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lecture notes containing applications and details that could not be
adequately described in a book of this size. The book ends with a
comprehensive bibliography that provides details of works cited in
the text and serves also as a source of information and directions for
further study.
This book is intended to increase awareness of the principal
methodologies that could contribute to improving energy and water
efficiency in processing plants while reducing their environmental
impact. Many additional illustrative examples could well have been
discussed, but space limitations required that the authors select the
most important features from a variety of fields and processing
industries; even so, hundreds of references are included for seekers
of more information. If the authors have managed to raise the interest
and awareness of readers, then this book has fulfilled its intentions.
Jiří Klemeš
Ferenc Friedler
Igor Bulatov
Petar Varbanov