Green Catalysis and Reaction Engineering - An Integrated Approach With Industrial Case Studies

Discover tools to perform Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and develop sustainable chemical technologies in this guide for chemists, engineers and practitioners. Providing detailed explanations supported by real-world case studies, this is an essential tool for readers involved in implementing LCA and developing next-generation chemical technologies.

Sommario

1. Sustainability challenges of the chemical industry; 2. Multiphase catalytic processes and sustainability challenges; 3. Ethylene production from diverse feedstocks and energy sources: environmental impact assessment; 4. Ethylene epoxidation in gas-expanded liquids with negligible CO2 formation as byproduct: comparative sustainability analysis with conventional process; 5. Spray reactor based teraphthalic acid production as a more sustainable alternative to the mid-century process; 6. Sustainability assessments of hydrogen peroxide-based and tertiary butyl hydroperoxide-based propylene oxide technologies; 7. Separation of propane/propylene mixture by selective propylene hydroformylation in gas-expanded liquids: economic and environmental impact analyses; 8. A greener hydroformylation process; 9. Solid acid catalyzed olefin/isoparaffin alkylation in supercritical carbon dioxide; 10. Epilogue: outlook.

Info autore

Bala Subramaniam is the Dan F. Servey distinguished professor of chemical engineering, and the director of the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis at the University of Kansas.

Riassunto

Discover tools to perform Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and develop sustainable chemical technologies in this guide for chemists, engineers and practitioners. Providing detailed explanations supported by real-world case studies, this is an essential tool for readers involved in implementing LCA and developing next-generation chemical technologies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Subramaniam Bala Subramaniam, Bala Subramaniam, Bala (University of Kansas) Subramaniam, Subramaniam Bala
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781107006393
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00639-3
• Pagine: 300
• Serie: Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering; Cambridge Series in Chemical E; Cambridge Chemical Engineering
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Chimica; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, chemistry, environmental science, engineering & technology, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Environmental