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Promoting green engineering through green chemistry.

Mary M Kirchhoff1

  • 1Green Chemistry Institute, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, Washington, DC, 20036, USA. m_kirchhoff@acs.org

Environmental Science & Technology
|January 1, 2004
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Chemists can simplify engineering tasks by designing products and processes using green chemistry principles. This approach reduces the need for hazardous substances and engineering safeguards.

Area of Science:

  • Green Chemistry
  • Green Engineering
  • Chemical Process Design

Background:

  • Chemical product and process design decisions by chemists significantly influence engineering options.
  • Material properties dictate reactor types, impacting process design.
  • Reducing or eliminating hazardous substances simplifies engineering tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight green chemistry technologies that reduce the need for engineering safeguards.
  • To establish green chemistry as a foundation for green engineering.
  • To focus on minimizing hazards in feedstocks, reagents, solvents, and syntheses.

Main Methods:

  • Review of green chemistry technologies.
  • Analysis of hazard reduction in chemical processes.

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  • Identification of areas where engineering safeguards can be minimized.

    • Main Results:

    • Green chemistry principles minimize the need for engineering safeguards.
    • Technologies in feedstocks, reagents, solvents, and syntheses reduce hazardous substance use and generation.
    • Simplified engineering is achieved through proactive chemical design.

    Conclusions:

    • Green chemistry is foundational for green engineering.
    • Implementing green chemistry technologies leads to safer and more efficient processes.
    • Chemists' design choices directly contribute to reduced engineering complexity and environmental impact.