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CHAPTER 14

Conclusions and

Further Information

he two options when writing this book were either to make it
fully comprehensive or to present selected material while
Tdirecting the reader to sources of further information. The
first option would have resulted in a book of more than a thousand
pages, so it was decided to keep the book compact and thus accessible
to a wider audience. This chapter supplies additional references to
provide guidelines for more detailed and comprehensive studies.

14.1 Further Reading
Chapter 13 gives an overview of places to find more information. Of
course, the most recent information is found in archive research
papers and proceedings from related conferences. However, the
number of research papers has been increasing, and many of them
are dedicated to rather specialized matters. For this reason, it is often
useful for a potential user of the methodology to have some material
for further reading: guidebooks, handbooks, and teaching texts. The
reader should bear in mind that even the most excellent books are
only as current as their date of publication. No book can cover
methodology developed subsequent to its printing.
14.1.1 Books and Key Articles

Process Integration
The most well-known and perhaps most referenced book on Process
Integration (PI) is A User Guide on Process Integration for the Efficient
Use of Energy (Linnhoff et al., 1982). This “red book,” authored by a
team led by Bodo Linnhoff, was updated for an extended second
edition in 1994. Although it was published a long time ago, it remains
an excellent vehicle for teaching and learning about Heat Integration
and several other PI applications, providing the reader with a
smooth and understandable learning path.

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