Environmentally Conscious Materials and Chemicals Processing

Best practices for designing and implementing environmentally friendly material and chemical processing operations
The third volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Materials and Chemicals Processing, offers state–of–the–science approaches for planning, designing, and implementing environmentally friendly material and chemical processing systems. The logical organization guides you through every stage, from evaluating environmental hazards of industrial materials and chemicals through to assessing the economics of environmental improvement projects. Based on their hands–on field experience, this volume′s team of leading experts discusses a broad range of industrial materials, including metals, chemicals, plastics, building, and packaging materials. Coverage includes not only the extraction, production, and recycling of metals, but also methods for reducing waste and preventing pollution in chemical plants.
Chapters include:Engineering of Mineral ExtractionWaste Reduction in Metals ManufacturingLife Cycle Evaluation of Chemical Processing PlantsWaste Reduction for Chemical Plant OperationsIndustrial Waste AuditingReverse Production Systems: Materials Production from WastesEnvironmental Life Cycle Analysis of Alternative Building MaterialsWastewater EngineeringEnvironmental Impacts of PackagingAqueous Processing for Environmental ProtectionSolid Waste Disposal and RecyclingProcessing of Post–Consumer Recycled PlasticsSupercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO)
Case studies and examples provided throughout the volume demonstrate how to effectively plan for and implement environmentally friendly processing practices. Figures illustrate key process
engineering principles, and tables provide at–a–glance summaries of key data. Finally, e nd–of–chapter references enable you to investigate individual topics in greater depth.
Turn to all of the books in the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering for the most cutting–edge, environmentally friendly engineering practices and technologies.

Spis treści:
Contributors.
Preface.
1. Engineering of Mineral Extraction (Michael G. Nelson).
2. Waste Reduction in Metals manufacturing (Carl C. Nesbitt).
3. Life–cycle Evaluation of Chemical Processing Plants (David Brennan).
4. Waste Reduction for Chemical Plant Operations (Ali Elkamel, Cheng Seong Khor and Chandra Mouli R. Madhuranthakam).
5. Industrial Waste Auditing (C. Visvanathan).
6. Reverse production Systems: Production from Waste materials (I–Hsuan Hong, Jane C. Ammons and Mathew J. Realff).
7. Environmental Life–cycle Analysis of Alternative Building Materials (Bruce Lippke and Jim L. Bowyer).
8. Wastewater Engineering (Say Kee Ong).
9. The Environmental Impacts of Packaging (Eva Pongrácz).
10. Aqueous Processing for Environmental Protection (Fiona M. Doyle and Gretchen Lapidus–Lavine).
11. Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling (Georgios N. Anastassakis).
12. Processing Postconsumer Recycled Plastics (Gajanan Bhat).
13. Supercritical Water Oxidation (Philip A. Marrone and Glenn T. Hong).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
MYER KUTZ is founder and President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and information services consulting firm. He is the editor of the Mechanical Engineers′ Handbook, Third Edition (4–volume set) and the Handbook of Materials Selection, also published by Wiley.


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Best practices for designing and implementing environmentally friendly material and chemical processing operations
The third volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Materi als and Chemicals Processing, offers state–of–the–science approaches for planning, designing, and implementing environmentally friendly material and chemical processing systems. The logical organization guides you through every stage, from evaluating environmental hazards of industrial materials and chemicals through to assessing the economics of environmental improvement projects. Based on their hands–on field experience, this volume′s team of leading experts discusses a broad range of industrial materials, including metals, chemicals, plastics, building, and packaging materials. Coverage includes not only the extraction, production, and recycling of metals, but also methods for reducing waste and preventing pollution in chemical plants.
Chapters include:Engineering of Mineral ExtractionWaste Reduction in Metals ManufacturingLife Cycle Evaluation of Chemical Processing PlantsWaste Reduction for Chemical Plant OperationsIndustrial Waste AuditingReverse Production Systems: Materials Production from WastesEnvironmental Life Cycle Analysis of Alternative Building MaterialsWastewater EngineeringEnvironmental Impacts of PackagingAqueous Processing for Environmental ProtectionSolid Waste Disposal and RecyclingProcessing of Post–Consumer Recycled PlasticsSupercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO)
Case studies and examples provided throughout the volume demonstrate how to effectively plan for and implement environmentally friendly processing practices. Figures illustrate key process
engineering principles, and tables provide at–a–glance summaries of key data. Finally, end–of–chapter references enable you to investigate individual topics in greater depth.
Turn to all of the books in the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering for the most cutting–edge, environm entally friendly engineering practices and technologies.