LEADER 05593nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910816840903321 005 20240313225129.0 010 $a9781118629840 010 $a1118629841 010 $a9781118629703 010 $a1118629701 010 $a9781118629833 010 $a1118629833 035 $a(CKB)2670000000360086 035 $a(EBL)1204917 035 $a(OCoLC)850164932 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1204917 035 $a(DLC) 2013024634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1204917 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10716659 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL494668 035 $a(PPN)196554527 035 $a(Perlego)1001722 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000360086 100 $a20130515d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aSustainable development in chemical engineering $einnovative technologies /$feditors, Angelo Basile, Vincenzo Piemonte, Marcello De Falco 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChichester, West Sussex $cJohn Wiley & Sons Inc.$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781119953524 311 08$a1119953529 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Sustainable Development Strategies: An Overview; 1.1 Renewable Energies: State of the Art and Diffusion; 1.2 Process Intensification; 1.2.1 Process Intensifying Equipment; 1.2.2 Process Intensifying Methods; 1.3 Concept and Potentialities of Bio-based Platforms for Biomolecule Production; 1.3.1 Biogas Platform; 1.3.2 Sugar Platform; 1.3.3 Vegetable Oil Platform; 1.3.4 Algae Oil Platform; 1.3.5 Lignin Platform; 1.3.6 Opportunities and Growth Predictions; 1.4 Soil and Water Remediation; 1.4.1 Soil Remediation 327 $a1.4.2 Water Remediation Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 2 Innovative Solar Technology: CSP Plants for Combined Production of Hydrogen and Electricity; 2.1 Principles; 2.2 Plant Configurations; 2.2.1 Solar Membrane Reactor Steam Reforming; 2.2.2 Solar Enriched Methane Production; 2.3 Mathematical Models; 2.3.1 Solar Enriched Methane Reactor Modelling; 2.3.2 Membrane Reactor Modelling; 2.3.3 WGS, Separation Units and the Electricity Production Model; 2.4 Plant Simulations; 2.4.1 EM Reactor; 2.4.2 Membrane Reactor; 2.4.3 Global Plant Simulations and Comparison; 2.5 Conclusions; Nomenclature 327 $aReferences Chapter 3 Strategies for Increasing Electrical Energy Production from Intermittent Renewables; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Penetration of Renewable Energies into the Electricity Market and Issues Related to Their Development: Some Interesting Cases; 3.3 An Approach to Expansion of RES and Efficiency Policy in an Integrated Energy System; 3.3.1 Optimization Problems; 3.3.2 Operational Limits and Constraints; 3.3.3 Software Tools for Analysis; 3.4 Analysis of Possible Interesting Scenarios for Increasing Penetration of RES; 3.4.1 Renewable Energy Expansion in a Reference Scenario 327 $a3.4.2 Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Flexibility 3.4.3 Effects of Introducing the Peak/Off-Peak Charge Tariff; 3.4.4 Introducing Electric Traction in the Transport Sector: Connection between Electricity and Transport Systems; 3.4.5 Increasing Industrial CHP Electricity Production; 3.4.6 Developing the Concept of `Virtual Power Plants'; 3.5 Analysis of a Meaningful Case Study: The Italian Scenario; 3.5.1 Renewable Energy Expansion in a Reference Scenario; 3.5.2 Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Flexibility; 3.5.3 Effects of Introducing a Peak/Off-Peak Charge Tariff 327 $a3.5.4 Introduction of a Connection between Electricity and Transport Systems: The Increase in Electric Cars 3.5.5 Increasing Industrial CHP Electricity Production; 3.6 Analysis and Discussion; 3.7 Conclusions; Nomenclature and Abbreviations; References; Chapter 4 The Smart Grid as a Response to Spread the Concept of Distributed Generation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Present Electric Power Generation Systems; 4.3 A Future Electrical Power Generation System with a High Penetration of Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy Resources; 4.4 Integration of DGs into Smart Grids for Balancing Power 327 $a4.5 The Bornholm System-A ``Fast Track'' for Smart Grids 330 $aSustainable development is an area that has world-wide appeal, from developed industrialized countries to the developing world. 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