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Informationen zum Autor Iqbal M. Mujtaba is a Professor of Computational Process Engineering and currently the Head of School of Engineering at the University of Bradford. He obtained his BSc Eng and MSc Eng degrees in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) in 1983 and 1984 respectively and obtained his PhD from Imperial College London in 1989. He is a Fellow of the IChemE, a Chartered Chemical Engineer, and the current Chair of the IChemE's Computer Aided Process Engineering Subject Group. He was the Chair of the European Committee for Computers in Chemical Engineering Education from 2010-2013. Rajagopalan Srinivasan is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Institute Chair at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. Previously, he was with the National University of Singapore and AStar’s Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences. Raj received his B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1993 and PhD from Purdue University in 1998, both in Chemical Engineering. He was a research associate in Honeywell Technology Center, Minneapolis, before joining NUS. Nimir Elbashir holds a joint appointment as a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Program and the Petroleum Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar and he is the Director of Texas A&M’s Gas and Fuels Research Center; a major research center that involves 27 faculty members from both the Qatar and College Station campuses of Texas A&M University (http://gfrc.tamu.edu/). He has extensive research and teaching experience from four different countries around the world, including his previous position as researcher at BASF R&D Catalysts Center in Iselin, New Jersey. Klappentext The book highlights the interplay among water, food, energy, and the future of sustainability. It discusses challenges in efficient water and energy production and management, wastewater treatment, and impact upon food and essential commodities. It includes a case study evaluating sustainability of process, supply chain, and enterprise. Zusammenfassung The book highlights the interplay among water, food, energy, and the future of sustainability. It discusses challenges in efficient water and energy production and management, wastewater treatment, and impact upon food and essential commodities. It includes a case study evaluating sustainability of process, supply chain, and enterprise. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section I: Water 1. Desalination 1.1 Model-Based Techniques in Desalination Processes: A Review 1.2 Addressing the Global Water–Energy Challenge through Energy-Efficient Desalination 1.3 Forward Osmosis for Irrigation Water Supply Using Hybrid Membrane System for Draw Solution Regeneration 2. Water Management 2.1 Toward Sustainable Water Management in Industrial Cities 2.2 Optimal Water Network Synthesis [Munawar A. Shaik] 2.3 Rationalization of Water Quality Monitoring Network 3. Wastewater Treatment 3.1 Appropriate Interventions and Technologies for Providing Safe Drinking Water to Rural and Underprivileged Communities 3.2 Toward the Synthesis of Wastewater Recovery Facilities Using Enviroeconomic Optimization 3.3 Water Conservation, Reuse, and Challenges: A Case Study Performed at Amul Dairy 3.4 Occurrence, Effects, and Treatment of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Water Section II: Food 4. Advances in Cereal Processing: An Approach for Energy and Water Conservation 5. Clean Energy Technologies for Sustainable Food Security 6. Bioenergy and Food Production: Appropriate Allocation for Future Development 7. Uses of Water and Energy in Food Processing 8. A General Model for Food Cooking Undergoing Phase Changes Section III: Energy 9. Fossil Fuel 9.1 Energy Efficient Thermal Retrofit Options for Crude Oil Transport in Pipelines 9.2 Process Industry Economics of Crude Oil and Petroleum Deri...
