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Author Towler, Gavin P.

Title Chemical engineering design : principles, practice, and economics of plant and process design / Gavin Towler, Ray Sinnott.

Imprint Oxford ; Waltham, Mass. : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.

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 Axe Elsevier ScienceDirect Ebook  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed.
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 1303 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
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Note Includes index.
Summary "Chemical Engineering Design is a complete course text for students of chemical engineering. Written for the Senior Design Course, and also suitable for introduction to chemical engineering courses, it covers the basics of unit operations and the latest aspects of process design, equipment selection, plant and operating economics, safety and loss prevention. It is a textbook that students will want to keep through their undergraduate education and on into their professional lives."--Publisher's website.
Note Print version record.
Contents Part I: Process design -- Introduction to design -- Process flowsheet development -- Utilities and energy efficient design -- Process simulation -- Instrumentation and process control -- Materials of construction -- Capital cost estimating -- Estimating revenues and production costs -- Economic evaluation of projects -- Safety and loss prevention -- General site considerations -- Optimization in design -- Part II: Plant design -- Equipment selection, specification and design -- Design of pressure vessels -- Design of reactors and mixers -- Separation of fluids -- Separation columns (distillation, absorption and extraction) -- Specification and design of solids-handling equipment -- Heat transfer equipment -- Transport and storage of fluids.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language English.
Subject Chemical engineering.
Production engineering.
Génie chimique.
Technique de la production.
chemical engineering.
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Industrial & Technical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
Chemical engineering
Production engineering
Added Author Sinnott, R. K.
Other Form: Print version: Towler, Gavin P. Chemical engineering design. Boston, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013 (OCoLC)760532354
ISBN 9780080966601 (electronic bk.)
0080966608 (electronic bk.)
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9781283396233
0080966594
9780080966595
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