Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers

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The fifth edition of Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers is a major revision of the popular fourth edition. There are new chapters on process synthesis, computer-aided design, and design of chemical reactors. A traditionally strong feature of the text, economic analysis, has been revamped and updated. Another strength, equipment sizing and cost estimation, is updated and expanded as well. These improvements also reflect changes in equipment availability. The numerous real examples throughout the book include computer or hand solutions, and often both. There is a new increased emphasis on computer use in design, economic evaluation, and optimization. Concepts, strategies, and approaches to computer use are featured. These concepts are not tied to particular software programs and therefore apply to wide a range of applications software, of both current and future release. This widely used text is now more useful than ever, providing a ?one-stop? guide to chemical process design and evaluation. Key Features A new chapter is offered on computer-aided design, geared to the newer design paradigms, and software is incorporated throughout the text. The computer-aided design guidelines provided are not tied to particular programs and can therefore be applied to both current and future applications software. Many of the problems throughout the book include both software and hand solutions. Equipment selection and costing sections are updated and more complete. These sections include easy-to-use equipment applicability tables and costing charts. These sections provide a comprehensive picture of the availability and design of both traditional and current equipment. Applicability tables greatly facilitate the selection of appropriate equipment. Equally comprehensive cost data are provided in easily used charts. Economic and optimization sections featuring embedded spreadsheets for investment, product-cost estimation, and profitability analysis have been modernized and updated. These sections are convenient for students and explicative of the economic evaluation process. They reflect current economic criteria, and provide helpful guidelines to approaching, defining, and solving optimization problems. A web page that supports the text contains updates, supplements, and equipment costing information. Updates, equipment costing-chart data, and economic evaluation spreadsheets are timely and easily accessible via the web site. SI units are now the primary units. SI units are now the primary units in the text, emphasizing both the global audience of the text, and the scope of the work US students will encounter in professional practice. Cost estimation and process economics evaluation software. Teaches students how to estimate costs using the computer rather than by hand. Table of content 1 Introduction 2 General Design Considerations 3 Process Design Development 4 Flowsheet Synthesis and Development 5 Software Use in Process Design 6 Analysis of Cost Estimation 7 Interest, Time Value of Money, Taxes, and Fixed Charges 8 Profitability, Alternative Investments, and Replacements 9 Optimum Design and Design Strategy 10 Materials and Fabrication Selection 11 Written and Oral Reports 12 Materials-Handling Equipment - Design and Costs 13 Reactor Equipment - Design and Costs 14 Heat-Transfer Equipment - Design and Costs 15 Separation Equipment - Design and Costs Appendix A The International System (SI) of Units Appendix B Auxiliary, Utility, and Instrumentation Cost Data Appendix C Design Problems Appendix D Tables of Physical Properties and Constants Appendix E Heuristics for Process Equipment Design Appendix F Software Useful for Design