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| Preface | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| A Chemical Engineer's Guide To Environmental Issues And Regulations | |
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| An Introduction To Environmental Issues | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Role of Chemical Processes and Chemical Products | |
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| An Overview of Major Environmental Issues | |
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| Global Environmental Issues | |
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| Air Quality Issues | |
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| Water Quality Issues | |
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| Ecology | |
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| Natural Resources | |
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| Waste Flows in the United States | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Risk Concepts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Description of Risk | |
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| Value of Risk Assessment in the Engineering Profession | |
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| Risk-Based Environmental Law | |
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| General Overview of Risk Assessment Concepts | |
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| Hazard Assessment | |
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| Dose-Response | |
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| Exposure Assessment | |
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| Risk Characterization | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Environmental Law and Regulations: From End-of-Pipe to Pollution Prevention | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nine Prominent Federal Environmental Statutes | |
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| Evolution of Regulatory and Voluntary Programs: From End-of-Pipe to Pollution Prevention | |
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| Pollution Prevention Concepts and Terminology | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Roles and Responsibilities of Chemical Engineers | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Responsibilities for Chemical Process Safety | |
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| Responsibilities for Environmental Protection | |
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| Further Reading in Engineering Ethics | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Evaluating And Improving Environmental Performance Of Chemical Processes | |
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| Evaluating Environmental Fate: Approaches based on chemical structure | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Chemical and Physical Property Estimation | |
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| Estimating Environmental Persistence | |
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| Estimating Ecosystem Risks | |
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| Using Property Estimates to Estimate Environmental Fate and Exposure | |
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| Classifying Environmental Risks Based on Chemical Structure | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Evaluating Exposures | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Occupational Exposures: Recognition, Evaluation, and Control | |
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| Exposure Assessment for Chemicals in the Ambient Environment | |
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| Designing Safer Chemicals | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Green Chemistry | |
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| Green Chemistry | |
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| Green Chemistry Methodologies | |
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| Quantitative/Optimization-Based Frameworks for the Design of Green Chemical Synthesis Pathways | |
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| Green Chemistry Expert System Case Studies | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Evaluating Environmental Performance During Process Synthesis | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Environmental Performance Tools | |
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| Environmental Performance Tools | |
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| Environmental Performance Tools | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Unit Operations and Pollution Prevention | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Pollution Prevention in Material Selection for Unit Operations | |
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| Pollution Prevention for Chemical Reactors | |
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| Pollution Prevention for Separation Devices | |
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| Pollution Prevention Applications for Separative Reactors | |
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| Pollution Prevention in Storage Tanks and Fugitive Sources | |
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| Pollution Prevention Assessment Integrated with HAZ-OP Analysis | |
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| Integrating Risk Assessment with Process Design-A Case Study | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Flowsheet Analysis for Pollution Prevention | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Process Energy Integration | |
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| Process Mass Integration | |
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| Case Study of a Process Flowsheet | |
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| Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Problems | |
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| Evaluating the Environmental Performance of a Flowsheet | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Estimation of Environmental Fates of Emissions and Wastes | |
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| Tier 3 Metrics for Environmen | |