Chemical processes for a sustainable future. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Trevor M. Letcher (Emeritus Professor, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, email: [e-mail]), Janet L. Scott (Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Bath, UK, email: [e-mail]), Darrell A. Patterson (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, UK, email: [e-mail]).
• Editors: Letcher, T. M (Trevor M.); (Chemist), Scott, Janet L; Patterson, Darrell A
• Contents: Introduction; General Concepts in Sustainable Chemical Technologies; Separations and Purifications; Overview by Darrell Patterson; Membrane Separation; Gas Separations using Ionic Liquids; Absorption and Adsorption Processes; Liquid-Liquid Extractions and Stripping (including supercritical fluids); Ionic Liquids and their application to a more sustainable chemistry; Crystallisation in Continuous Flow Processes; Chemical Transformation and Reactors; Overview by Janet Scott; Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors; The application of supercritical carbon dioxide extractions of functional compounds for more sustainable future; Processes employing cavitation e.g. ultrasound, hydrodynamic cavitation; Microwave Chemistry and Microwave Reactors; Continuous Flow Processes; Bioelectrochemical Systems for a Sustainable Future; Nanoparticles and their application in sustainable chemistry; Sustainable Processes in the Metal and Mining Industry; Photochemical production of Fine Chemicals; Biochemical Transformations and Reactors; Overview, by Professor David Leak; Enzyme Biotransformations and Reactors; Algae and Bacterial Technologies for Biofuels; Fermentations and Sustainable Technologies; Process Integration; Overview by Rafiqul Gani; Process Control for Sustainable Processes; Quantifying the Impact of New Materials and Processes Towards Environmentally Sustainable Technology; Systematic Computer Aided Framework for Process Synthesis, Design and Intensification
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 660.63; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical; Chemical processes -- Environmental aspects; Sustainable engineering; Biochemical engineering; Nanotechnology; Biochemical engineering; Chemical processes -- Environmental aspects; Nanotechnology; Sustainable engineering; Chemistry; Environmental science, engineering & technology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782621393; 1782621393
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