Process Integration for Resource Conservation

Dominic C.Y. Foo, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor of Process Design and Integration and the founding director of the Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Professor Foo has authored more than 70 journal papers and made more than 120 conference presentations. He has been a recipient of the Innovator of the Year Award from the Institution of Chemical Engineers UK (IChemE) and the Young Engineer Award from the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).

• Introduction. Data Extraction for Resource Conservation. INSIGHT-BASED PINCH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES: Graphical Targeting Techniques for Direct Reuse/Recycle. Algebraic Targeting Techniques for Direct Reuse/Recycle. Process Changes for Resource Conservation Networks. Algebraic Targeting Approach for Material Regeneration Networks. Network Design and Evolution Techniques. Targeting for Waste Treatment and Total Material Networks. Synthesis of Pretreatment Network. Synthesis of Inter-Plant Resource Conservation Networks. Synthesis of Batch Material Networks. MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES: Synthesis of Resource Conservation Networks: A Superstructural Approach. Automated Targeting Model for Direct Reuse/Recycle Networks. Automated Targeting Model for Material Regeneration and Pretreatment Networks. Automated Targeting Model for Waste Treatment and Total Material Networks. Automated Targeting Model for Inter-Plant Resource Conservation Networks. Automated Targeting Model for Batch Material Networks. Appendix. Index.

In this book, Dr. Foo manages to elegantly transform the theories and concepts into effective educational tools, exciting reading materials, and very useful applications. … Overall, this is an excellent contribution that will benefit numerous researchers, students, and process engineers and will serve the cause of sustainability worldwide.—From the Foreword, Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M UniversityThe main contribution of this textbook is that it brings together a family of systematic design tools that can be used to determine the most cost-effective measures to implement recycle and reuse of process streams in industrial plants. … suitable for a wide range of audiences, from advanced undergraduate students to practicing engineers from the process industries. … this excellent book comes at just the right time to teach the next generation of process designers how to ‘save the planet’ more systematically and intelligently.—From the Foreword, Raymond R. Tan, De La Salle University-ManilaThis book collects all fundamentals aspects of process integration to enable readers to address issues related to resource management. I strongly recommend this book to everyone interested in the field of process integration."—Santanu Bandyopadhyay, IIT BombayThis book serves as good material for process integration … it [also] offers good knowledge of material recovery that helps people [acquire the] basics for doing further research or practical application.—Cheng-Liang Chen, National Taiwan UniversityThe chapters are written very well and cover all the topics in sufficient detail and clarity. … a wonderful and relevant contribution to the field of process integration.—T. Majozi, University of Pretoria