Green Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Applications

✍ Scribed by David Dornfeld, Chris Yuan, Nancy Diaz, Teresa Zhang (auth.), David A. Dornfeld (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 290
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Green Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Applications introduces the basic definitions and issues surrounding green manufacturing at the process,machine and system (including supply chain) levels. It also shows, by way of several examples from different industry sectors, the potential for substantial improvement and the paths to achieve the improvement. Additionally, this book discusses regulatory and government motivations for green manufacturing and outlines the path for making manufacturing more green as well as making production more sustainable.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction to Green Manufacturing....Pages 1-23
The Social, Business, and Policy Environment for Green Manufacturing....Pages 25-47
Metrics for Green Manufacturing....Pages 49-81
Green Supply Chain....Pages 83-105
Principles of Green Manufacturing....Pages 107-115
Closed-Loop Production Systems....Pages 117-152
Semiconductor Manufacturing....Pages 153-178
Environmental Implications of Nano-manufacturing....Pages 179-202
Green Manufacturing Through Clean Energy Supply....Pages 203-221
Packaging and the Supply Chain: A Look at Transportation....Pages 223-254
Enabling Technologies for Assuring Green Manufacturing....Pages 255-267
Concluding Remarks and Observations About the Future....Pages 269-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-289

✦ Subjects

Energy Technology; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Sustainable Development; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology