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Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production Vol. 1: Best Practices in the Petroleum Industry

  • 1st Edition - July 9, 2009
  • Authors: Nicholas P Cheremisinoff, Paul E. Rosenfeld
  • Language: English
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 8 1 5 5 - 2 0 3 6 - 8

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… Read more

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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.