Preface |
|
xv | |
Acknowledgements |
|
xviii | |
|
1 An Overview of Chemical Engineering |
|
|
1 | (7) |
|
1.1 Achievements of Chemical Engineering |
|
|
3 | (2) |
|
1.2 Opportunities for Chemical Engineering |
|
|
5 | (3) |
|
|
7 | (1) |
|
2 Chemical Process Design |
|
|
8 | (81) |
|
2.1 Designing a Chemical Process |
|
|
8 | (11) |
|
2.1.1 Design Evolution by Successive Problem Solving |
|
|
8 | (8) |
|
2.1.2 Analyzing Data to Design Chemical Processes |
|
|
16 | (1) |
|
2.1.3 Conventions for Chemical Process Flowsheets |
|
|
17 | (2) |
|
2.2 Chemical Process Design and Creative Problem Solving |
|
|
19 | (6) |
|
2.2.1 Defining the Real Problem in Successive Problem Solving |
|
|
19 | (4) |
|
2.2.2 Conventions for Streams on Chemical Process Flowsheets |
|
|
23 | (2) |
|
2.3 Designing a Chemical Process for the Semiconductor Industry |
|
|
25 | (4) |
|
2.4 Designing Processes to Produce Hydrogen |
|
|
29 | (13) |
|
2.4.1 Hydrogen from Methane |
|
|
29 | (3) |
|
2.4.2 Methane from Natural Gas |
|
|
32 | (3) |
|
|
35 | (1) |
|
2.4.4 Hydrogen from Thermal Energy and Water |
|
|
36 | (4) |
|
2.4.5 Tips for Chemical Process Design: Analyzing a Process Flowsheet |
|
|
40 | (2) |
|
2.5 Designing a Process to Store Hydrogen |
|
|
42 | (47) |
|
2.5.1 Options for Storing Hydrogen |
|
|
42 | (2) |
|
2.5.2 Storing Hydrogen as Fuel for Vehicles |
|
|
44 | (3) |
|
|
47 | (1) |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
Chemical Process Design Bibliography |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
|
48 | (9) |
|
|
57 | (23) |
|
|
80 | (6) |
|
Physical Properties at I atm |
|
|
86 | (3) |
|
3 Models Derived from Laws and Mathematical Analysis |
|
|
89 | (154) |
|
3.1 Mass Balances on Processes with No Chemical Reaction |
|
|
90 | (9) |
|
3.1.1 Mass Balances on a Single Unit at Steady State |
|
|
90 | (5) |
|
3.1.2 Mass Balances on a Process with Several Units and a Recycle Stream |
|
|
95 | (4) |
|
3.2 Mass Balances on Processes with Chemical Reactions |
|
|
99 | (11) |
|
3.2.1 A Chemical Reactor with a Separator |
|
|
99 | (5) |
|
3.2.2 A Recycle for Minimal Reactant Input and Minimal Waste Output |
|
|
104 | (2) |
|
3.2.3 A Purge for Moderate Reactant Input and Moderate Waste Output |
|
|
106 | (4) |
|
3.3 Informal Mass Balances for Design Evolution |
|
|
110 | (4) |
|
3.4 Mathematical Modeling with Mass Balances: Summary |
|
|
114 | (3) |
|
3.4.1 Some Tips on System Borders |
|
|
114 | (2) |
|
3.4.2 Mass Balances and Learning Styles |
|
|
116 | (1) |
|
3.5 Energy Balances on a Single Unit with No Chemical Reaction |
|
|
117 | (1) |
|
3.5.1 Energy Balances for Temperature and Phase Changes |
|
|
117 | (6) |
|
3.5.2 Energy Balances for Temperature Changes with Variable Heat Capacity |
|
|
123 | (5) |
|
3.5.3 Heat Integration: Matching Energy Needs to Energy Sources |
|
|
128 | (4) |
|
3.6 Energy Balances and Chemical Reactions |
|
|
132 | (13) |
|
3.6.1 Chemical Reactions with Complete Conversion |
|
|
132 | (3) |
|
3.6.2 Chemical Reactions with Incomplete Conversion |
|
|
135 | (4) |
|
3.6.3 Chemical Reactions with Conversion Limited by Equilibrium |
|
|
139 | (6) |
|
3.7 Chemical Process Economics |
|
|
145 | (98) |
|
3.7.1 Economic Analysis of Operating a Chemical Process |
|
|
145 | (5) |
|
3.7.2 Economic Analysis of Modifying a Chemical Process |
|
|
150 | (2) |
|
3.7.3 Economic Analysis for Evaluating Design Schemes |
|
|
152 | (3) |
|
|
155 | (1) |
|
|
156 | (1) |
|
|
156 | (1) |
|
|
156 | (16) |
|
Mass Balances with Chemical Reactions |
|
|
172 | (6) |
|
|
178 | (4) |
|
Mass Balances on Spreadsheets |
|
|
182 | (5) |
|
|
187 | (8) |
|
Energy Balances with Chemical Reactions |
|
|
195 | (6) |
|
|
201 | (14) |
|
Process Design with Mathematical Modeling |
|
|
215 | (26) |
|
|
241 | (2) |
|
4 Models Derived from Graphical Analysis |
|
|
243 | (180) |
|
4.1 Tie Lines, Mixing Lines, and the Lever Rule |
|
|
244 | (23) |
|
4.1.1 Graphical Mass Balances |
|
|
244 | (3) |
|
4.1.2 Graphical Energy Balances |
|
|
247 | (6) |
|
4.1.3 Graphical Mass Balances for Single-Stage Liquid-Vapor Separations |
|
|
253 | (9) |
|
4.1.4 Combined Mass and Energy Balances on Two-Component Mixtures |
|
|
262 | (5) |
|
4.2 Operating Lines for Two-Phase Systems |
|
|
267 | (22) |
|
4.2.1 Single-Stage Absorbers |
|
|
267 | (5) |
|
4.2.2 Multistage Absorbers |
|
|
272 | (5) |
|
4.2.3 Multistage Liquid-Vapor Separations |
|
|
277 | (6) |
|
4.2.4 Multistage Cascading Flash Drums |
|
|
283 | (6) |
|
4.3 Trajectories on Pure-Component Phase Diagrams |
|
|
289 | (134) |
|
4.3.1 Mapping Solid-Liquid-Gas Phases of a Pure Component |
|
|
289 | (5) |
|
4.3.2 Condensation from a Non-condensible Gas |
|
|
294 | (7) |
|
|
301 | (1) |
|
|
301 | (1) |
|
|
302 | (1) |
|
Linear and Logarithmic Scales |
|
|
302 | (1) |
|
Graphical Energy Balances on Pure Substances |
|
|
303 | (3) |
|
Graphical Mass Balances on Temperature-Composition and Pressure-Composition Phase Diagrams |
|
|
306 | (18) |
|
Combined Mass and Energy Balances on Two-Component Mixtures: Enthalpy-Composition Phase Diagrams |
|
|
324 | (5) |
|
Operating Lines for Multistage Countercurrent Separators: Absorbers and Strippers |
|
|
329 | (21) |
|
Operating Lines for Multistage Countercurrent Separators: Distillation Columns |
|
|
350 | (26) |
|
Phase Diagrams of Pure Substances |
|
|
376 | (14) |
|
Process Design with Graphical Modeling |
|
|
390 | (33) |
|
5 Dimensional Analysis and Dynamic Similarity |
|
|
423 | (76) |
|
|
426 | (2) |
|
|
428 | (19) |
|
5.2.1 Dimensional Analysis of a Pendulum Swinging |
|
|
428 | (3) |
|
5.2.2 Dimensional Analysis of a Person Walking and Running |
|
|
431 | (5) |
|
5.2.3 Dimensional Analysis of a Solid Sphere Moving through a Fluid |
|
|
436 | (11) |
|
|
447 | (12) |
|
5.3.1 Dynamic Similarity of Fluid Flow in a Smooth Pipe |
|
|
447 | (5) |
|
5.3.2 Dynamic Similarity of Fluid Flow in a Rough Pipe |
|
|
452 | (2) |
|
5.3.3 Dynamic Similarity of Heat Transfer from a Fluid Flowing in a Tube |
|
|
454 | (3) |
|
5.3.4 Dynamic Similarity of Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Stages |
|
|
457 | (2) |
|
5.4 Applications of Dimensional Analysis |
|
|
459 | (40) |
|
5.4.1 Dimensional Analysis of Gases |
|
|
459 | (4) |
|
5.4.2 Dimensional Analysis of Biological Systems |
|
|
463 | (2) |
|
5.4.3 Dimensional Analysis of Microchemical Systems |
|
|
465 | (1) |
|
|
466 | (1) |
|
|
467 | (1) |
|
|
468 | (1) |
|
|
468 | (1) |
|
Deriving Dimensionless Groups |
|
|
469 | (7) |
|
|
476 | (5) |
|
Design of Dynamically Similar Models |
|
|
481 | (6) |
|
Data Analysis on Spreadsheets |
|
|
487 | (12) |
|
6 Transient-State Processes |
|
|
499 | (47) |
|
6.1 Transient-State Mass Balances: A Surge Tank |
|
|
500 | (7) |
|
6.2 Residence Times and Sewage Treatment |
|
|
507 | (5) |
|
6.3 Rate Constants: Modeling Atmospheric Chemistry |
|
|
512 | (5) |
|
6.4 Optimization: Batch Reactors |
|
|
517 | (6) |
|
6.5 Multiple Steady States: Catalytic Converters |
|
|
523 | (5) |
|
6.6 Mass Transfer: Citric Acid Production |
|
|
528 | (3) |
|
6.7 Heat Transfer: Chemical Reactor Runaway |
|
|
531 | (15) |
|
|
534 | (1) |
|
|
534 | (1) |
|
|
534 | (1) |
|
Transient-State Processes |
|
|
534 | (8) |
|
Numerical Integration of Differential Equations |
|
|
542 | (4) |
Appendix A List of Symbols |
|
546 | (2) |
Appendix B Units, Conversion Factors, and Physical Constants |
|
548 | (3) |
Appendix C Significant Figures |
|
551 | (3) |
Appendix D Log-Log Graph Paper |
|
554 | (5) |
Appendix E Mathematics, Mechanics, and Thermodynamics |
|
559 | (3) |
Appendix F Glossary of Chemical Engineering |
|
562 | (7) |
Index |
|
569 | |