Mar 1 2011
Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Green Chemistry and Engineering: A Practical Design Approach" to their offering.
This book bridges the divide between bench chemistry, process design, engineering, environment, health, safety and life cycle considerations.
The authors use a systems-oriented and integrated approach to evolve Green Chemistry and Green Engineering as disciplines in the broader context of sustainability. Many of the concepts associated with greenness metrics, greener chemistry and engineering require cognitive skills such as evaluation, synthesis, analysis and application.
To meet this need, the book provides examples and practical exercises that help the student or advanced practitioner use understand these concepts as applied to the industrial setting and to use the material in direct and indirect applications. The exercises make the book suitable for self-study or as a textbook.
Key Topics Covered:
Chapter 1. Green Chemistry and Engineering in the Context of Sustainability.
Chapter 2. Green Chemistry and Green Engineering Principles.
Chapter 3. Starting with the Basics: Integrating Environment, Health and Safety (EHS).
Chapter 4: How do we know its Green? A Metrics Primer.
Chapter 5: Route and Chemistry Selection.
Chapter 6. Material Selection: Solvents, Catalysts, Reagents.
Chapter 7. Reaction Conditions and Green Chemistry.
Chapter 8. Bioprocesses.
Chapter 9. Mass and Energy Balances.
Chapter 10. The Scale-up effect.
Chapter 11. Reactors and Separations.
Chapter 12. Process Synthesis.
Chapter 13. Mass and Energy Integration.
Chapter 14. Inherent Safety.
Chapter 15. Process Intensification.
Chapter 16. Life Cycle Inventory and Assessment Concepts.
Chapter 17. Impacts of Materials and Procurement.
Chapter 18. Impacts of Energy Requirements.
Chapter 19. Impacts of Waste and Waste Treatment.
Chapter 20: Total Cost Assessment.
Chapter 21. Emerging Materials.
Chapter 22. Renewable Resources.
Chapter 23. Evaluating Technologies.
Chapter 24. Industrial Ecology.
Chapter 25. Tying it all together Is Sustainability Possible?