Sustainability in the Design, Synthesis and Analysis of Chemical Engineering Processes

Dr. Ruiz-Mercado is currently leading and developing U.S. EPA research projects in areas of sustainable development for helping society, government, industry, and academia. His experience, published record, and contributions to the advancement of knowledge in research areas such as sustainability evaluation, sustainable process design and life cycle sustainability evaluation, demonstrate his capability to identify new research needs and challenges. Heriberto Cabezas is a Research Professor at the Department of Applied Sustainability at the Széchenyi István University in Győr, Hungary. He is a Senior Advisor at the Vishwamitra Research Institute in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Miskolc in Hungary. He led the workgroup on global sustainability at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary. He served as a Senior Science Advisor (Ret.) at the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

• Chapter One. Towards More Sustainable Chemical Engineering Processes: Integrating Sustainable and Green Chemistry Into the Engineering Design ProcessChapter Two. Separations Versus Sustainability: There Is No Such Thing As a Free LunchChapter Three. Conceptual Chemical Process Design for SustainabilityChapter Four. Process Integration for Sustainable DesignChapter Five. Modeling and Advanced Control for Sustainable Process SystemsChapter Six. Sustainable Engineering Economic and Profitability AnalysisChapter Seven. Managing Conflicts Among Decision Makers in Multiobjective Design and OperationsChapter Eight. Sustainable System Dynamics: A Complex Network AnalysisChapter Nine. Process Synthesis by the P-Graph Framework Involving SustainabilityChapter Ten. Sustainability Assessment and Performance Improvement of Electroplating Process SystemsChapter Eleven. Strategic Sustainable Assessment of Retrofit Design for Process Performance EvaluationChapter Twelve. Chemical Engineering and Biogeochemical Cycles: A Techno-Ecological Approach to Industry SustainabilityChapter Thirteen. Challenges for Model-Based Life Cycle Inventories and Impact Assessment in Early to Basic Process Design StagesChapter Fourteen. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Holistic Evaluation of Social, Economic, and Environmental ImpactsChapter Fifteen. Embedding Sustainability in Product and Process Development—The Role of Process Systems Engineers

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