Sustainable development in the process industries : cases and impact / edited by Jan Harmsen, Joseph B. Powell. - xv, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sustainability metrics, indicators, and indices for the process industries / Joseph B. Powell -- Resource efficiency of chemical manufacturing chains : present and future / Jean-Paul Lange -- Regional integration of processes, agriculture, and society / Michael Narodoslawsky -- Eco-industrial parks in the Netherlands : the Rotterdam harbor and industry complex / L.W. Baas and G. Korevaar -- By-product synergy networks : driving innovation through waste reduction and carbon mitigation / Andrew Mangan and Elsa Olivetti -- Fast pyrolysis of biomass for energy and chemicals : technologies at various scales / R.H. Venderbosch and W. Prins -- Integrated corn-based biorefinery : a study in sustainable process development / Carina Maria Alles and Robin Jenkins -- Cellulosic biofuels : a sustainable option for transportation / Jean-Paul Lange, Iris Lewandowski, and Paul M. Ayoub -- Integrated urea-melamine process at DSM : sustainable product development / Tjien T. Tjioe and Johan T. Tinge -- Sustainable innovation in the chemical industry and its commercial impacts / Joseph B. Powell -- Implementation of sustainable strategies in small and medium-sized enterprises based on the concept of cleaner production / Johannes Fresner and Jan Sage -- Sustainable concepts in metals recycling and mineral processing / Nitosh Kumar Brahma -- Industrial ecosystem principles in industrial symbiosis : by-product synergy / Qingzhong Wu.



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