Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains: Theory and Applications (Volume 36) (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Volume 36)

__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 applications on the interface between sustainability engineering and process engineering * Offers 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 * Brings together the perspectives of leading researchers to stimulate innovative thinking in terms of sustainability Content: 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 applications on the interface between sustainability engineering and process engineering
• Offers 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
• Brings together the perspectives of leading researchers to stimulate innovative thinking in terms of sustainability