacturing: hybridization and modularization

13. Hybrid Processes for Sustainable Liquids Production from Lignite, Natural Gas and Biomass

14. Hybrid Processes for Sustainable chemicals production from Shale Gas and Ethanol

15. Modular Chemicals Manufacturing from Shale Gas