Chemical Engineering Design and Analysis
An Introduction

The go-to guide to learn the principles and practices of design and analysis in chemical engineering.

T. Michael Duncan (Author), Jeffrey A. Reimer (Author)

9781108421478, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 January 2019

588 pages, 749 b/w illus. 132 tables
25.5 x 18.2 x 2.9 cm, 1.34 kg

This textbook puts design at the center of introducing students to the course in mass and energy balances in chemical engineering. Employers and accreditations increasingly stress the importance of design in the engineering curriculum, and design-driven analysis will motivate students to dig deeply into the key concepts of the field. The second edition has been completely revised and updated. It introduces the central steps in design and three methods of analysis: mathematical modeling, graphical methods, and dimensional analysis. Students learn how to apply engineering skills, such as how to simplify calculations through assumptions and approximations; how to verify calculations, significant figures, spreadsheets, graphing (standard, semi-log and log-log); and how to use data maps, in the contexts of contemporary chemical processes such as the hydrogen economy, petrochemical and biochemical processes, polymers, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. An overview of chemical engineering
2. Process design
3. Models derived from laws and mathematical analysis
4. Models derived from graphical analysis
5. Dimensional analysis and dynamic scaling
6. Transient-state processes
Appendix A. List of symbols
Appendix B. Units, conversion factors, and physical constants
Appendix C. Significant figures
Appendix D. Log-log graph paper
Appendix E. Mathematics, mechanics, and thermodynamics
Appendix F. Glossary of chemical engineering
Index.

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Mathematical modelling [PBWH]