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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2013.51.2.221

The Role of Process Systems Engineering for Sustainability in the Chemical Industries  

Jang, Namjin (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
Dan, Seungkyu (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
Shin, Dongil (Department of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University)
Lee, Gibaek (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
Yoon, En Sup (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.51, no.2, 2013 , pp. 221-225 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sustainability, in general, means the protection of environmental resources and economic prosperity, with the consideration of the social, economic and environmental effect, as well as human health and the enhancement of life. Profound consideration about sustainability has to handle the overall cycle of feedstock, resource extraction, transportation and production in addition to the environmental effect. Sustainable development of the chemical industries should be carried out complementarily by strengthening the chemical process safety of the industries. In this respect, chemical process safety can be called an opportunity to enhance the compatibility internationally. Changing new paradigm in chemical process safety is formed from the overall life cycle considering basic design of existing systems and production processes. To improve the chemical process safety, the integrated smart system is necessary, comprising various chemical safety database and knowledge base and improved methods of quantitative risk analysis, including management system. This paper discussed the necessity of overall life cycle in chemical process safety and proposed new technology to improve the sustainability. To develop the sustainable industries in process systems engineering, three S, which include Safety, Stability and Security, will have to be combined appropriate.
Keywords
Sustainability; Process Safety; Process System Engineering; Process Life Cycle; Chemical Industries;
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