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 SuslăN
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