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1 online resource (578 pages) |
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Print version record. |
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Front Cover; Catalysis, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy; CATALYSIS, GREEN CHEMISTRY AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR NOVEL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; I -- Introduction; Introduction to the book; 1 -- The vision of future sustainable energy, catalyst, and chemistry: opportunities for innovation and business; 1. Introduction; 2. Sustainability as a driver for company strategies; 3. Opportunities for innovation and business; 3.1 The business opportunities; 4. Circular economy; 4.1 Industrial symbiosis and change of business model |
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5. Sustainability and circularity indexes6. Conclusions and future trends; List of abbreviations and acronyms; References; Further reading; 2 -- How green chemistry will change chemical engineering; 1. Introduction; 1.1 What makes a chemical process green or greener?; 2. Renewable and waste materials as new feedstocks; 2.1 Principal solid wastes; 2.2 Plastic wastes; 2.3 Biomass; 2.4 Natural-based fatty acids; 3. Low-energy-intensity processes; 3.1 Fermentation processes; 3.1.1 Energy consumption in fermentation processes; 3.2 Development of membrane reactors; 3.3 Room-temperature ionic liquids |
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4. Green chemistry and catalysis (principle No. 9)4.1 Perovskites; 4.2 Nanocatalysts; 4.3 Enzyme biocatalysis; 5. The scale-up issue; 5.1 Fermentation scale-up; 5.2 Catalyst scale-up; 6. Conclusion and future trends; List of abbreviations and acronyms; List of Symbols; References; II -- Opportunities for innovation & business; Preface to the section opportunities for innovation and business; 3 -- Building the future of green chemistry; 1. Introduction; 1.1 What does "green chemistry" mean?; 1.2 Is there a definition of "circular economy?" |
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1.3 What is the relationship between the green chemistry, green economy, and circular economy?1.4 What is the definition of "carbon footprint?"; 1.5 How can the possible green chemistry actions be classified?; 1.6 Recyclable, renewable, biodegradable, compostable: what is the difference?; 1.7 What is a biorefinery?; 2. Actual situation and future scenario; 3. Enforcement actions; 4. Bio-based chains; 5. Case-study: polyester (PET) chain; 5.1 The drop-in option; 6. Conclusions and future trends; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Further reading |
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4 -- So you want your supply chain to adopt sustainable and green practices: how complicated could that be?1. Introduction; 2. What do we mean by sustainable and green practices?; 3. An introduction to supply chains; 4. What is supply chain management?; 5. Challenges in adopting and applying green chemistry to a supply chain; 6. A typical apparel firm's supply chain; 7. What is strategy?; 8. What forces shape the ability of a firm to create comparative advantage?; 9. Coopetition; 10. Conclusion and future trends; List of abbreviations and acronyms |
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5 -- Biorefineries and green diesel: process and product innovation |
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Catalysis.
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Green chemistry.
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Renewable energy sources.
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Catalyse.
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Chimie verte.
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Énergies renouvelables.
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Catalysis
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Green chemistry
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Renewable energy sources
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| Added Author |
Centi, Gabriele.
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Falco, Marcello de.
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Iaquaniello, Gaetano.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Basile, Angelo. Catalysis, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy : New Technologies for Novel Business Opportunities. San Diego : Elsevier, ©2019 9780444643377 |
| ISBN |
0444643389 |
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9780444643384 (electronic bk.) |
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9780444643377 (hbk.) |
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0444643370 |
| Standard No. |
UKMGB 019603044 |
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AU@ 000068132750 |
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AU@ 000068696252 |
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