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Sustainable development in chemical engineering : innovative technologies /

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 proc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Basile, Angelo (Angelo Bruno) (Autor), Piemonte, Vincenzo (Autor), Falco, Marcello de (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Sustainable Development Strategies: An Overview; 1.1 Renewable Energies: State of the Art and Diffusion; 1.2 Process Intensification; 1.2.1 Process Intensifying Equipment; 1.2.2 Process Intensifying Methods; 1.3 Concept and Potentialities of Bio-based Platforms for Biomolecule Production; 1.3.1 Biogas Platform; 1.3.2 Sugar Platform; 1.3.3 Vegetable Oil Platform; 1.3.4 Algae Oil Platform; 1.3.5 Lignin Platform; 1.3.6 Opportunities and Growth Predictions; 1.4 Soil and Water Remediation; 1.4.1 Soil Remediation.
  • 1.4.2 Water RemediationAcknowledgement; References; Chapter 2 Innovative Solar Technology: CSP Plants for Combined Production of Hydrogen and Electricity; 2.1 Principles; 2.2 Plant Configurations; 2.2.1 Solar Membrane Reactor Steam Reforming; 2.2.2 Solar Enriched Methane Production; 2.3 Mathematical Models; 2.3.1 Solar Enriched Methane Reactor Modelling; 2.3.2 Membrane Reactor Modelling; 2.3.3 WGS, Separation Units and the Electricity Production Model; 2.4 Plant Simulations; 2.4.1 EM Reactor; 2.4.2 Membrane Reactor; 2.4.3 Global Plant Simulations and Comparison; 2.5 Conclusions; Nomenclature.
  • 3.4.2 Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Flexibility3.4.3 Effects of Introducing the Peak/Off-Peak Charge Tariff; 3.4.4 Introducing Electric Traction in the Transport Sector: Connection between Electricity and Transport Systems; 3.4.5 Increasing Industrial CHP Electricity Production; 3.4.6 Developing the Concept of `Virtual Power Plants'; 3.5 Analysis of a Meaningful Case Study: The Italian Scenario; 3.5.1 Renewable Energy Expansion in a Reference Scenario; 3.5.2 Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Flexibility; 3.5.3 Effects of Introducing a Peak/Off-Peak Charge Tariff.
  • 3.5.4 Introduction of a Connection between Electricity and Transport Systems: The Increase in Electric Cars3.5.5 Increasing Industrial CHP Electricity Production; 3.6 Analysis and Discussion; 3.7 Conclusions; Nomenclature and Abbreviations; References; Chapter 4 The Smart Grid as a Response to Spread the Concept of Distributed Generation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Present Electric Power Generation Systems; 4.3 A Future Electrical Power Generation System with a High Penetration of Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy Resources; 4.4 Integration of DGs into Smart Grids for Balancing Power.