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.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.
• Lawrence Arockiasamy
• 10.1.Introduction
• 10.2.State-of-the-Art: Recent Development
• 10.3.Water Management
• 10.4.Overview of Bioremediation in Wastewater Treatment and Ground Water Contamination
• 10.5.Membrane Separation in Bioremediation
• 10.6.Case Studies
• 10.6.1.Bioremediation of Heavy Metals
• 10.6.2.Bioremediation of Nitrate Pollution
• 10.6.3.Bioremediation in the Petroleum Industry
• 10.7.Conclusions
• List of Acronyms
• References
• 11.Effective Remediation of Contaminated Soils by Eco-Compatible Physical, Biological, and Chemical Practices / Alessandro Piccolo
• 11.1.Introduction
• 11.2.Biological Methods (Microorganisms, Plants, Compost, and Biochar)
• 11.2.1.Microorganisms
• 11.2.2.Plants
• 11.2.3.Plant-Microorganism Associations: Mycorrhizal Fungi
• 11.2.4.Compost and Biochar
• 11.3.Physicochemical Methods
• 11.3.1.Humic Substances as Natural Surfactants
• 11.4.Chemical Methods
• 11.4.1.Metal-Porphyrins
• 11.4.2.Nanocatalysts
• 11.5.Conclusions
• List of Symbols and Acronyms
• Acknowledgments
• References
• 12.Nanoparticles as a Smart Technology for Remediation / Fiore Pasquale Nicoletta
• 12.1.Introduction
• 12.2.Silica Nanoparticles for Wastewater Treatment
• 12.2.1.Silica Nanoparticles: An Overview
• 12.2.2.Preparation of Nanosilica
• 12.2.3.Removal of Dyes by Silica Nanoparticles
• 12.2.4.Removal of Metallic Pollutants by Silica Nanoparticles
• 12.3.Magnetic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications
• 12.3.1.Magnetic Nanoparticles: An Overview
• 12.3.2.Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles
• 12.3.3.Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles
• 12.3.4.Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
• 12.4.Titania Nanoparticles in Environmental Photo-Catalysis
• 12.4.1.Advanced Oxidation Processes
• 12.4.2.TiO2 Assisted Photo-Catalysis
• 12.4.3.Developments in TiO2 Assisted Photo-Catalysis
• 12.5.Future Prospects: Is Nano Really Good for the Environment?
• 12.6.Conclusions
• List of Abbreviations
• References.