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Handbook Of Chemical Engineering Design: Process Calculations, Equipment Sizing and Plant Development for Practical Industrial Applications
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 26 2026
Pages: 534
Weight: 2.70
Height: 1.08 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Move from an identified production need to a coherent, operable facility. This handbook explains how requirements become a documented basis, how that basis becomes a flowsheet, how balances and physical properties become duties, and how those duties become specifications for real machinery and supporting systems.
The opening chapters establish requirements, operating cases, units, margins, documentation, project stages, interface ownership, review gates and change control. Readers learn how grassroots construction, replacement, expansion, revamping and debottlenecking differ in scope, uncertainty and execution.
Flowsheet chapters develop block diagrams, flow diagrams and piping and instrumentation information. Recycle, purge, bypass, batch and continuous operation, route selection, separation order, pressure levels and energy use are treated as connected decisions rather than isolated drafting tasks.
Calculation foundations cover material and energy balances, thermodynamics, phase behavior, property methods, reaction stoichiometry, conversion, yield, equilibrium, fluid flow, pressure loss, heat transfer and mass transfer. Simulation chapters address model selection, convergence, validation, sensitivity studies and calculation records that another engineer can inspect.
The distinction between preliminary estimates, specification duties, vendor guarantees and mechanical code requirements remains clear throughout. Readers learn why a technically correct equation can still produce a poor result when its assumptions, property data or operating case are unsuitable.
Facility-wide chapters integrate utilities, instrumentation, control philosophy, construction materials, corrosion, relief and disposal arrangements, hazard review, environmental controls, plot planning, maintainability, operability and reliability. Margins are treated as deliberate decisions so that hidden conservatism is not compounded across several disciplines.
Major machinery and unit operations receive dedicated coverage, including vessels, storage tanks, mixers, reactors, heat exchangers, evaporators, dryers, distillation columns, absorbers, extractors, adsorbers, membrane units, filters, centrifuges, crystallizers, solids-handling systems, piping, pumps, compressors, blowers and valves.
Cost-estimation chapters connect capital expenditure, operating costs, profitability, uncertainty and project evaluation. Revamp cases examine existing constraints, incomplete records, tie-ins, shutdown limitations, retained assets and the consequences of changing one part of an operating facility.
Worked examples connect equations to specifications and show how one decision propagates through utilities, controls, piping, layout and cost. Practice problems, integrated cases, review points, checklists and traceability methods reinforce unit discipline, assumption tracking and communication across technical interfaces.
Readers will learn how to:
- Convert requirements into a controlled basis and flowsheet
- Apply balances, properties, thermodynamics and simulation
- Evaluate fluid flow, pressure loss and transfer duties
- Develop specifications for major unit operations
- Integrate utilities, controls, materials and relief arrangements
- Compare alternatives using cost and uncertainty
- Approach revamps and debottlenecking systematically
- Produce transparent and reviewable calculation records
Written for senior students, process engineers, project engineers and practitioners strengthening their judgment, this reference supports preliminary and educational work. Actual projects require current codes, verified properties, vendor information, formal hazard analysis, independent review and qualified professional responsibility.
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