Principles of Chemical Engineering Processes (With CD-ROM)

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Process units and degree of freedom analysis. 3. Material balance in single-unit processes. 4. Multiple-unit process calculations. 5. Material balance in reactive processes. 6. Multiple systems involving reaction, recycle, and purge. 7. Energy balance without reaction. 8. Energy balance with reaction. 9. Combined material and energy balances. 10. Unsteady-state material and energy balances. Appendices. Index.

"Written in a clear, concise style, Principles of Chemical Engineering Processes provides an introduction to the basic principles and calculation techniques that are fundamental to the field. The text focuses on problems in material and energy balances in relation to chemical reactors and introduces software that employs numerical methods to solve these problems.

Upon mastery of this material, readers will be able to--

• Understand basic processing terminology (batch, semibatch, continuous, purge and recycle) and standard operations (reaction, distillation, absorption, extraction, filtration).
• Draw and fully label a flowchart for a given process description. 
• Choose a convenient basis for calculating both single and multiple unit processes.
• Identify possible subsystems for which material and energy balances might be written.
• Perform a degree-of-freedom analysis for an overall system and each possible subsystems, formulating the appropriate material and energy balance equations.
• Apply the first law of thermodynamics, calculate energy and enthalpy changes, and construct energy balances on closed and open systems.

Written as a text to fully meet the needs of advanced students, it is also suitable as a reference for chemical engineers with its wide coverage across the biochemical and electromechanical fields. Each chapter of the text provides examples, case studies, and end-of-chapter problems. An accompanying CD-ROM contains a wealth of additional material, including software designed for solving problems in chemical engineering."