Vincenzo Piemonte, Marcello De Falco, Angelo Basile

Sustainable Development in Chemical Engineering

Innovative Technologies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sustainable development is an area that has world-wide appeal, from developed industrialized countries to the developing world. Development of innovative technologies to achieve sustainability is being addressed by many European countries, the USA and also China and India. The need for chemical processes to be safe, compact, flexible, energy efficient, and environmentally benign and conducive to the rapid commercialization of new products poses new challenges for chemical engineers.
This book examines the newest technologies for sustainable development in chemical engineering, through careful analysis of the technical aspects, and discussion of the possible fields of industrial development.

The book is broad in its coverage, and is divided into four sections:
Energy Production, covering renewable energies, innovative solar technologies, cogeneration plants, and smart grids
Process Intensification, describing why it is important in the chemical and petrochemical industry, the engineering approach, and nanoparticles as a smart technology for bioremediation
Bio-based Platform Chemicals, including the production of bioethanol and biodiesel, bioplastics production and biodegradability, and biosurfactants
Soil and Water Remediation, covering water management and re-use, and soil remediation technologies

Throughout the book there are case studies and examples of industrial processes in practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 168mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 742g
• ISBN-13: 9781119953524
• ISBN-10: 1119953529
• Artikelnr.: 37320071

Autorenporträt

Vincenzo Piemonte, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy Marcello De Falco, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy Angelo Basile ITM-CNR, Rende (CS), Italy

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors xiii Preface xv 1. Sustainable Development Strategies:
An Overview 1 Vincenzo Piemonte, Marcello De Falco, and Angelo Basile 1.1
Renewable Energies: State of the Art and Diffusion 1 1.2 Process
Intensification 4 1.3 Concept and Potentialities of Bio-based Platforms for
Biomolecule Production 8 1.4 Soil and Water Remediation 13 Acknowledgement
18 References 18 2. Innovative Solar Technology: CSP Plants for Combined
Production of Hydrogen and Electricity 25 Marcello De Falco 2.1 Principles
25 2.2 Plant Configurations 28 2.3 Mathematical Models 33 2.4 Plant
Simulations 39 2.5 Conclusions 46 Nomenclature 47 References 48 3.
Strategies for Increasing Electrical Energy Production from Intermittent
Renewables 51 Alessandro Franco 3.1 Introduction 51 3.2 Penetration of
Renewable Energies into the Electricity Market and Issues Related to Their
Development: Some Interesting Cases 55 3.3 An Approach to Expansion of RES
and Efficiency Policy in an Integrated Energy System 57 3.4 Analysis of
Possible Interesting Scenarios for Increasing Penetration of RES 62 3.5
Analysis of a Meaningful Case Study: The Italian Scenario 66 3.6 Analysis
and Discussion 74 3.7 Conclusions 75 Nomenclature and Abbreviations 76
References 77 4. The Smart Grid as a Response to Spread the Concept of
Distributed Generation 81 Yi Ding, Jacob Østergaard, Salvador Pineda
Morente, and Qiuwei Wu 4.1 Introduction 81 4.2 Present Electric Power
Generation Systems 82 4.3 A Future Electrical Power Generation System with
a High Penetration of Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy Resources
83 4.4 Integration of DGs into Smart Grids for Balancing Power 86 4.5 The
Bornholm System - A "Fast Track" for Smart Grids 91 4.6 Conclusions 92
References 93 5. Process Intensification in the Chemical Industry: A Review
95 Stefano Curcio 5.1 Introduction 95 5.2 Different Approaches to Process
Intensification 96 5.3 Process Intensification as a Valuable Tool for the
Chemical Industry 97 5.4 PI Exploitation in the Chemical Industry 100 5.5
Conclusions 113 References 113 6. Process Intensification in the Chemical
and Petrochemical Industry 119 Angelo Basile, Adolfo Iulianelli, and Simona
Liguori 6.1 Introduction 119 6.2 Process Intensification 120 6.3 The
Membrane Role 122 6.4 Membrane Reactor 124 6.5 Applications of Membrane
Reactors in the Petrochemical Industry 128 6.6 Process Intensification in
Chemical Industry 139 6.7 Future Trends 141 6.8 Conclusion 142 Nomenclature
143 References 143 7. Production of Bio-Based Fuels: Bioethanol and
Biodiesel 153 Sudip Chakraborty, Ranjana Das Mondal, Debolina Mukherjee,
and Chiranjib Bhattacharjee 7.1 Introduction 153 7.2 Production of
Bioethanol 155 7.3 Biodiesel and Renewable Diesels from Biomass 166 7.4
Perspective 172 List of Acronyms 172 References 173 8. Inside the
Bioplastics World: An Alternative to Petroleum-based Plastics 181 Vincenzo
Piemonte 8.1 Bioplastic Concept 181 8.2 Bioplastic Production Processes 183
8.3 Bioplastic Environmental Impact: Strengths and Weaknesses 186 8.4
Conclusions 195 Acknowledgements 196 References 196 9. Biosurfactants 199
Maria Giovanna Martinotti, Gianna Allegrone, Massimo Cavallo, and Letizia
Fracchia 9.1 Introduction 199 9.2 State of the Art 200 9.3 Production
Technologies 205 9.4 Recovery of Biosurfactants 212 9.5 Application Fields
213 9.6 Future Prospects 225 References 225 10. Bioremediation of Water: A
Sustainable Approach 241 Sudip Chakraborty, Jaya Sikder, Debolina
Mukherjee, Mrinal Kanti Mandal, and D. Lawrence Arockiasamy 10.1
Introduction 241 10.2 State-of-the-Art: Recent Development 242 10.3 Water
Management 247 10.4 Overview of Bioremediation in Wastewater Treatment and
Ground Water Contamination 250 10.5 Membrane Separation in Bioremediation
252 10.6 Case Studies 256 10.7 Conclusions 260 List of Acronyms 261
References 262 11. Effective Remediation of Contaminated Soils by
Eco-Compatible Physical, Biological, and Chemical Practices 267 Filomena
Sannino and Alessandro Piccolo 11.1 Introduction 267 11.2 Biological
Methods (Microorganisms, Plants, Compost, and Biochar) 269 11.3
Physicochemical Methods 277 11.4 Chemical Methods 280 11.5 Conclusions 286
List of Symbols and Acronyms 288 Acknowledgments 289 References 289 12.
Nanoparticles as a Smart Technology for Remediation 297 Giuseppe
Chidichimo, Daniela Cupelli, Giovanni De Filpo, Patrizia Formoso, and Fiore
Pasquale Nicoletta 12.1 Introduction 297 12.2 Silica Nanoparticles for
Wastewater Treatment 298 12.3 Magnetic Nanoparticles: Synthesis,
Characterization and Applications 305 12.4 Titania Nanoparticles in
Environmental Photo-Catalysis 317 12.5 Future Prospects: Is Nano Really
Good for the Environment? 326 12.6 Conclusions 328 List of Abbreviations
328 References 329 Index 349