Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains

Theory and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-444-63472-6
Verlag: Elsevier Inc

Buch, Englisch, 692 Seiten, Format (B × H): 200 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1407 g

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.

Zielgruppe

<p>Academic researchers of sustainability, product design, process and energy systems modeling, and supply chain optimization; industry professionals working on sustainability analysis, product development, process design and supply chain management</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

You, Fengqi

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Energie- und Umweltmanagement
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nachhaltigkeit, Grüne Technologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Process Design and Optimization for Sustainability
1. Optimization Models for Process Water Networks and Their Application to Biofuel Processes
2. Energy Efficient Chiller Configuration – A Design Perspective
3. Modeling Sustainable Chemical Processes for Biofuels
4. Sustainable Design and Operation of a Reactive Distillation System Used for the Production of Cosmetic Ingredients
5. A Graphical Method for Hydrogen Network Integration with Purification Reuse
6. A New Biochemical Fermentation Process Design Method Considering Bifurcations and Oscillations
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration
7. Sustainable Process Design: Sustainable Process Networks for Carbon Dioxide Conversion
8. Pressure Swing Adsorption Optimization Strategies for CO2 Capture
9. Superstructure Based Optimal Design of Pipeline Network for CO2 Transport in Large-scale Carbon Capture and Sequestration
10. Optimization and Techno-economic Analysis of Rapid Temperature Swing Adsorption (RTSA) Process for Carbon Capture from Coal-fired Power Plant
11. Towards Sustainable Solvent-Based Post Combustion CO2 Capture: From Molecules to Conceptual Flowsheet Design
12. Selection of Sustainable Processes Using Sustainability Footprint Method: A Case Study of Methanol Production from Carbon Dioxide
Sustainable Supply Chains
13. Design and Planning of Sustainable Supply Chains
14. Operability Analysis of Process Supply Chains - Toward the Development of a Sustainable Bioeconomy
15. Dynamic Simulation Based Assessment of Supply Chain Sustainability
16. Transport and Logistics Models for Sustainability
17. Dynamic Optimization for the Optimal Location of New Industrial Facilities Considering the Sustainability of the Watershed
Bioenergy Supply Chains
18. Strategic Planning of Biomass Supply Chain Networks for Co-Combustion Plants
19. Supply Chains and Optimization for Biorefineries
20. Optimal Supply Chains for Biofuel Production
21. Optimal Harvest Management Adaptation for a New Biorefinery Investment in a Timberlands Supply Chain Using a Modified Cyclic Scheduling Model
22. Bioethanol Supply Chain Design and Optimisation: Some Achievements and Future Challenges for the Development of Sustainable Biorefineries
Sustainability Analysis Methodologies
23. An Integrated Multi-Scale Modelling Framework for Sustainable Process Design Applications
24.Social Sustainability of Complex Systems
25. Economic Sustainability of Products and Processes

Über Autor(innen)

You, Fengqi
Fengqi You is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. His research focuses on the development of novel computational models, optimization techniques, and systems analysis & design methods for process systems engineering, energy systems and sustainability. His research accomplishments have been highlighted by multiple news media (e.g. New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek) and journal covers (e.g. Energy & Environmental Science). He received several competitive awards, including the W. David Smith, Jr. Graduate Publication Award from the CAST Division of AIChE, the Director’s Fellowship from Argonne National Laboratory, and the 2013 Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Investigator Award. Fengqi You received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009 and a BS from Tsinghua University in 2005, both in chemical engineering. From 2009 to 2011, he was an Argonne Scholar at Argonne National Laboratory before joining the faculty of Northwestern University in 2011. More information can be found from his research group website.