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<p>To achieve environmental sustainability in industrial plants, resource conservation activities such as material recovery have begun incorporating process integration techniques for reusing and recycling water, utility gases, solvents, and solid waste. <i>Process Integration for Resource Conservation</i> presents state-of-the-art, cost-effective techniques, including pinch analysis and mathematical optimization, for numerous conservation problems. The second edition of this best-seller adds new chapters on heat integration and retrofitting of resource conservation networks and features multiple optimization examples via downloadable MS Excel spreadsheets.</p><ul> <li>Emphasizes the goal of setting performance targets ahead of detailed design following the holistic philosophy of process integration</li> <li>Explains various industrial examples step by step and offers demo software and other materials online</li> <li>Features a wealth of industrial case studies</li> <li>Adds chapters on heat integration, combined heat and power, heat-integrated water network, and retrofit of resource conservation network</li> <li>Adds new optimization examples and downloadable MS Excel files on superstructural approaches and automated targeting models for direct reuse, recycle and regeneration</li> </ul><p>Ideal for students preparing for real-world work as well as industrial practitioners in chemical processing, the text provides a systematic guide to the latest process integration techniques for performing material recovery in process plants. The book features a solutions manual, lecture slides, and figure slides for adopting professors to use in their courses.</p>