Pollution prevention : methodology, technologies, and practices /
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| Author / Creator: | Mulholland, Kenneth L., 1939- |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : American Institute of Chemical Engineers, c1999. |
| Description: | xix, 214 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4262249 |
Table of Contents:
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Epigraph
- Chapter 1. Why Pollution Prevention?
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Waste As Pollution
- 1.3. How is Pollution Prevention Defined?
- 1.4. Drivers for Pollution Prevention
- 1.5. Pollution-Prevention Wisdom
- 1.5.1. Waste Stream Analysis
- 1.5.2. Process Analysis
- 1.6. Scope of this Book
- Literature Cited
- Chapter 2. The Path to Pollution Prevention
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. The Recipe for Success
- 2.3. Program Elements
- 2.3.1. Chartering Phase
- 2.3.2. Assessment Phase
- 2.3.3. Implementation Phase
- 2.4. The Incentive for Pollution Prevention
- 2.4.1. New End-of-Pipe Treatment
- 2.4.2. Raw-Materials Cost
- 2.4.3. Cost of Manufacture
- 2.5. Pollution-Prevention Engineering Technologies and Practices
- 2.6. Engineering Evaluation of the Preferred Options
- 2.7. Waste Stream and Process Analyses
- 2.8. Case Studies
- 2.8.1. Program Elements: U.S. EPA and DuPont Chambers Works Waste-Minimization Project
- 2.8.2. Incentive for Pollution Prevention-Gas-Flow-Rate Reduction
- 2.8.3. Waste Stream Analysis: Nonaqueous Cleaning
- 2.8.4. Process Analysis: Replace Solvent with a Process Intermediate, Product, or Feed
- Literature Cited
- Chapter 3. Pollution Prevention Program Development
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Regulations
- 3.3. A Successful Pollution-Prevention Program
- 3.4. Program Elements
- 3.5. Chartering Phase
- 3.5.1. Business Leadership Decision to Start
- 3.5.2. Establishing the Program
- 3.5.3. Selecting the Waste Streams
- 3.5.4. Creating a Core Assessment Team
- 3.6. Assessment Phase
- 3.6.1. Collect Data
- 3.6.2. Set Goals
- 3.6.3. Define the Problem
- 3.6.4. Show Stoppers
- 3.6.5. Generate Options
- 3.6.6. Screening the Options
- 3.6.7. Evaluate the Screened Options
- 3.7. Implementation Phase
- 3.7.1. Select Options for Implementation
- 3.7.2. Create Preliminary Implementation Plan
- 3.7.3. Secure Approval for Implementation and Begin Implementation Projects
- 3.7.4. Keep People Involved
- 3.8. Resources
- 3.9. When Should You Do Pollution Prevention?
- 3.9.1. Pollution Prevention during Research and Development
- 3.9.2. Pollution Prevention during Process and Design Engineering
- 3.9.3. Pollution Prevention during Process Operation
- 3.10. Case Studies
- 3.10.1. R&D Phase
- 3.10.2. Process and Design Engineering Phase
- 3.10.3. Existing Process Operation
- Literature Cited
- Chapter 4. Economics of Pollution Prevention
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. End-of-Pipe Treatment Cost as the Incentive for Pollution Prevention
- 4.3. Economic Criteria for Technology Comparisons
- 4.3.1. Net Present Value
- 4.3.2. Investment
- 4.4. End-of-Pipe VOC and HVOC Treatment Technology Selection
- 4.4.1. Cost Associated with Permit Applications
- 4.4.2. Investment, Cash Operating Cost, and Net Present Cost
- 4.5. Particulate Control Technologies
- 4.5.1. Investment, Cost, and Economics
- 4.5.2. technology Description
- 4.5.3. Technology Selection
- 4.6. Biological Wastewater Treatment Technologies
- 4.6.1. Applicable technologies
- 4.6.2. Incentive for Source Reduction for New Facilities
- 4.6.3. Investment and Costs for Aerobic Deep-Tank Activated-Sludge Treatment Facilities
- 4.7. Nonbiological Wastewater Treatment technologies
- 4.7.1. Incentive for Pollution Prevention
- 4.7.2. Nonbiological End-of-Pipe Technology Selection Map
- 4.7.3. Investment, Cost, and Economics for Individual Technologies
- 4.8. Solid-Waste Treatment Costs
- 4.9. Examples
- 4.9.1. High-Flow, VOC-Laden Air Stream
- 4.9.2. Moderate-Flow, HVOC-Laden Air Stream
- 4.9.3. Waste-Gas Stream with VOCs and particulates
- 4.9.4. N
