Sustainability process design

Harmsen GJ. Sustainable process design. In Weijnen MPC, Herder, PM, eds. Environmental Performance Indicators in Process Design and Operation. Proceedings of EFCE Event 616. Delft Delft University Press, 1999 59-68. 

The minimisation of gas emissions as CO2, SO2, NO, and other acid gases is a key topic in sustainable process design. This problem can be handled only by a systematic approach of all the pollution sources generated by energy integration, namely the utility system, heat recovery and cogeneration, as well as by process modifications. 

The management of impurities is an important issue both in Process Design and Operation. A key point is the interaction between these two aspects. Strict environmental regulations forbid the dump of harmful materials in the environment. Therefore waste minimisation, aiming to zero effluents, is a fundamental feature of sustainable process design. The increased number of recycles in integrated plants, makes the control and the operation much more difficult. 

Bakshi BR. Methods and toob for sustainable process design. Curr Opin Chem Eng 2014 6 69-74. 

Kalakul S, Malakul P, Siemanond K, Gani R. Integration of hfe cycle assessment software with took for economic and sustainability analyses and process simulation for sustainable process design. J Clean Prod 2014 71 98-109. 

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