Process Integration for Resource Conservation

Ideal for students preparing for real-world work as well as industrial practitioners, this text presents state-of-the-art, cost-effective techniques, including pinch analysis and mathematical optimization, for numerous conservation problems encountered in industrial plants. Following the holistic philosophy of process integration, the author emphasizes the goal of setting performance targets ahead of detailed design. He explains various industrial examples step by step and offers demo software and other materials at www.crcpress.com. A solutions manual is available with qualifying course adoption.