Best Practices in the Petroleum Industry (Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production, Volume 1)

Cheremisinoff Consulting Engineer, Nicholas P; Rosenfeld, Paul E.

ISBN 10: 0815520352 / ISBN 13: 9780815520351

Verlag: William Andrew, 2009

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Best Practices in the Petroleum Industry (Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production, Volume 1)
• Verlag: William Andrew
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0815520352
• ISBN-13: 9780815520351
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Neu

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This new Handbook provides a series of reference guides to cleaner production methods, technologies, and practices for key industry sectors. Each volume covers, for each industry sector:* the manufacturing technologies* waste management* pollution* methods for estimating and reporting emissions* treatment and control technologies* worker and community health risk exposures* cost data for pollution management* cleaner production and prevention alternativesBest Practices in The Petroleum Industry provides an overview of refineries and gas plant operations and identifies the key Environmental Aspects, supported by case studies of major incidents that resulted in catastrophic releases of oil and refined products, and a critical assessment of the methodology and calculation procedures that the industry relies on in preparing emissions inventories. The authors offer alternative approaches to providing more accurate emissions estimates, and guidelines on cleaner production and pollution prevention practices for improving overall environmental performance.

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Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Ph.D. (Ch.E.) is Director of Clean Technologies and Pollution Prevention Projects at PERI (Princeton Energy Resources International, LLC, Rockville, MD). He has led hundreds of pollution prevention audits and demonstrations; training programs on modern process design practices and plant safety; environmental management and product quality programs; and site assessments and remediation plans for both public and private sector clients throughout the world. He frequently serves as expert witness on personal injury and third-party property damage litigations arising from environmental catastrophes. Dr. Cheremisinoff has contributed extensively to the literature of environmental and chemical engineering as author, co-author, or editor of 150 technical reference books, including Butterworth-Heinemann’s Handbook of Chemical Processing Equipment, and Green Profits.

He holds advanced degrees in chemical engineering from Clarkson College of Technology."