Posted: October 24th, 2022

Dry Cleaning and Hydraulic Fracturing Industries

Columbia Southern University
MEE 6201, Advanced Pollution Prevention

Introduction

Please write an essay about pollution prevention in the dry cleaning and hydraulic fracturing industries. Include the following items:
1. one-paragraph introduction;
2. five-paragraph review of the Sinshelmer, Grout, Namkoong, Gottlieb, and Latif (2007) dry cleaning article, including an explanation of the common dry cleaning process using perchloroethylene (PCE), problems with PCE, and a review of options to PCE presented in the paper;
3. five-paragraph review (total—not five paragraphs for each article) of the Heywood (2012) article and the Chen, AlWadei, Kennedy, and Terry (2014) article on hydraulic fracturing, including environmental issues with hydraulic fracturing and the P2 solutions presented in each of the two articles (include the use of liquid carbon dioxide);
4. five-paragraph review of the Taylor, Carbonell, and Desimone (2010) article on using liquid carbon dioxide for P2, focusing on how liquid carbon dioxide can be used as a substitute in the dry-cleaning industry and in the hydraulic fracturing industry; and a
5. two-paragraph summary to include your overall thoughts about P2 in the dry cleaning and hydraulic fracturing industries, and specifically whether liquid carbon dioxide is a reasonable, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional methods.

Assessment