Sustainability in the Design, Synthesis and Analysis of Chemical Engineering Processes - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr. Ruiz-Mercado is currently leading and developing U.S. EPA research projects in areas of sustainable development for helping society, government, industry, and academia. His experience, published record, and contributions to the advancement of knowledge in research areas such as sustainability evaluation, sustainable process design and life cycle sustainability evaluation, demonstrate his capability to identify new research needs and challenges.

Heriberto Cabezas is a Research Professor at the Department of Applied Sustainability at the Széchenyi István University in Győr, Hungary. He is a Senior Advisor at the Vishwamitra Research Institute in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Miskolc in Hungary. He led the workgroup on global sustainability at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary. He served as a Senior Science Advisor (Ret.) at the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

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Improve plants, processes and products with sustainability and the chemical engineering fundamentals in mind

• Improve plants, processes and products with sustainability in mind; from conceptual design to life cycle assessment
• Avoid retrofitting costs by planning for sustainability concerns at the start of the design process
• Link sustainability to the chemical engineering fundamentals

Sustainability in the Design, Synthesis and Analysis of Chemical Engineering Processes is an edited collection of contributions from leaders in their field. It takes a holistic view of sustainability in chemical and process engineering design, and incorporates economic analysis and human dimensions. Ruiz-Mercado and Cabezas have brought to this book their experience of researching sustainable process design and life cycle sustainability evaluation to assist with development in government, industry and academia.

This book takes a practical, step-by-step approach to designing sustainable plants and processes by starting from chemical engineering fundamentals. This method enables readers to achieve new process design approaches with high influence and less complexity. It will also help to incorporate sustainability at the early stages of project life, and build up multiple systems level perspectives. Ruiz-Mercado and Cabezas’ book is the only book on the market that looks at process sustainability from a chemical engineering fundamentals perspective.

Chemical Engineer, Sustainable Technology Division, Office of Research and Development (ORD), at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA).

Dr. Ruiz-Mercado is an active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), He was a recipient of the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) fellowship during his graduate studies. Dr. Ruiz-Mercado holds a Ph.D. from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (2009) and a B.S. (magna cum laude) from the University of Atlántico-Colombia (2002) all in chemical engineering. Before joining the U.S. EPA, Dr. Ruiz-Mercado continued his research studies as a Research Associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Senior Science Advisor to the Sustainable Technology Division in the Office of Research and Development (ORD), at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics at the Peter Pazmany Catholic University in Hungary.

Dr. Cabezas is a former Chair of the Environmental Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He was a recipient of the 2011 Research Excellence Award in Sustainable Engineering from the AIChE, the ORD Sustainability Award (team) at the U.S. EPA, and the 2013 Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering from the AIChE. Dr. Cabezas holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida (1985) in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, a M.S. from the University of Florida (1981), and a B.S. (magna cum laude) from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (1980) all in chemical engineering. He is a Fellow of the AIChE, a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Board Certified Member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.