Sustainability Engineering: Challenges, Technologies, and Applications

ISBN 10: 0367766000 / ISBN 13: 9780367766009

Published by CRC Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sustainability Engineering: Challenges, Technologies, and Applications
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367766000
• ISBN 13: 9780367766009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Sustainability Engineering: Challenges, Technologies, and Applications focuses on emerging topics within sustainability science and engineering, including the circular economy, advanced recycling technologies, decarbonization, renewable energy, and waste valorization. Readers will learn the trends driving today’s sustainability research and innovation as well as the latest in sustainable process technologies.

This book:

• Addresses emerging sustainability development challenges, progress, and disruptive technologies
• Discusses biological sustainability, recycling technologies, and sustainable process design and manufacture
• Features a comprehensive view from renowned experts who are leaders in their respective research areas

This work is aimed at an interdisciplinary audience of engineers and scientists working on solutions to advance the development and application of sustainable technologies, including – but not limited to – chemical and environmental engineers.

About the Author

Eric C. D. Tan is an accomplished expert in biorefinery and sustainability at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). His research interests and experiences include biorefinery, process intensification, decarbonization, bioeconomy, hydrogen economy, circular economy, and sustainability, where he has over 100 published works. At NREL, Dr. Tan provides leadership spanning many research areas and plays a key role in the conceptual process design and assessment of various biomass conversion pathways to produce low-carbon, infrastructure-compatible, cost-competitive liquid hydrocarbon fuels. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron and a master’s in Sustainability from Harvard University (Extension). He is the Associate Editor of Frontiers of Sustainability’s Sustainable Chemical Process Design, a technical advisor and vice-chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Sustainable Engineering Forum Leadership Team, and an American Center for Life Cycle Assessment certified LCA professional.