Perl J. Sustainability Engineering: A Design Guide for the Chemical Process Industry

Springer, 2016. – 265 p. – ISBN10: 3319324934This book explores sustainability engineering through the lens of the manufacturing and chemical process industries to elucidate the safe and economic implementation of process designs used to transform raw materials into useful finished products. The author applies the tenets of sustainability science to develop an engineering methodology that supports the perpetual availability of raw materials through recycling/reuse/repurposing, incorporates inexhaustible supplies, such as solar energy and municipal waste, and encompasses the husbandry of these resources in a manner that minimizes negative environmental impacts. Anyone involved in the design or manufacture of chemicals, or the upgrade of existing manufacturing processes, will benefit from this book’s suggestions for identifying improvement options, while adding the pivotal aspect of sustainability to the usual cost and safety equation optimization elements.Introduction: Enlightened Self-Interest for the Enthusiastic Capitalist
ChE Sustainability Engineering Design Approach: Bread and Butter
Material and Energy Sources and Sinks
The Efficiency of All Things
New Product Design and Alternative Process Chemistry: SE Manufacturing Choices
Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH) Regulations
ChE SE Technology Equipment and Utilization Toolbox
SE Industrial Process Examples
Total Quality Management and Sustainability Engineering
Government Regulatory Development for Sustainability Engineering
Sustainability Engineering in Various Engineering Disciplines and Industry Segments: Challenges and Opportunities
Sustainability Engineering Design Resolution Roadmap: Where Do We Go from Here?
Appendixes
SE and Revitalized US Manufacturing
Chemical Engineering Discipline, Practice and Professional Standards (NCEES Standards and a Practice Based Senior Design Course)
Teaching Senior Design Examples