Abstract: Green Engineering Design for the Recovery of Solvents in API Manufacturing (2008 Annual Meeting)

Monday, November 17, 2008

Exhibit Hall A (Pennsylvania Convention Center)

Kyle Lynch, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Timothy Moroz, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Anthony Furiato, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Mariano Savelski, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Awarded Outstanding Student Green Chemistry and Engineering Paper--AIChE Youth Council on Sustainable Science and Technology 2008.

The pharmaceutical industry is constantly exploring methods for process optimization and improvements. A case study has been performed that explore pollution prevention and remission opportunities. Two viable techniques, pervaporation-distillation hybrids and extractive distillation, have been identified to treat the process waste. The case study describes equipment and processing issues, financial costs and benefits, and environmental impacts through life cycle assessment techniques.

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