"Recent Advances in Sustainable Process Design and Optimization" ed. by Dominic C. Y Foo, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi, Raymond R. Tan

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"Recent Advances in Sustainable Process Design and Optimization" ed. by Dominic C. Y Foo, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi, Raymond R. Tan
Advances in Process Systems Engineering, Volume 3
World Scientific Publishing | 2012 | ISBN: 9814271950 9789814271950 | 831 pages | PDF | 8 M

This book is a compilation of the various recently developed techniques emphasizing better chemical processes and products, with state-of-the-art contributions by world-renowned leaders in process design and optimization. It covers various areas such as grass-roots design, retrofitting, continuous and batch processing, energy efficiency, separations, and pollution prevention, striking a balance between fundamental techniques and applications. the book also contains industrial applications and will serve as a good compilation of recent industrial experience for which the process design and optimization techniques were applied to enhance sustainability.

Academic researchers and industrial practitioners will find this book useful as a review of systematic approaches and best practices in sustainable design and optimization of industrial processes.

Contents
List of Contributors
Section 1: Process Modeling
1. Estimation of Exergy Dissipation and Cost: The Foundation for Sustainability Assessment in Process Design Authors: L. T. Fan & T. Zhang
2. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Authors: L. T. Fan & T. Zhang
3. Transport Model for NanoFiltration and Reverse Osmosis System based on Irreversible Thermodynamic Author: M. F. Chong
4. Analysis of a Novel Method for Inhibiting Runaway Reaction via Process Modeling Authors: H. H. Lou, S. Dusija, X. Li, J. L. Gossage & J. R. Hopper
Section 2: Material Resource Conservation and Waste Reduction
5. Resource Conservation through Pinch Analysis Author: D. C. Y. Foo
6. Optimal Water Network with Internal Water Mains and Its Industrial Application Authors: X. Feng, J. Bai, R. Shen & C. Deng
7. Mathematical Models for Optimal Resource Utilization in Process Industries Author: A. Chakraborty
8. Wastewater Minimisation in Batch Chemical Plants: Single Contaminant Media Author: T. Majozi
9. Wastewater Minimisation in Batch Chemical Plants: Multiple Contaminant Media Authors: T. Majozi & J. Gouws
10. Adaptive Swarm-Based Simulated Annealing for the Synthesis of Water Networks Author: R. R. Tan
11 Optimal Wastewater Network Design Authors: J. M. Jezowski, G. Poplewski & I. Dzhygyrey
Section 3: Energy Conservation and Efficiency
12. Clean Energy and C02 Capture, Transport and Storage Authors: M. S. Ba-Shammakh, A. Elkamel, H. Hashim, P. Douglas & E. Croiset
13. P-Graph: An Efficient Process Synthesis Tool. Application to Fuel Cell-Based Energy Generation Author: P. Varbanov
14. A Process Integration Framwork for the Optimal Design of Combined Heat and Power Systems in the Process Industries Authors: R. Mahmud, D. Harell & M. El-Halwagi
15. Design and Optimisation of Low Temperature Energy Systems Author: J.-K. Kim
16. Indirect Heat Integration of Batch Processes Authors: C.-L. Chen, Y.-J. Ciou & D. C. Y. Foo
17. Energy Efficiency and the Integration of Waste and Renewable Energy Sources Authors: J. J. Kleme.s, S. J. Perry & I. Bulatov
18. A Novel Design Procedure for Solar Thermal Systems Author: S. Bandyopadhyay
19. Energy Saving in Drying Processes Authors: C. L. Law & A. S. Mujumdar
20. Two Birds with One Stone": Simultaneous Waste Heat Recovery and Emission Reduction in Gas/Oil Separation Plants Author: M. B. Noureldin
21. Energy Management for the Process Industries Author: A. Rossiter
Appendix
Appendix 1: The Procedure for Determining the Datum Level Materials Authors: L. T. Fan & Tengyan Zhang
Appendix 2: Estimation of the Specific Chemical Enthalpy, Entropy, and Exergy (Availability) Authors: L. T. Fan & Tengyan Zhang
Appendix 3: Derivation of the Mass, Energy, Entropydissipation and Available Energy Balances for an Unsteady-state Open Flow System Authors: L. T. Fan & Tengyan Zhang
Appendix 4: Estimation of Energy (Enthalpy) and Exergy (Availability) Contents in Structurally Complicated Materials Authors: L. T. Fan & Tengyan Zhang
Appendix 5: Reaction-Network Synthesis Via the Graph-Theoretic Method Based on P-graphs: Vinyl-Chloride Synthesis Authors: L. T. Fan & Tengyan Zhang
Appendix 6: Application of Sustainability Potential: Manufacture of Vinyl Chloride (C2H3CI) Authors: L. T. Fan & Tengyan Zhang
Appendix 7: Emergy and Exergy (Availability) Authors: L. T. Fan & Tengyan Zhang
Appendix 8: Authors: H. H. Lou, S. Dusija, X. Li, J. L. Gossage & J. R. Hopper
Appendix 9: Mathematical models via Lingo 8.0 Authors: X. Feng, J. Bai. R. Shen & C. Deng
Appendix 10: Brief Manual — Howto Code WWTN Problem in OPTY-STO Modeling System Author: J. M. Jezowski, G. Poplewski & I. Dzhygyrey
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