Myer Kutz

Environmentally Conscious Materials Handling

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Environmentally Conscious Materials Handling provides a foundation for understanding and implementing methods for reducing the environmental impact of all forms of handling packaged goods, as well as raw, hazardous, and toxic materials. Contributors present relevant practical and analytic techniques to ensure reliable materials handling. Chapters cover: Materials Handling System Design, Intelligent Control of Material Handling Systems, Distribution Center Design, Material Handling Audits, Minimizing the Environmental Effects of Freight Movement, Industrial and Household Waste Disposal, Transporting Dangerous Materials, Hazardous Material Removal and Disposal, and Oil Tanker/Pipeline Design. Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering
environmentally conscious
Materials Handling
myer kutz
Best practices for environmentally friendly
handling and transporting materials
This volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering helps you understand and implement methods for reducing the environmental impact of handling materials in manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution systems, as well as dealing with wastes and hazardous materials. Chapters have been written by experts who, based on hands-on experience, offer detailed coverage of relevant practical and analytic techniques to ensure reliable materials handling. The book presents practical guidelines for mechanical, industrial, plant, and environmental engineers, as well as plant, warehouse, and distribution managers, and officials responsible for transporting and disposing of wastes and dangerous materials.
Chapters include:
Materials Handling System Design
Ergonomics of Manual Materials Handling
Intelligent Control of Material Handling
Incorporating Environmental Concerns in Supply Chain Optimization
Municipal Solid Waste Management and Disposal
Hazardous Waste Treatment
Sanitary Landfill Operations
Transportation of Radioactive Materials
Pipe System Hydraulics
Each chapter provides case studies and examples from diverse industries that demonstrate how to effectively plan for and implement environmentally friendly materials handling systems. Figures illustrate key principles, and tables provide at-a-glance summaries of key data. Finally, references at the end of each chapter enable you to investigate individual topics in greater depth.
Turn to all of the books in the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering for the most cutting-edge, environmentally friendly engineering practices and technologies. For more information on the series, please visit wiley.com/go/ece.
information services consulting firm. He is the editor of the Mechanical Engineers' Handbook,
Third Edition (4-volume set) and the Handbook of Materials Selection, also published by Wiley.

Produktdetails

• Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Myer Kutz Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 191mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9780470170700
• ISBN-10: 0470170700
• Artikelnr.: 26489311

Autorenporträt

Myer Kutz is founder and President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. Preface. Chapter 1: Materials Handling System Design
(Sunderesh S. Heragu). Chapter 2: Ergonomics of Manual Materials Handling
(James L. Smith, Jeffrey C. Wolstad, and Patrick Patterson). Chapter 3:
Intelligent Control of Material Handling (Kasper Hallenborg). Chapter 4:
Accommodating Environmental Concerns in Supply Chain Organization (Maria E.
Mayorga and Ravi Subramanian). Chapter 5. Municipal Solid Waste Management
and Disposal (Shoou-Yuh Chang). Chapter 6: Hazardous Waste Treatment (Mujde
Erten-Unal). Chapter 7: Sanitary Landfill Operations (Berrin Tansel).
Chapter 8: Transportation of Radioactive Materials (Audeen Waters
Fentiman). Chapter 9: Pipe System Hydraulics (Blake Tullis). Index.