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Chemical Engineering Design: Principles, Practice and Economics of Plant and Process Design is one of the best-known and most widely adopted texts available for students of chemical engineering. The text deals with the application of chemical engineering principles to the design of chemical processe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Towler, Gavin P.
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors: Sinnott, R. K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2022.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Chemical engineering.
Génie chimique.
chemical engineering.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I Process Design
  • 1. Introduction to Design
  • 2. Process Flowsheet Development
  • 3. Utilities and Energy-Efficient Design
  • 4. Process Simulation
  • 5. Instrumentation and Process Control
  • 6. Materials of Construction
  • 7. Capital Cost Estimating
  • 8. Estimating Revenues and Production Costs
  • 9. Economic Evaluation of Projects
  • 10. Safety and Loss Prevention
  • 11. General Site Considerations
  • 12. Optimization in Design
  • Part II: Plant Design
  • 13. Equipment Selection, Specification, and Design
  • 14. Design of Pressure Vessels
  • 15. Design of Reactors and Mixers
  • 16. Separation of Fluids
  • 17. Separation Columns (Distillation, Absorption, and Extraction)
  • 18. Specification and Design of Solids-Handling Equipment
  • 19. Heat Transfer Equipment
  • 20. Transport and Storage of Fluids
  • Appendices
  • Index.