Retrofit

Sustainable batch process retrofit design under uncertainty—An integrated methodology

T. Pinto-Varela, A. Barbosa-Póvoa, A. Carvalho

Computers and Chemical Engineering (Published)

Jul, 2017

Keywords: Retrofit Batch SustainPro Optimization Uncertainty

This work explores the problem of optimizing batch processes’ retrofit design pursuing an increase of production efficiency and efficacy while accounting for the associated processes’ sustainability, aspect that within the process industry is nowadays of increasing concern. Batch processes are often…

Strategic Sustainable Assessment of Retrofit Design for Process Performance Evaluation

A. Carvalho

Sustainability in the Design, Synthesis and Analysis of Chemical Engineering Processes (Published)

Jun, 2016

Keywords: Chemical processes Life cycle assessment Metrics Retrofit Social aspects Sustainability

Global markets have been facing an increasing competitiveness, leading to a dramatic intensification of the market pressures in terms of business sustainability. Businesses, through their industrial processes, urgently require retrofit actions for improving their sustainability performance…