efficiency and sustainability in the energy and chemical industries scientific principles and case studies

[...]... green chemistry and biofuels is expounded in this part as well, followed by solar energy conversion and musings on hydrogen in the final chapter of this part Chapter 19, contains the authors’ thoughts on what the future may hold 6 Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries References 1 Seader, J.D Thermodynamic Efficiency of Chemical Processes, Industrial EnergyConservation... integrate the environment into the analysis of any system we are interested in, a wonderful thermodynamic principle: always study the system in interaction with its environment Science, in this instance thermodynamics, can hardly offer society something better “to live in harmony with the Environment.” In conclusion, the main objective of this book is to study the efficiency and sustainability of industrial... equation of state, describing how intramolecular properties, the properties within the molecules, are a function of the state variables The expression in brackets requires the mechanical equation of state, which expresses the dependency of a property, for example, V on the intermolecular interactions, the interactions Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries 10 between molecules... CO2, and terms such as “green.” This book aims to quantify these terms, determine the feasibility and possibility of claims, and allow for a rational evaluation and discussion based on sound scientific principles This book answers this question for industrial processes, in particular those in the energy and chemical industry Having a long experience in joint efforts with industry and with teaching, the. .. efficiency and sustainability This is illustrated in case studies, examples, and problems The book is meant for the practicing engineer and anybody else who is interested or engaged in the transition from a fossil-based, non-sustainable industry to a sustainable, low-waste industry based on renewable energy and resources Thus, it is hoped, the book itself will contribute to the development of a sustainable... applications, appeared to have a high “engineering” content Atkins’ statement that the second law is the driving force behind all change [5] had a lasting impact on us, as much as Goodstein’s suggestion [6] that the second law may well turn out to be the central scientific truth of the twenty-first 3 Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries 4 0 1000 1 6 2 Compression 218... ideas and questions from colleagues within multinational industries All these elements and influences can be found in this book and its structure Part I of this book, “Basics” (Chapters 2 through 5), reviews the main results of classical thermodynamics and identifies the important concepts of ideal work, lost work, and entropy generation, from using and combining the first and second laws for flowing... of their instrumental and visual power in illustrating the fate of energy in the processes (Figure 1.1) After this experience in industry, we started to include the subject in advanced courses to our own chemical engineering students at Delft University of Technology A colleague had pointed out to us that the design of a process is more valuable if the process has also been analyzed for its energy efficiency. .. its scientific concepts, thermodynamics has emerged as the ultimate accountant of energy Thermodynamics, in particular the second law, seemed indispensable to find one’s way in a labyrinth—or so it seems— of resource and process alternatives But with the emergence of the worldwide call for sustainability, our interest extended to include factors other than efficiency to deal with this concept In doing... 349 Index 359 Preface For some of us, the energy crisis of the 1970s and 1980s may still be fresh in our memory The crisis was of political origin, not one of real shortage The developed countries responded by focusing on increasing energy efficiency, at home and in industry, and by taking initiatives to make them less dependent on liquid fossils from the Middle East More . y0 w0 h1" alt="" EFFICIENCY and SUSTAINABILITY in the ENERGY and CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES SECOND EDITION Scientific Principles and Case Studies GREEN CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Series Editor:. Wilkinson, and Jiujun Zhang CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Boca Raton London New York EFFICIENCY and SUSTAINABILITY in the ENERGY and CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES SECOND. Lee Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries: Scientific Principles and Case Studies, Second Edition Krishnan