Risk reduction through waste minimizing process synthesis
- Univ. of Veszprem (Hungary)
- Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Various approaches are available for minimizing the generation of waste in a process system. They include source reduction, recycling, waste separation, waste concentration, and waste exchange at the highest level of U.S. EPA`s waste reduction hierarchy. All of these approaches, however, depend primarily on the structure of the process. For instance, various processes may need different waste treatment systems even if they generate the same product. Similarly, the risk depends on the structure of the process. Thus, the design of facilities for waste minimization and risk reduction can not be isolated from that of the process for product generation as often done conventionally. All the steps of process design and waste minimization and risk reduction should be integrated into one consistent method. The integration, however, renders the already complex tasks involved in process synthesis exceedingly cumbersome. A highly efficient and mathematically rigorous technique is indeed required to overcome this difficulty. The present work aims at establishing such a technique.
- OSTI ID:
- 111535
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504110--; CNN: Grant 167/94
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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