Piemonte / De Falco / Basile Sustainable Development in Chemical Engineering

Innovative Technologies
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-62983-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

Sustainable development is an area that has world-wide appeal,from developed industrialized countries to the developing world.Development of innovative technologies to achieve sustainability isbeing addressed by many European countries, the USA and also Chinaand India. The need for chemical processes to be safe, compact,flexible, energy efficient, and environmentally benign andconducive to the rapid commercialization of new products poses newchallenges for chemical engineers.
This book examines the newest technologies for sustainabledevelopment in chemical engineering, through careful analysis ofthe technical aspects, and discussion of the possible fields ofindustrial development.
The book is broad in its coverage, and is divided into foursections:
* Energy Production, covering renewable energies,innovative solar technologies, cogeneration plants, and smartgrids
* Process Intensification, describing why it is importantin the chemical and petrochemical industry, the engineeringapproach, and nanoparticles as a smart technology forbioremediation
* Bio-based Platform Chemicals, including the productionof bioethanol and biodiesel, bioplastics production andbiodegradability, and biosurfactants
* Soil and Water Remediation, covering water managementand re-use, and soil remediation technologies
Throughout the book there are case studies and examples ofindustrial processes in practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piemonte, Vincenzo

De Falco, Marcello

Basile, Angelo

Über Autor(innen)

Vincenzo Piemonte, University of Rome "LaSapienza", Italy
Marcello De Falco, University Campus Bio-Medico ofRome, Italy
Angelo Basile
ITM-CNR, Rende (CS), Italy