Environmental Technology and Economics
Sustainable Development in Industry
Published on 8. February 1999
Book
Hardback
667 pages
978-0-7506-7080-7 (ISBN)
Description
Environmental engineering is a unique discipline of engineering that deals with the specific issues of emissions, waste disposal, water & soils
engineering. Engineers in practice are increasingly held liable for increasing constraints placed upon them by environmental laws and standards. What industrial, chemical, plant, and process engineers need to
know is how do they meet the requirements of enforcement agencies (such as the EPA) standards and justify the expense to operations and finance departments.
This guidebook shows practicing engineers in the industry how to implement systems that will achieve manufacturing, business efficiency and
environmental compliance at the same time. Here is a guide to the actual technology at the disposal of plant designers, specifiers, engineers, and managers that will give them the answers to the questions that other
sources simply do not address.
The text of this book has been kept extremely user-friendly despite the extent of its contents. An engineer who has to interface with non-engineering personnel, including members of the public will find the
book will do the talking for him. This is particularly valuable in a rapidly emerging field that is misunderstood. Professors of environmental
faculties will find the book useful for capstone courses and for general reading.
engineering. Engineers in practice are increasingly held liable for increasing constraints placed upon them by environmental laws and standards. What industrial, chemical, plant, and process engineers need to
know is how do they meet the requirements of enforcement agencies (such as the EPA) standards and justify the expense to operations and finance departments.
This guidebook shows practicing engineers in the industry how to implement systems that will achieve manufacturing, business efficiency and
environmental compliance at the same time. Here is a guide to the actual technology at the disposal of plant designers, specifiers, engineers, and managers that will give them the answers to the questions that other
sources simply do not address.
The text of this book has been kept extremely user-friendly despite the extent of its contents. An engineer who has to interface with non-engineering personnel, including members of the public will find the
book will do the talking for him. This is particularly valuable in a rapidly emerging field that is misunderstood. Professors of environmental
faculties will find the book useful for capstone courses and for general reading.
Reviews / Votes
"Technology is a moving target, and environmental legislation further complicates the engineer's task of bringing order into the chaos. In a newly released, well-organized text, 'Environmental Technology and Economics,' Claire Soares has managed to bring together many of the related, complex and interacting topics and issues." - Heinz P. Bloch, P.E., retired Exxon ER&E"Soares knows the industrial and governmental players, the technologies, and the basic physics that make up today's complex environmental puzzle... but more importantly, she is able to explain it and make sense out of it for the working engineer or manager!" - Dr. James E. Hartsel, retired GE Aircraft Engines
"Profound and informed work on how environmental issues such as global warming, acid rain and pollution can be mitigated or stabilized from one well qualified to know. The author's objectivity skillfully masks a deep love of nature, and it's that objectivity that makes this work fascinating." - Robert Kobierski, Aeronautical Engineer BAE systems, retired CF qualified test pilot
"Claire Soares' work is long overdue. There is no similar work I know of that gives constructive current information on how environmental issues can be using new technologies. Refreshingly free of activist rhetoric and with real solutions that aren't widely public knowledge. Soares has made this work on the state of the environment accessible to everyday people." - Carroll Thatcher, Founder of the Thatcher Planning Group, adjunct professor Michigan State University
"Soares' book is an excellent portrayal of the range of choices and tradeoffs, in energy and industrial sustainability...uses many examples from...international experience." - Manfred Klein, Environment Canada, Energy Branch
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Approx. 150 illustrations; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-7080-7 (9780750670807)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Claire Soares is an ASME Fellow and industry consultant with more than 20 years' experience at such leading manufacturers of gas turbines as GE and Rolls Royce. Claire is a recognized turbomachinery specialist with particular expertise in optimal design selection and specification, and ensuring long-term successful operation for a given application.
Content
Part I: Financing: Project Approval; Part II: Power Generation; Coal; Gas Turbines; Nuclear Power; Hydroelectric Power; Alternative and Regenerative Energy Sources; Cycle of Optimization; Part III: Petrochemical and Process Industries; Pulp and Paper industry; Aviation; Part IV: Soil, Air and Water; Soil Reclamation; Cleaning Polluted Water and Air; Summation