Sustainability of products, processes and supply chains : theory and applications / edited by Fengqi You.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains: Theory and Applications; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I -- Process design and optimization for sustainability; Chapter 1 -- Optimization Models for Process Water Networks and Their Application to Biofuel Processes; 1.1 INTRO/MOTIVATION; 1.2 WATER NETWORK; 1.3 BIOREFINERY PROCESSES; 1.4 WATER OPTIMIZATION IN BIOPROCESSES; 1.5 CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 -- Energy Efficient Chiller Configuration-A Design Perspective; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 CHILLER ARRANGEMENTS

2.3 MODELING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF A CENTRIFUGAL CHILLER2.4 COMPARISON OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY-SERIES VERSUS PARALLEL; 2.5 CONCLUSIONS; NOMENCLATURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 -- Modeling Sustainable Chemical Processes for Biofuels; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 INTRODUCTION TO ALGAE PROCESSING; 3.3 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; 3.4 RUNNING ASPEN IN REVERSE; 3.5 SUSTAINABILITY MODELS; 3.6 CARBON AND WATER MANAGEMENT; 3.7 ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND LOST WORK; 3.8 TECHNOECONOMIC MODELS; 3.9 OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; 3.10 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES

Chapter 4 -- Sustainable Design and Operation of a Reactive Distillation System Used for the Production of Cosmetic Ingredients4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 PROPOSED METHODOLOGY; 4.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 4.4 CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX; LIST OF ACRONYMS USED; LIST OF SYMBOLS USED; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 -- A Graphical Method for Hydrogen Network Integration with Purification Reuse; 5.1 BACKGROUND; 5.2 HYDROGEN NETWORK INTEGRATION; 5.3 GRAPHICAL METHOD; 5.4 GRAPHICAL METHOD WITH FIXED PURIFICATION PARAMETERS (ZHANG ET AL., 2011)

5.5 CASE STUDY FOR GRAPHICAL METHOD WITH FIXED PURIFICATION PARAMETERS (ZHANG ET AL., 2011)5.6 GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF PURIFICATION REUSE (ZHANG ET AL., 2014); 5.7 CASE STUDY FOR GRAPHICAL METHOD WITH OPTIMIZED PURIFICATION PERFORMANCE (ZHANG ET AL., 2014); 5.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 -- A New Biochemical Fermentation Process Design Method Considering Bifurcations and Oscillations; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 DYNAMIC MODEL OF FERMENTATION PROCESS; 6.3 IDENTIFICATION OF HOPF SINGULARITIES; 6.4 HOPF SINGULARITIES IN THE Z. MOBILIS FERMENTATION PROCESS

6.5 REGULATION OF OSCILLATORY PHENOMENA6.6 OPERATING CONDITION OPTIMIZATION; 6.7 DISCUSSION; 6.8 CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; NOMENCLATURE; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; Part II -- Carbon capture, utilization and sequestration; Chapter 7 -- Sustainable Process Design: Sustainable Process Networks for Carbon Dioxide Conversion; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 IDENTIFYING MORE SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS; 7.3 METHOD AND TOOLS; 7.4 MORE SUSTAINABLE CO2 CONVERSION PROCESS DESIGNS; 7.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 -- Pressure Swing Adsorption Optimization Strategies for CO2 Capture; 8.1 INTRODUCTION

Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains: Theory and Applications presents the recent theoretical developments and applications on the interface between sustainability and process systems engineering. It offers a platform for cutting-edge, holistic analyses of key challenges associated with computer-aided tools for incorporating sustainability principles and approaches into the design and operations of multi-scale process systems, ranging from molecular and products systems, to energy and chemical processes, and supply chains. Presents recent theoretical developments and appli.

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