Process Design Tools for the Environment

Much of the pollution in the air, water and soil results from the various discharges from industrial activity. Traditionally, industrial plants and their processes, have been designed and built with the objective of optimizing cost and product yield - environmental impact was rarely considered. This is no longer the case, and now companies are realising that industrial practice itself can be significantly altered to reduce or eliminate pollution. Nowadays, plants and industrial processes can be designed from the outset with the aim of minimizing or even eliminating discharges - rather than expecting environmental damage and just clearing it up once it has happened. This can be done by designing processes that no longer use (or produce) toxic material, resulting in an inherently less polluted environment. This book looks at a number of these methods, written by experts in the field, that will enable industry to design more benign processes.Sikdar, Subhas K. is the author of 'Process Design Tools for the Environment' with ISBN 9781560328247 and ISBN 156032824X.