Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries - Scientific Principles and Case Studies

This new edition supplies the tools required to measure process efficiency and sustainability with improved accuracy. Exploring the driving forces in the chemical and power industries, the book investigates why losses occur and explains how to reduce them. It focuses on economics as a key enabler of technology choices and shareholder returns.

List of contents

PART I Basics
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Thermodynamics Revisited
Chapter 3 Energy "Consumption" and Lost Work
Chapter 4 Entropy Generation: Cause and Effect
Chapter 5 Reduction of Lost Work
PART II Thermodynamic Analysis of Processes
Chapter 6 Exergy, a Convenient Concept
Chapter 7 Chemical Exergy
Chapter 8 Simple Applications
PART III Case Studies
Chapter 9 Energy Conversion
Chapter 10 Separations
Chapter 11 Chemical Conversion
Chapter 12 A Note on Life Cycle Analysis
PART IV Sustainability
Chapter 13 Sustainable Development
Chapter 14 Efciency and Sustainability in the Chemical Process Industry
Chapter 15 Plastics Recycling
Chapter 16 Project Economics, Taxes, and Subsidies for Sustainability
Chapter 17 Low Carbon
Chapter 18 A Changing Energy Mix
Chapter 19 CO 2 Capture and Sequestration
Chapter 20 Sense and Nonsense of Green Chemistry and Biofuels
Chapter 21 Solar Energy Conversion
Chapter 22 Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future?
Chapter 23 Future Trends

About the author

Krishnan Sankaranarayanan received his MSc at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands and his PhD at Princeton University, New Jersey. At Delft, he did an extensive study of the energy efficiency of the polyolefin industry, for which activity DSM acted as host. After 12 years at ExxonMobil he joined SABIC where he worked on a variety of technology developments, circular economy, and energy transition. He is currently leading Digital Transformation for the technology organization and is based in Houston, Texas.

Product details

• Authors: Krishnan (Exxonmobil Research an Sankaranarayanan, Sankaranarayanan Krishnan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032303017
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230301-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Chemical engineering; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control, ENERGY, SCIENCE / Energy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical, Chemical Engineering, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering