Environmental sustainable practical actions in industrial processes: Application to drying

Abstract

Diverse series of sustainable principles have been established in the Chemistry and Engineering disciplines, one of the best known is that of Anastas and Zimmerman. Based on the environmental sustainability criteria introduced in the previous article[Piacentini et al., 2009] and editorial[Piacentini & Della Ceca, 2016]and by extending them significantly, we propose a series of practical actions (not exactly principles, which are more oriented to a general formalism) to be considered by the industry and research disciplines. We apply the suggested actions to a specific example in drying.