Sustainable development in chemical engineering : innovative technologies /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Basile, Angelo (Angelo Bruno) (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Piemonte, Vincenzo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Falco, Marcello de (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2013]
• Θέματα: Chemical engineering > Technological innovations.; Sustainable development.; SCIENCE > Chemistry > Industrial & Technical.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.; Electronic books.

 Machine generated contents note: 1.Sustainable Development Strategies: An Overview / Angelo Basile -- 1.1.Renewable Energies: State of the Art and Diffusion -- 1.2.Process Intensification -- 1.2.1.Process Intensifying Equipment -- 1.2.2.Process Intensifying Methods -- 1.3.Concept and Potentialities of Bio-based Platforms for Biomolecule Production -- 1.3.1.Biogas Platform -- 1.3.2.Sugar Platform -- 1.3.3.Vegetable Oil Platform -- 1.3.4.Algae Oil Platform -- 1.3.5.Lignin Platform -- 1.3.6.Opportunities and Growth Predictions -- 1.4.Soil and Water Remediation -- 1.4.1.Soil Remediation -- 1.4.2.Water Remediation -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 2.Innovative Solar Technology: CSP Plants for Combined Production of Hydrogen and Electricity / Marcello De Falco -- 2.1.Principles -- 2.2.Plant Configurations -- 2.2.1.Solar Membrane Reactor Steam Reforming -- 2.2.2.Solar Enriched Methane Production -- 2.3.Mathematical Models -- 2.3.1.Solar Enriched Methane Reactor Modelling -- 2.3.2.Membrane Reactor Modelling -- 2.3.3.WGS, Separation Units and the Electricity Production Model -- 2.4.Plant Simulations -- 2.4.1.EM Reactor -- 2.4.2.Membrane Reactor -- 2.4.3.Global Plant Simulations and Comparison -- 2.5.Conclusions -- Nomenclature -- References -- 3.Strategies for Increasing Electrical Energy Production from Intermittent Renewables / Alessandro Franco -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Penetration of Renewable Energies into the Electricity Market and Issues Related to Their Development: Some Interesting Cases -- 3.3.An Approach to Expansion of RES and Efficiency Policy in an Integrated Energy System -- 3.3.1.Optimization Problems -- 3.3.2.Operational Limits and Constraints -- 3.3.3.Software Tools for Analysis -- 3.4.Analysis of Possible Interesting Scenarios for Increasing Penetration of RES -- 3.4.1.Renewable Energy Expansion in a Reference Scenario -- 3.4.2.Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Flexibility -- 3.4.3.Effects of Introducing the Peak/Off-Peak Charge Tariff -- 3.4.4.Introducing Electric Traction in the Transport Sector: Connection between Electricity and Transport Systems -- 3.4.5.Increasing Industrial CHP Electricity Production -- 3.4.6.Developing the Concept of ̀Virtual Power Plants' -- 3.5.Analysis of a Meaningful Case Study: The Italian Scenario -- 3.5.1.Renewable Energy Expansion in a Reference Scenario -- 3.5.2.Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Flexibility -- 3.5.3.Effects of Introducing a Peak/Off-Peak Charge Tariff -- 3.5.4.Introduction of a Connection between Electricity and Transport Systems: The Increase in Electric Cars -- 3.5.5.Increasing Industrial CHP Electricity Production -- 3.6.Analysis and Discussion -- 3.7.Conclusions -- Nomenclature and Abbreviations -- References -- 4.The Smart Grid as a Response to Spread the Concept of Distributed Generation / Qiuwei Wu -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Present Electric Power Generation Systems -- 4.3.A Future Electrical Power Generation System with a High Penetration of Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy Resources -- 4.4.Integration of DGs into Smart Grids for Balancing Power -- 4.5.The Bornholm System -- A "Fast Track" for Smart Grids -- 4.6.Conclusions -- References -- 5.Process Intensification in the Chemical Industry: A Review / Stefano Curcio -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Different Approaches to Process Intensification -- 5.3.Process Intensification as a Valuable Tool for the Chemical Industry -- 5.4.PI Exploitation in the Chemical Industry -- 5.4.1.Structured Packing for Mass Transfer -- 5.4.2.Static Mixers -- 5.4.3.Catalytic Foam Reactors -- 5.4.4.Monolithic Reactors -- 5.4.5.Microchannel Reactors -- 5.4.6.Non-Selective Membrane Reactors -- 5.4.7.Adsorptive Distillation -- 5.4.8.Heat-Integrated Distillation -- 5.4.9.Membrane Absorption/Stripping -- 5.4.10.Membrane Distillation -- 5.4.11.Membrane Crystallization -- 5.4.12.Distillation-Pervaporation -- 5.4.13.Membrane Reactors -- 5.4.14.Heat Exchanger Reactors -- 5.4.15.Simulated Moving Bed Reactors -- 5.4.16.Gas-Solid-Solid Trickle Flow Reactor -- 5.4.17.Reactive Extraction -- 5.4.18.Reactive Absorption -- 5.4.19.Reactive Distillation -- 5.4.20.Membrane-Assisted Reactive Distillation -- 5.4.21.Hydrodynamic Cavitation Reactors -- 5.4.22.Pulsed Compression Reactor -- 5.4.23.Sonochemical Reactors -- 5.4.24.Ultrasound-Enhanced Crystallization -- 5.4.25.Electric Field-Enhanced Extraction -- 5.4.26.Induction and Ohmic Heating -- 5.4.27.Microwave Drying -- 5.4.28.Microwave-Enhanced Separation and Microwave Reactors -- 5.4.29.Photochemical Reactors -- 5.4.30.Oscillatory Baffled Reactor Technologies -- 5.4.31.Reverse Flow Reactor Operation -- 5.4.32.Pulse Combustion Drying -- 5.4.33.Supercritical Separation -- 5.5.Conclusions -- References -- 6.Process Intensification in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry / Simona Liguori -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Process Intensification -- 6.2.1.Definition and Principles -- 6.2.2.Components -- 6.3.The Membrane Role -- 6.4.Membrane Reactor -- 6.4.1.Membrane Reactor and Process Intensification -- 6.4.2.Membrane Reactor Benefits -- 6.5.Applications of Membrane Reactors in the Petrochemical Industry -- 6.5.1.Dehydrogenation Reactions -- 6.5.2.Oxidative Coupling of Methane -- 6.5.3.Methane Steam Reforming -- 6.5.4.Water Gas Shift -- 6.6.Process Intensification in Chemical Industry -- 6.6.1.Reactive Distillation -- 6.6.2.Reactive Extraction -- 6.6.3.Reactive Adsorption -- 6.6.4.Hybrid Separation -- 6.7.Future Trends -- 6.8.Conclusion -- Nomenclature -- References -- 7.Production of Bio-Based Fuels: Bioethanol and Biodiesel / Chiranjib Bhattacharjee -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.1.1.Importance of Biofuel as a Renewable Energy Source -- 7.2.Production of Bioethanol -- 7.2.1.Bioethanol from Biomass: Production, Processes, and Limitations -- 7.2.2.Substrate -- 7.2.3.Future Prospects for Bioethanol -- 7.3.Biodiesel and Renewable Diesels from Biomass -- 7.3.1.Potential of Vegetable Oil as a Diesel Fuel Substitute -- 7.3.2.Vegetable Oil Ester Based Biodiesel -- 7.3.3.Several Approaches to Biodiesel Synthesis -- 7.3.4.Sustainability of Biofuel Use -- 7.3.5.Future Prospects -- 7.4.Perspective -- List of Acronyms -- References -- 8.Inside the Bioplastics World: An Alternative to Petroleum-based Plastics / Vincenzo Piemonte -- 8.1.Bioplastic Concept -- 8.2.Bioplastic Production Processes -- 8.2.1.PLA Production Process -- 8.2.2.Starch-based Bioplastic Production Process -- 8.3.Bioplastic Environmental Impact: Strengths and Weaknesses -- 8.3.1.Life Cycle Assessment Methodology -- 8.3.2.The Ecoindicator 99 Methodology: An End-Point Approach -- 8.3.3.Case Study 1: PLA versus PET Bottles -- 8.3.4.Case Study 2: Mater-Bi versus PE Shoppers -- 8.3.5.Land Use Change (LUC) Emissions and Bioplastics -- 8.4.Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9.Biosurfactants / Letizia Fracchia -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.State of the Art -- 9.2.1.Glycolipids -- 9.2.2.Lipopeptides -- 9.2.3.Fatty Acids, Neutral Lipids, and Phospholipids -- 9.2.4.Polymeric Biosurfactants -- 9.2.5.Particulate Biosurfactants -- 9.3.Production Technologies -- 9.3.1.Use of Renewable Substrates -- 9.3.2.Medium Optimization -- 9.3.3.Immobilization -- 9.4.Recovery of Biosurfactants -- 9.5.Application Fields -- 9.5.1.Environmental Applications -- 9.5.2.Biomedical Applications -- 9.5.3.Agricultural Applications -- 9.5.4.Biotechnological and Nanotechnological Applications -- 9.6.Future Prospects -- References -- 10.Bioremediation of Water: A Sustainable Approach / D.