Preface |
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Part I Theory |
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1 GREEN ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS MANUFACTURING |
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1.1 Introduction: What Is Green Engineering? |
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1.2 Goals of Green Engineering |
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1.2.2 Materials Management |
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1.2.3 Pollution Prevention |
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1.2.4 Product Enhancement |
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1.3 Who Needs Green Engineering? |
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1.4 What Is Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing? |
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1.5 Who Needs Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing? |
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1.8 Problems / Case Studies |
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2 INFRASTRUCTURE, REGULATIONS, AND THE WASTE STREAM |
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2.3 Existing Methods for Waste Handling |
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2.3.1 Industrial Disposal |
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2.4 Current Limitations to Environmentally Conscious Engineering |
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2.7 Problems / Case Studies |
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Appendix 2A: Case Studies and Examples of Hazardous Materials Reclamation |
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3 NEW THEORIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION |
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3.3 Environmental Policies |
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3.3.1 Paradigm 1: Frontier Ecology |
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3.3.2 Paradigm 2: Environmental Protection |
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3.3.3 Paradigm 3: Resource Management |
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3.3.4 Paradigm 4: Eco-Development |
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3.3.5 Paradigm 5: Deep Ecology |
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3.6 Problems / Case Studies |
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4 DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT |
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4.5.3 DFE in the Auto Industry |
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4.5.4 Germany's Green TV and DFE |
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4.5.5 Grunding AG's "Environment Initiative" |
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4.5.6 DFE in the Consumer Appliance Industry |
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4.5.7 DFE in Packaging Design |
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4.8 Problems / Case Studies |
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5.3 Hazardous Material Control and Recovery |
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5.3.2 Hierarchy of Waste Reduction |
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5.4 Material Labeling and Identification |
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5.4.1 Coding of Recyclable Materials |
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5.5 Metals and Design for Recyclability |
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5.5.1 Applications in Metal Recycling |
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5.5.2 Steel Can Recycling in the United States |
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5.5.3 Aluminum Can Recycling |
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5.6.1 Paper Recycling in the U.S. Postal Service |
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5.7 Plastics and Design for Recyclability |
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5.7.1 Design Reference for Plastics Recycling |
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5.8 Economics of Recycling |
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5.9 Practical Applications |
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5.9.1 Pollution Prevention: The 3M Company |
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5.9.2 A Leadership Role: Du Pont's Environmental Policy |
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5.9.3 Johnson & Johnson: Worldwide Environment |
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5.9.4 Choices for Consumers: The Proctor & Gamble Approach |
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5.9.5 A Venture in Environmentalism: The National Polystyrene Recycling Company |
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5.9.6 DFR at Dell Computer Corporation |
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5.9.7 How Digital Corporation Uses Its Recycled Plastic |
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5.10 Free Market Recycling Infrastructure Design |
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5.10.1 Environmental and Economic Issues |
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5.10.2 Design Features to Minimize the Cost of Compliance |
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5.10.3 Existing Government/Business Infrastructures |
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5.10.4 Industry Working Together |
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5.11 Business and Consumer Feelings on Recycling |
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5.14 Problems / Case Studies |
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Appendix 5A. Design Reference for Plastics and Recycled Plastics Products |
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Appendix 5B. Design Reference for Plastics and Recycled Plastics Products (Sales and Recycling Statistics are in Millions of Pounds Per Year) |
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6 PLASTICS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS ENGINEERING |
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6.2 The Families of Plastics-Resins |
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6.4 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) |
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6.7 ABS, Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene |
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6.8 Reinforcing Materials and Fillers |
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6.9 Compatibility of Various Plastics |
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6.10 General Listing of Plastics Uses |
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6.11 Plastics, Environmentally Conscious Engineering |
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6.12 Environmental Profile |
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6.12.1 How "Green" Is Plastic Processing? |
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6.12.2 Impact in Industry |
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6.13.1 Resin Recyclability |
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6.13.2 Incineration of Plastics |
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6.16 Problems / Case Studies |
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Appendix 6A. Polymer Properties |
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Part II Design Examples |
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7 DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY |
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7.3 Design for Disassembly |
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7.5.2 Functional Requirements |
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7.7.1 Electric Hair Dryer |
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7.7.2 Electric Hair Clipper |
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7.10 Problems / Case Studies |
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8 DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY VEHICLES |
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8.2.1 Renewable Sources of Power |
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8.2.2 Nonrenewable Sources of Power |
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8.3 The History of Electric Vehicles |
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8.4 Electric Vehicles Today |
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8.5 Electric Vehicle Technology |
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8.6 Environmental Problems Facing Electric Vehicles |
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8.8 The Future of Electric Vehicles |
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8.9 Improvement in the Design and Manufacturing of Tires |
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8.9.1 Tire Design Background |
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8.9.4 Present Initiatives |
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8.9.5 Proposed Initiatives |
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8.12 Problems / Case Studies |
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9 DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT |
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9.1.2 Alternative Cleaning Costs |
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9.2 Environmentally Safe Precision Cleaning Systems |
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9.2.1 Why Precision Cleaning? |
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9.2.2 Examples of Precision Cleaning Equipment |
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9.2.3 Alternatives to Chlorinated Solvent Degreasing |
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9.2.6 Problems Associated with Aqueous Cleaning Systems |
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9.2.7 Problems Associated with Semiaqueous Cleaning Systems |
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9.3 Environmental Cleaning System Methodology |
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9.3.1 Process Control in ACS |
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9.3.2 Wastewater Treatment |
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9.4 Environmentally Safe Disposal of Aerosol Cans |
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9.4.1 Why Do We Need Aerosol Spray Products? |
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9.4.2 Perceptions of the "Environmentally Correct" Consumer May Be Wrong |
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9.4.3 What Has Been Done to Reduce VOC Content in Aerosol Cans? |
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9.4.4 Beating the Regulations |
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9.5 Application of Painting Techniques That Reduce VOC Emissions |
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9.5.1 Conventional Solvent-Based Processes and Emission Points |
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9.5.2 Applicable Systems of Emission Reduction |
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9.5.3 VOC Regulations in Spray Painting |
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9.5.4 Rules on Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts |
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9.5.5 VOC Test Methods for Surface Coatings |
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10 DESIGN FOR QUALITY APPLICATION IN MACHINING |
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10.2 The Machining Process |
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10.2.1 Functions of Cutting Fluids |
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10.3.1 Thermal Analysis of the New Device |
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10.4 Finite-Element Analysis |
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10.4.1 Governing Equation and Boundary Conditions |
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10.4.2 Solution and Results |
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10.5 Quality Function Deployment |
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10.5.2 Application of QFD |
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10.8 Problems / Case Studies |
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Appendix 10A--Estimation of the Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient: From Copper Seat to Internal Coolant |
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Appendix 10B--Estimation of the Energy Losses in the Cooling Device |
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11 LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS AND MAINTAINABILITY |
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11.3 The Criteria Function |
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11.4 Design for Serviceability |
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11.5 Design for Maintainability |
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11.7 Rating Design for Maintainability |
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12 MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY ANALYSIS OF MUNICIPAL RECYCLING |
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12.2 Related Research and Motivation |
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12.6 Optimal Recycling Program Checklist |
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12.9 Problems / Case Studies |
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APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS |
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INDEX |
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