Development of Reaction Process with the Consideration of Environmental Impact Minimization

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Development of Reaction Process with the Consideration of Environmental Impact Minimization

CHEN Qishi; FENG Xiao

School ot Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi’an,710049,
China

Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2003-10-28 Published:2003-10-28
Contact: CHEN Qishi

考虑环境影响最小化的反应过程的开发

陈启石; 冯霄

School ot Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi’an,710049,
China

通讯作者: 陈启石

Abstract

Abstract: A methodology is presented to identify environmental impact minimization alternatives for
reaction processes and assess their environmental performance. The potential environmental
impact (PEI) scheme can be used to visibly display the transformation relationships among
different types of PEI, identify the sources of environmental impacts, and propose
alternatives for eliminating or minimizing the impacts. To evaluate the environmental
performance of the alternatives effectively, some new indices, such as PEI input rate of
non-products, PEI output rate of non-products per profit and the PEI conversion efficiency
are proposed. Finally, the application of the methodology is illustrated using an
industrial case study.

Key words: potential environmental impact scheme, development of chemical process, environmental protection

摘要： A methodology is presented to identify environmental impact minimization alternatives for
reaction processes and assess their environmental performance. The potential environmental
impact (PEI) scheme can be used to visibly display the transformation relationships among
different types of PEI, identify the sources of environmental impacts, and propose
alternatives for eliminating or minimizing the impacts. To evaluate the environmental
performance of the alternatives effectively, some new indices, such as PEI input rate of
non-products, PEI output rate of non-products per profit and the PEI conversion efficiency
are proposed. Finally, the application of the methodology is illustrated using an
industrial case study.

关键词: potential environmental impact scheme;development of chemical process;environmental protection

CHEN Qishi, FENG Xiao. Development of Reaction Process with the Consideration of Environmental Impact Minimization[J]. .

陈启石, 冯霄. 考虑环境影响最小化的反应过程的开发[J]. CIESC Journal.

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