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PROCESS SIMULATION TOOLS FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION: NEW METHODS REDUCE THE MAGNITUDE OF WASTE STREAMS
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Hilaly**, A. K. AND S K. Sikdar*. PROCESS SIMULATION TOOLS FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION: NEW METHODS REDUCE THE MAGNITUDE OF WASTE STREAMS. Silverberg, P.M. (ed.), Submitted to: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 98-105, (1996).
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Growing environmental concerns have spurred considerable interest in pollution prevention. In most instances, pollution prevention involves introducing radical changes to the design of processes so that waste generation is minimized. Process simulators can be effective tools in achieving the objectives of pollution prevention. Here we look at the capabilities and limitations of existing simulators for handling pollution prevention. We will discuss the new tools under development.
A process simulator is a large computer program that simulates the operations of chemical and allied processes. Chemical process plants usually consist of many process units. Each of these can, in principle, be modeled mathematically. Process simulators provide an overall integration of the mathematical models of these commonly encountered process units.
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