Chemical engineering design / / R.K. Sinnott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825107003321
• Autore: Sinnott R. K
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005
• ISBN: 9780080492551 (Electronic Book)
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1065 p.)
• Collana: Coulson & Richardson's chemical engineering ; ; 6
• Altri autori (Persone): CoulsonJ. M (John Metcalfe); RichardsonJ. F (John Francis)
• Disciplina: 660
• Soggetti: Chemical engineering; Engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previous ed.: 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface to Fourth Edition; Preface to Third Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgement; 1 Introduction to Design; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. NATURE OF DESIGN; 1.2.1. The design objective (the need); 1.2.2. Data collection; 1.2.3. Generation of possible design solutions; 1.2.4. Selection; 1.3. THE ANATOMY OF A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS; 1.3.1. Continuous and batch processes; 1.4. THE ORGANISATION OF A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT; 1.5. PROJECT DOCUMENTATION; 1.6. CODES AND STANDARDS; 1.7. FACTORS OF SAFETY (DESIGN FACTORS)1.8. SYSTEMS OF UNITS; 1.9. DEGREES OF FREEDOM AND DESIGN VARIABLES. THE MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DESIGN PROBLEM; 1.9.1. Information flow and design variables; 1.9.2. Selection of design variables; 1.9.3. Information flow and the structure of design problems; 1.10. OPTIMISATION; 1.10.1. General procedure; 1.10.2. Simple models; Example 1.1; 1.10.3. Multiple variable problems; 1.10.4. Linear programming; 1.10.5. Dynamic programming; 1.10.6. Optimisation of batch and semicontinuous processes; 1.11 REFERENCES; 1.12 NOMENCLATURE; 1.13 PROBLEMS; 2 Fundamentals of Material Balances2.1. INTRODUCTION; 2.2. THE EQUIVALENCE OF MASS AND ENERGY; 2.3. CONSERVATION OF MASS; Example 2.1; 2.4. UNITS USED TO EXPRESS COMPOSITIONS; Example ; 2.2; 2.5. STOICHIOMETRY; Example 2.3; 2.6. CHOICE OF SYSTEM BOUNDARY; Example 2.4; 2.7. CHOICE OF BASIS FOR CALCULATIONS; 2.8. NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS; Example 2.5; 2.9. CONSTRAINTS ON FLOWS AND COMPOSITIONS; Example 2.6; 2.10. GENERAL ALGEBRAIC METHOD; 2.11. TIE COMPONENTS; Example 2.7; Example 2.8; 2.12. EXCESS REAGENT; Example 2.9; 2.13. CONVERSION AND YIELD; Example 2.10; Example 2.11; Example 2.12; 2.14. RECYCLE PROCESSESExample 2.13; 2.15. PURGE; Example 2.14; 2.16. BY-PASS; 2.17. UNSTEADY-STATE CALCULATIONS; Example 2.15; 2.18. GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR MATERIAL-BALANCE PROBLEMS; 2.19. REFERENCES (FURTHER READING); 2.20. NOMENCLATURE; 2.21. PROBLEMS; 3 Fundamentals of Energy Balances (and Energy Utilisation); 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; Example 3.1; 3.5. CALCULATION OF SPECIFIC ENTHALPYExample 3.2; 3.6. MEAN HEAT CAPACITIES; Example 3.3; 3.7. THE EFFECT OF PRESSURE ON HEAT CAPACITY; Example 3.4; 3.8. ENTHALPY OF MIXTURES; 3.8.1. Integral heats of solution; Example 3.5; 3.9. ENTHALPY-CONCENTRATION DIAGRAMS; Example 3.6; 3.10. HEATS OF REACTION; 3.10.1. Effect of pressure on heats of reaction; Example 3.7; 3.11. STANDARD HEATS OF FORMATION; Example 3.8; 3.12. HEATS OF COMBUSTION; Example 3.9; 3.13. COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION OF GASES; 3.13.1. Mollier diagrams; Example 3.10; 3.13.2. Polytropic compression and expansion; Example 3.11; 3.13.3. Multistage compressors
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