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Chemical Engineering Design : SI Edition.

Chemical Engineering Design : SI Edition.
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ISBN 9780081026007
-- 9780081025994
Author Sinnott, Ray
Title Chemical Engineering Design : : SI Edition.
6th ed.
Description 1 online resource (1359 pages)
Contents Front Cover -- Chemical Engineering Design -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- How to Use This Book -- As a Design Course Textbook -- As an Introductory Chemical Engineering Textbook -- Supplementary Material -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Design -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Nature of design -- 1.2.1. The design objective (the need) -- 1.2.2. Setting the design basis -- 1.2.3. Generation of possible design concepts -- 1.2.4. Fitness testing -- 1.2.5. Economic evaluation, optimization and selection -- 1.2.6. Detailed design and equipment selection -- 1.2.7. Procurement, construction and operation -- 1.3. The anatomy of a chemical manufacturing process -- Stage 1. Raw material storage -- Stage 2. Feed preparation -- Stage 3. Reaction -- Stage 4. Product separation -- Stage 5. Purification -- Stage 6. Product storage -- Ancillary processes -- 1.3.1. Continuous and batch processes -- Choice of continuous versus batch production -- 1.4. The organization of a chemical engineering project -- 1.5. Project documentation -- Calculation sheets -- Drawings -- Specification sheets -- Process manuals -- Operating manuals -- Review, Checking and Sign-off -- 1.6. Codes and standards -- 1.7. Design factors (Design margins) -- 1.8. Systems of units -- 1.9. Optimization -- 1.9.1. The design objective -- 1.9.2. Constraints and degrees of freedom -- Degrees of freedom -- 1.9.3. Trade-offs -- 1.9.4. Problem decomposition -- 1.9.5. Optimization of a single decision variable -- 1.9.6. Search methods -- Unrestricted search -- Regular search (three-point interval search) -- Golden-section search -- Quasi-Newton method -- 1.9.7. Optimization of two or more decision variables -- Convexity -- Searching in two dimensions -- Problems in multivariable optimization -- Multivariable optimization -- 1.9.8. Linear programming.
1.9.9. Non-linear programming -- Successive linear programming (SLP) -- Successive quadratic programming (SQP) -- Reduced gradient method -- 1.9.10. Mixed integer programming -- Mixed-integer programming algorithms -- Superstructure optimization -- 1.9.11. Optimization in industrial practice -- Optimization of process operations -- Optimization of batch and semi-continuous processes -- Optimization in process design -- 1.10 References -- 1.11. Nomenclature -- 1.12. Problems -- Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Material Balances -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The equivalence of mass and energy -- 2.3. Conservation of mass -- 2.4. Units used to express compositions -- 2.5. Stoichiometry -- 2.6. Choice of system boundary -- 2.7. Choice of basis for calculations -- 2.8. Number of independent components -- Physical systems, no reaction -- Chemical systems, reaction -- 2.9. Constraints on flows and compositions -- 2.10. General algebraic method -- 2.11. Tie components -- 2.12. Excess reagent -- 2.13. Conversion, selectivity and yield -- Conversion -- Selectivity -- Yield -- Sources of conversion, selectivity and yield data -- 2.14. Recycle processes -- 2.15. Purge -- 2.16. By-pass -- 2.17. Unsteady-state calculations -- 2.18. General procedure for material-balance problems -- Procedure -- 2.19 References -- 2.20. Nomenclature -- 2.21. Problems -- Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Energy Balances and Energy Utilization -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Conservation of energy -- 3.3. Forms of energy (per unit mass of material) -- 3.3.1. Potential energy -- 3.3.2. Kinetic energy -- 3.3.3. Internal energy -- 3.3.4. Work -- 3.3.5. Heat -- 3.3.6. Electrical energy -- 3.4. The energy balance -- 3.5. Calculation of specific enthalpy -- 3.6. Mean heat capacities -- 3.7. The effect of pressure on heat capacity -- 3.8. Enthalpy of mixtures -- 3.8.1. Integral heats of solution.
3.9. Enthalpy-concentration diagrams -- 3.10. Heats of reaction -- 3.10.1. Effect of pressure on heats of reaction -- 3.11. Standard heats of formation -- 3.12. Heats of combustion -- 3.13. Compression and expansion of gases -- 3.13.1. Mollier diagrams -- 3.13.2. Polytropic compression and expansion -- 3.13.3. Multistage compressors -- 3.13.4. Electrical drives -- 3.14. Energy balance calculations -- 3.15. Unsteady state energy balances -- 3.16. Energy recovery -- 3.16.1. Heat exchange -- 3.16.2. Waste-heat boilers -- 3.16.3. High-temperature reactors -- 3.16.4. Low-grade fuels -- Reactor off-gases -- Liquid and solid wastes -- 3.16.5. High-pressure process streams -- Gas streams -- Liquid streams -- 3.16.6. Heat pumps -- 3.17. Heat exchanger networks -- 3.17.1. Pinch technology -- Simple two-stream problem -- Four stream problem -- Thermodynamic significance of the pinch -- 3.17.2. The problem table method -- Summary -- 3.17.3. Heat exchanger network design -- Grid representation -- Network design for maximum energy recovery -- Network design above the pinch -- Network design below the pinch -- Stream splitting -- Summary -- 3.17.4. Minimum number of exchangers -- 3.17.5. Threshold problems -- 3.17.6. Process integration: integration of other process operations -- 3.17.7. Computer tools for heat exchanger network design -- 3.18 References -- 3.19. Nomenclature -- 3.20. Problems -- Chapter 4: Flow-sheeting -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Flow-sheet presentation -- 4.2.1. Block diagrams -- 4.2.2. Pictorial representation -- 4.2.3. Presentation of stream flow rates -- 4.2.4. Information to be included -- Essential information -- Optional information -- 4.2.5. Layout -- 4.2.6. Precision of data -- 4.2.7. Basis of the calculation -- 4.2.8. Batch processes -- 4.2.9. Utilities -- 4.2.10. Equipment identification -- 4.2.11. Computer aided drafting.
4.3. Process simulation programs -- 4.4. Specification of components and physical property models -- 4.4.1. Pure components -- 4.4.2. Pseudocomponents -- 4.4.3. Solids and salts -- 4.4.4. User components -- 4.5. Simulation of unit operations -- 4.5.1. Reactors -- Conversion reactor (stoichiometric reactor) -- Equilibrium reactor -- Gibbs reactor -- Continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) -- Plug flow reactor (PFR) -- Yield-shift reactor -- Modelling real reactors -- 4.5.2. Distillation -- Shortcut models -- Rigorous models -- Complex columns for fractionation -- Column sizing -- 4.5.3. Other separations -- Component splitter models -- 4.5.4. Heat exchange -- 4.5.5. Hydraulics -- 4.5.6. Solids handling -- 4.6. User models -- 4.6.1. Spreadsheet models -- 4.6.2. User subroutines -- 4.7. Flow-sheets with recycle -- 4.7.1. Tearing the flow-sheet -- 4.7.2. Convergence methods -- Successive substitution (direct substitution) -- Bounded Wegstein -- Newton and quasi-Newton methods -- 4.7.3. Manual calculations -- 4.7.4. Convergence problems -- 4.8. Flow-sheet optimization -- 4.8.1. Use of controllers -- 4.8.2. Optimization using process simulation software -- 4.9. Dynamic simulation -- 4.10 References -- British Standards -- American and International Standards -- 4.11. Nomenclature -- 4.12. Problems -- Chapter 5: Piping and Instrumentation -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The P and I Diagram -- 5.2.1. Symbols and layout -- 5.2.2. Basic symbols -- Control valves -- Actuators -- Instrument Lines -- Failure mode -- General instrument and controller symbols -- Distributed control - shared display symbols -- Other common symbols -- Type of instrument -- 5.3. Valve selection -- 5.4. Pumps and compressors -- 5.4.1. Pump selection -- 5.4.2. Pressure drop in pipelines -- Non-Newtonian fluids -- Gases -- Two-phase mixtures -- Miscellaneous pressure losses.
5.4.3. Power requirements for pumping liquids -- 5.4.4. Characteristic curves for centrifugal pumps -- 5.4.5. System curve (operating line) -- 5.4.6. Net positive suction head (NPSH) -- 5.4.7. Pump and other shaft seals -- Packed glands -- Mechanical seals -- The basic mechanical seal -- Double seals -- Seal-less pumps (canned pumps) -- 5.4.8. Gas Compressors -- 5.5. Mechanical design of piping systems -- 5.5.1. Piping System Design Codes -- 5.5.2. Wall thickness: pipe schedule -- 5.5.3. Pipe supports -- 5.5.4. Pipe fittings -- 5.5.5. Pipe stressing -- 5.5.6. Layout and design -- 5.6. Pipe size selection -- Economic pipe diameter -- 5.7. Control and instrumentation -- 5.7.1. Instruments -- 5.7.2. Instrumentation and control objectives -- 5.7.3. Automatic control schemes -- Guide rules -- 5.8. Typical control systems -- 5.8.1. Level control -- 5.8.2. Pressure control -- 5.8.3. Flow control -- 5.8.4. Heat exchangers -- Condenser control -- Reboiler and vaporizer control -- 5.8.5. Cascade control -- 5.8.6. Ratio control -- 5.8.7. Distillation column control -- 5.8.8. Reactor control -- 5.9. Alarms, safety trips and interlocks -- 5.9.1. Interlocks -- 5.10. Computers in process control -- 5.11 References -- British and European Standards -- American and International Standards -- 5.12. Nomenclature -- 5.13. Problems -- Chapter 6: Costing and Project Evaluation -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Costs, revenues and profits -- 6.2.1. Fixed Capital Investment -- ISBL plant costs -- Offsite costs -- Engineering costs -- Contingency charges -- 6.2.2. Working capital -- 6.2.3. Variable costs of production -- 6.2.4. Fixed costs of production -- 6.2.5. Revenues, margins and profits -- Revenues -- Margins -- Profits -- 6.2.6. Cash flows at the end of the project -- 6.3. Estimating capital costs -- 6.3.1. Accuracy and purpose of capital cost estimates.
6.3.2. Rapid cost estimates.
Subject Chemical engineering
Production engineering
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