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Chemical process industries including petrochemicals, and plastics are major sources of hazardous wastes. Process simulation models and other design tools allow engineers to design, simulate, and optimize chemical processes. However, there is a critical need to incorporate more environmental considerations into the design of these processes. These environmental objectives have placed additional requirements on process data and models, as well as increased the need for sophisticated simulation technology to quantify the impact of pollution prevention options. Therefore, process design for environmental considerations calls for new methods and models to be incorporated in all phases of process engineering activities, ranging from conception to design to operation. This paper presents the integrated approach to process design for environmental considerations and analyzes the state-of-the-art methods and tools to address the problem of pollution prevention by design.
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Diwekar, U.M. (1999). Process Design for Environment Problems. In: Sikdar, S.K., Diwekar, U. (eds) Tools and Methods for Pollution Prevention. NATO Science Series, vol 62. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4445-2_17
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