Sustainable design through process integration : fundamentals and applications to industrial pollution prevention, resource conservation, and profitability enhancement / Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Sustainability and Pollution Prevention: Metrics and Approaches -- Overview of Process Integration -- Overall Targeting of Mass Usage and Discharge -- Design of Recycle/Reuse Networks -- Synthesis of Physical Mass-Exchange Networks -- Synthesis of Reactive Mass-Exchange Networks -- Synthesis of Membrane Separation Systems -- Green Chemistry -- Combined Mass Integration Techniques -- Synthesis of Heat Exchange Networks -- Design of Combined Heat and Power Systems -- Sustainable Process and Product Design -- Integrated Approaches to the Reduction of Greenhouse Gases -- Life Cycle Analysis -- Process Integration as an Enabling Tool to Environmental Impact Assessment -- Design of Biofuel Production Systems and Integrated Biorefineries -- Optimization Approaches to Sustainable Design.