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DESIGNING EFFICIENT, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CHEMICAL PROCESSES
Citation:
Smith*, R L., D M. Young*, H C. Cabezas*, T. M. Mata, AND C. V. Costa. DESIGNING EFFICIENT, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CHEMICAL PROCESSES. Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, , p. 1165-1170, (2001).
Description:
A catalytic reforming process has been studied using hierarchical design and simulation calculations. Approximations for the fugitive emissions indicate which streams allow the most value to be lost and which have the highest potential environmental impact. One can use this information to focus attention on these high value and/or high potential environmental impact streams. It was also found that increased recycling leads to higher potential environmental impact. The effect of larger recycle flows is an increase in fugitive emissions, which leads to larger impacts.