Plant Design And Economics For Chemical Engineers (TIMMERHAUS)

Preface : Advances in the level of understanding of chemical engineering principles, combined with the availability of new tools and new techniques, have led to an increased degree of sophistication which can now be applied to the design of industrial chemical operations. This fourth edition takes advantage of the widened spectrum of chemical engineering knowledge by the inclusion of considerable material on profitabilty evaluation, optimum design methods, continuous interest compounding, statistical analyses, cost estimation, and methods , for problem solution including use of computers. Special emphasis is placed on the economic and engineering principles involved in the design of chemical plants and equipment. An understanding of these principles is a prerequisite for any successful chemical engineer, no matter whether the final position is in direct design work or in production, administration, sales, research, development, or any other related field. The expression plant design immediately connotes industrial applications; consequently, the dollar sign must always be kept in mind when carrying out the design of a plant. The theoretical and practical aspects are important, of course; but, in the final analysis, the answer to the question “Will we realize a profit from this venture?” almost always determines the true value of-the design. The chemical engineer, therefore, should consider plant design and applied economics as one combined subject. The purpose of this book is to present economic and design principles as applied in chemical engineering processes and operations. No attempt is made to train the reader as a skilled economist, and, obviously, it would be impossible to present all the possible ramifications involved in the multitude of different plant designs. Instead, the goal has been to give a clear concept of the important principles and general methods. The subject matter and manner of presentation are such that the book should be of value to advanced chemical engineering undergraduates, graduate students, and practicing engineers. The information should also be of interest to administrators, operation supervisors, and research or development workers in the process industries. The first part of the text presents an overall analysis of the major factors involved in process .design, with particular emphasis on economics in the process industries and in design work. Computer-aided design is discussed early in the book as a separate chapter to introduce the reader to this important topic with the understanding that this tool will be useful throughout the text. The various costs involved in industrial processes, capital investments and investment returns, cost estimation, cost accounting, optimum economic design methods, and other subjects dealing with economics are covered both qualitatively and quantitatively. The remainder of the text deals with methods and important factors in the design of plants and equipment. Generalized subjects, such as waste disposal, structural design, and equipment fabrication, are included along with design methods for different types of process equipment.

Qualitative Inorganic Analysis & Quantitative Chemical Analysis (VOGEL)

Preface : Experience of teaching qualitative analysis over a number of years to large numbers of students has provided the nucleus around which this book has been written. The ultimate object was to provide a text book at moderate cost  which  can be employed by the student continuously throughout his study of the subject.

It' is author opinion that the theoretical basis of qualitative analysis, often neglected or  very sparsely dealt with in the smaller texts, merits equally detailed treatment with the purely  practical side. Only can this way, can the true spirit of qualitative analysis be acquired. The book accordingly opens with a long chapter entitled "The Theoretical Basis of Qualitative Analysis", in which most of the theoretical principal which find application in the science and discussed.

Thermochemical Processes (Alcock)

Preface : This book is intended to be a companion to Kubaschewski’s Metallurgical Thermochemistry, and as such deals primarily with the kinetic and transport theory of high temperature chemical reactions. I have chosen the title Thermochemical Processes rather than High Temperature Materials Chemistry since many of the important industrial processes which are described hardly deserve the high temperature connotation, and such a title would have implied a larger structural and thermodynamic content than is required for the description of

the industrial processing of materials. It will be seen that the book has a significant content from the chemical engineer’s approach, and I feel that this rapprochement with the materials scientist is overdue. The origins of the material contained in this book are to be found in the rapid growth of the scientific description of extractive metallurgical processes which began after World War II. This field was dominated by thermodynamics originally, and the development of kinetic and transport descriptions of these processes followed later. At that time the study of glasses and ceramics was largely confined to phase diagrams of the multicomponent systems, and processes in which gaseous reaction kinetics were rate-controlling were of more interest to the chemist than to the materials scientist, a field which, practically, did not exist in that era.

Chemical Process Equipment (Stanley M. Walas)

Preface : This book is intended as a guide to the selection or design of the principal kinds of chemical process equipment by engineers in school and industry. The level of treatment assumes an elementary knowledge of unit operations and transport phenomena. Access to the many design and reference books listed in Chapter 1 is desirable. For coherence, brief reviews of pertinent theory are provided. Emphasis is placed on shortcuts, rules of thumb, and data for design by analogy:, often as primary design processes but also for quick evaluations of detailed work. All answers to process design questions cannot be put into a book. Even at this late date in the development of the chemical industry, it is common to hear authorities on most kinds of equipment say that their equipment can be properly fitted to a particular task only on the basis of some direct laboratory and pilot plant work. Nevertheless, much guidance and reassurance are obtainable from general experience and specific examples of successful applications, which this book attempts to provide. Much of the informaticin is supplied in numerous tables and figures, which often deserve careful study quite apart from the text. The general background of process design, flowsheets, and process control is reviewed in the introductory chapters. The major kinds of operations and equipment are treated in individual chapters. Information about peripheral and less widely employed equipment in chemical plants is concentrated in Chapter 19 with references to key works of as much practical value as possible. 

The Biodiesel Handbook

Preface : The technical concept of using vegetable oils or animal fats or even used oils as a renewable diesel fuel is a fascinating one. Biodiesel is now the form in which these oils and fats are being used as neat diesel fuel or in blends with petroleum-based diesel fuels. The concept itself may appear simple, but that appearance is deceiving since the use of biodiesel is fraught with numerous technical issues. Accordingly, many researchers around the world have dealt with these issues and in many cases devised unique solutions. This book is an attempt to summarize these issues, to explain how they have been dealt with, and to present data and technical information. Countless legislative and regulatory efforts around the world have helped pave the way toward the widespread application of the concept. This book addresses these issues also. To complete the picture, chapters on the history of vegetable oil-based diesel fuels, the basic concept of the diesel engine, and glycerol, a valuable byproduct of biodiesel production, are included. We hope that the reader may find the information in this book useful and stimulating and that most of the significant issues regarding biodiesel are adequately addressed. If a reader notices an error or inconsistency or has a suggestion to improve a possible future edition of this book, he or she is encouraged to contact us. 

Applied Process Design Chemical & Petrochemical Plants (LUDWIG)

This complete revision of Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Volume 1 builds upon Ernest E. Ludwig's classic text to further enhance its use as a chemical engineering process design manual of methods and proven fundamentals. This new edition includes important supplemental mechanical and related data, nomographs and charts. Also included within are improved techniques and fundamental methodologies, to guide the engineer in designing process equipment and applying chemical processes to properly detailed equipment. All three volumes of Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants serve the practicing engineer by providing organized design procedures, details on the equipment suitable for application selection, and charts in readily usable form. Process engineers, designers, and operators will find more chemical petrochemical plant design data in: Volume 2, Third Edition, which covers distillation and packed towers as well as material on azeotropes and ideal/non-ideal systems. Volume 3, Third Edition, which covers heat transfer, refrigeration systems, compression surge drums, and mechanical drivers. A. Kayode Coker, is Chairman of Chemical & Process Engineering Technology department at Jubail Industrial College in Saudi Arabia. He's both a chartered scientist and a chartered chemical engineer for more than 15 years. and an author of Fortran Programs for Chemical Process Design, Analysis and Simulation, Gulf Publishing Co., and Modeling of Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, Butterworth-Heinemann.

Audience : Chemical Engineers


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