Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries

This new edition supplies the tools required to measure process efficiency and sustainability with improved accuracy. Exploring the driving forces in the chemical and power industries, the book investigates why losses occur and explains how to reduce them. It focuses on economics as a key enabler of technology choices and shareholder returns.

Krishnan Sankaranarayanan received his MSc at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands and his PhD at Princeton University, New Jersey. At Delft, he did an extensive study of the energy efficiency of the polyolefin industry, for which activity DSM acted as host. After 12 years at ExxonMobil he joined SABIC where he worked on a variety of technology developments, circular economy, and energy transition. He is currently leading Digital Transformation for the technology organization and is based in Houston, Texas.

PART I Basics Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Thermodynamics Revisited Chapter 3 Energy "Consumption" and Lost Work Chapter 4 Entropy Generation: Cause and Effect Chapter 5 Reduction of Lost Work PART II Thermodynamic Analysis of Processes Chapter 6 Exergy, a Convenient Concept Chapter 7 Chemical Exergy Chapter 8 Simple Applications PART III Case Studies Chapter 9 Energy Conversion Chapter 10 Separations Chapter 11 Chemical Conversion Chapter 12 A Note on Life Cycle Analysis PART IV Sustainability Chapter 13 Sustainable Development Chapter 14 Efciency and Sustainability in the Chemical Process Industry Chapter 15 Plastics Recycling Chapter 16 Project Economics, Taxes, and Subsidies for Sustainability Chapter 17 Low Carbon Chapter 18 A Changing Energy Mix Chapter 19 CO 2 Capture and Sequestration Chapter 20 Sense and Nonsense of Green Chemistry and Biofuels Chapter 21 Solar Energy Conversion Chapter 22 Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future? Chapter 23 Future Trends