Problem-Solving Exercises in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9781138411326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Albert S. Matlack

Opis

Project managers appear to accept theiron triangle of cost, budget and quality but in reality focus more on being on time and budget. Quality in projects is often paid mere lip service and relegated to tick-box compliance. This lack of clarity and focus on quality is often the source of project failures. Ron Basu‘s Managing Quality in Projects shines the spotlight on this aspect of project management that can often be overshadowed by the pressure to deliver on time and on budget. His investigation focuses initially on defining the dimensions of quality in project management and identifying sources of measurement for project excellence. Thereafter he expands his focus to discuss which tools can be effectively used in the quest for achieving and sustaining project excellence; and which processes are important in assessing the project maturity. The text also explores how the successes of operational excellence concepts, such as supply chain management, Lean Thinking and Six Sigma may be gainfully deployed in enhancing project quality and excellence. Finally a structured implantation plan guides those directly involved in project delivery, including suppliers, in how tomake it happen. A shared understanding and implementation of project quality by key project stakeholders will go a long way to ensuring a stable platform for delivering successful projects with longer lasting outcomes. It is also a fundamental building block in any organization‘s strategy for improving consistency and achieving sustainable performance. On that basis, Ron Basu‘s book is a must-have reference and guide for all project organizations.

Spis treści

Foreword by John C. WarnerIntroduction by Professor Hal WhiteToxicity, Accidents, and Chemical WasteGeneral BackgroundToxicity of Chemicals in the EnvironmentAccidents with ChemicalsWaste and Its MinimizationConclusionsProblemsReferencesThe Chemistry of Longer WearWhy Things Wear OutStabilizers for PolymersLubrication, Wear, and Related SubjectsInhibition of CorrosionMendingThe FutureProblemsReferencesThe Chemistry of Waste Management and RecyclingWasteRecyclingMethods and Incentives for Source ReductionOverall PictureProblemsReferencesEnergy and the EnvironmentEnergy-Related ProblemsHeating, Cooling, and Lighting BuildingsRenewable Energy for Electricity and TransportUse of Less Common Forms of Energy for Chemical ReactionsProblemsReferencesEnvironmental EconomicsIntroductionNature's ServicesEnvironment AccountingCorporationsEnvironmental Economics of IndividualsGovernment Actions Affecting Environmental EconomicsProblemsReferencesThe Greening of SocietyIntroductionIndividualsGovernmentBusinessesProblemsReferencesSolutions to In-Chapter ProblemsSolutions to Chapter 1Solutions to Chapter 2Solutions to Chapter 3Solutions to Chapter 4Solutions to Chapter 5Solutions to Chapter 6References

O autorze

Albert S. Matlack began his career in chemistry with the Manhattan Project before spending 43 years at Hercules Incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. After he was forced to retire at the age of 70, he volunteered to teach at the University of Delaware, stopping just months before his death at the age of 90 in 2013. He spent more than ten years writing the textbook Introduction to Green Chemistry and compiled the problems covered in Problem-Solving Exercises in Green and Sustainable Chemistry shortly before his death. He was passionately interested in all aspects of chemistry, and devoted his research to problems in the environment caused by chemicals. Andrew P. Dicks is a teaching faculty member at the University of Toronto. After undergraduate and graduate study in the United Kingdom, he became an organic chemistry sessional lecturer in 1999, and was hired as part of the university teaching-stream two years later. He has research interests in undergraduate laboratory instruction that involve designing novel and stimulating experiments, particularly those that showcase green chemistry principles. This work has led to over 45 peer-reviewed publications in the chemistry education literature. He has won several pedagogical awards and is the editor of the textbook Green Organic Chemistry in Lecture and Laboratory . In 2014 he was co-chair of the 23^rd IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education. Following the passing of Albert S. Matlack, he assumed editorship of Problem-Solving Exercises in Green and Sustainable Chemistry in order to ensure the issues discussed in this book became available to the broader chemistry community.