Tools of Sustainable Industrial Chemistry Catalysis

Methods and Tools of Sustainable Industrial Chemistry Catalysis 

This is a company internal objective that is also driven by external factors, between which social pressure and legislation from one side and market competiveness driven by innovation from the other side are the driving elements. Owing to global competiveness, the effectiveness of these driving forces to foster innovation is related to the capacity to introduce in the product value elements that account for how the product (and related chain of production) impact on the environment, as well risks, are minimized. Chapter 5 discusses these aspects and the modalities to quantify sustainability of chemical production. 

The present chapter and Chapter 3 will instead focus on the discussion of general aspects of the other relevant components to achieving sustainability the availability of new technologies and processes that allow us to reduce the process and product impact on the eco-system (including also products that could be easily recycled or be biodegradable and, therefore, less toxic), minimize the use of resources (which includes also their more rational use, e.g., introducing alternative raw materials), and improve process and product safety. 

Various books on green or sustainable chemistry have discussed these aspects [2-15]. Many review papers have discussed general [15-24] or more specific aspects of green/sustainable chemistry and engineering such as monitoring strategies [25], microwaves in green and sustainable chemistry [26], polycarbonate production as 

Sustainable Industrial Processes. Edited by F. Cavani, G. Centi, S. Perathoner, and F. Trifiro Copyright 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 978-3-527-31552-9 

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