Applications in Design and Simulation of Sustainable Chemical Processes

Applications in Design and Simulation of Sustainable Chemical Processes addresses the challenging applications in designing eco-friendly but efficient chemical processes, including recent advances in chemistry and catalysis that rely on renewable raw materials. Grounded in the fundamental knowledge of chemistry, thermodynamics, chemical reaction engineering and unit operations, this book is an indispensable resource for developing and designing innovating chemical processes by employing computer simulations as an efficient conceptual tool.

Targeted to graduate and post graduate students in chemical engineering, as well as to professionals, the book aims to advance their skills in process innovation and conceptual design. The work completes the book Integrated Design and Simulation of Chemical Processes by Elsevier (2014) authored by the same team.

Includes comprehensive case studies of innovative processes based on renewable raw materialsOutlines Process Systems Engineering approach with emphasis on systematic design methodsEmploys steady-state and dynamic process simulation as problem analysis and flowsheet creation toolApplies modern concepts, as process integration and intensification, for enhancing the sustainability

Part I: SYSTEMATIC METHODS IN CONCEPTUAL PROCESS DESIGN 1. Sustainable Process Technology 2. Process Systems Approach in Conceptual Process Design

Part II: COMMODITY CHEMICALS 3. Methanol 4. Methanol-To-Olefin Process 5. Propylene by Olefin Metathesis 6. Isobutene Dimerization

Part III: RENEWABLE FUELS AND BIOCHEMICALS 7. Castor Oil Biorefinery 

8. Bioethanol and Biobutanol 9. Biodiesel 10. Dimethyl Ether 11. Fuel Additives

Part IV INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS 12. Styrene Manufacturing 13. Acetic Acid 14. Acrylic Acid 15. Acrylic Monomers 16. Dimethyl Carbonate 17. Polyesters