Sustainable processes thorough LCA, process integration and optimal design

Abstract This is an overview of a Special Issue that has been dedicated to the eighth conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction — PRES ’ 05 . Six papers from the conference have been selected and peer-reviewed. They cover various subjects of sustainable production and conservation of resources. Advanced integration, life cycle assessment and optimal design are the novel methodologies used. These have been supplemented with case studies dealing with waste activated sludge.

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[4]  Robin Smith,et al.  Chemical Process: Design and Integration , 2005 .

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[6]  Michael Narodoslawsky,et al.  SPIonExcel—Fast and easy calculation of the Sustainable Process Index via computer , 2007 .

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[8]  Petr Stehlík,et al.  Recent advances on heat, chemical and process integration, multiobjective and structural optimisation , 2006 .

[9]  Valentin Plesu,et al.  Genetic algorithm optimisation of water consumption and wastewater network topology , 2005 .

[10]  Ernst Worrell,et al.  Sustainability and renewable resources , 2005 .

[11]  Jirí Jaromír Klemes,et al.  Recent novel developments in heat integration¿total site, trigeneration, utility systems and cost-effective decarbonisation.: Case studies waste thermal processing, pulp and paper and fuel cells , 2005 .

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[13]  Luis Puigjaner,et al.  Targeting and design methodology for reduction of fuel, power and CO2 on total sites , 1997 .

[14]  Toshko Zhelev.  The conceptual design approach—A process integration approach on the move , 2007 .

[15]  Valentin Plesu,et al.  Cost-based design of wastewater network optimal topology , 2007 .

[16]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Advanced combustion, cooling and refrigeration, waste gas treatment, heat integrated separation and case studies , 2007 .

[17]  Barend J. du Plessis,et al.  The application of the Taguchi method in the evaluation of mechanical flotation in waste activated sludge thickening , 2007 .