Fundamental Concepts and Computations in Chemical Engineering
Vivek P. Utgikar, Pearson, Boston, MA, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-459394-4
Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Author xix
Chapter 1: The Chemical Engineering Profession 1
1.1 Engineering and Engineers 2
1.2 Engineering Disciplines 8
1.3 Defining Chemical Engineering 12
1.4 Roles and Responsibilities of a Chemical Engineer 14
1.5 Employment of Chemical Engineers 19
1.6 Summary 22
Chapter 2: Chemical and Allied Industries 27
2.1 Classification of Industries 27
2.2 The Chemical Industry 29
2.3 Related Industries 34
2.4 Top 50 Chemical Companies 36
2.5 Important Chemical Products 40
2.6 Characteristics of Chemical Industries 50
2.7 Summary 53
Chapter 3: Making of a Chemical Engineer 57
3.1 A Chemical Process Plant: Synthesis of Ammonia 57
3.2 Responsibilities and Functions of a Chemical Engineer 61
3.3 Chemical Engineering Curriculum 63
3.4 Summary 87
Chapter 4: Introduction to Computations in Chemical Engineering 91
4.1 Nature of Chemical Engineering Computational Problems 91
4.2 Solution Algorithms 102
4.3 Computational Tools—Machines and Software 107
4.4 Summary 113
Chapter 5: Computations in Fluid Flow 117
5.1 Qualitative Description of Flow in Conduits 117
5.2 Quantitative Analysis of Fluid Flow 119
5.3 Basic Computational Problems 124
5.4 Summary 140
Chapter 6: Material Balance Computations 143
6.1 Quantitative Principles of Material Balance 143
6.2 Material Balances in Nonreacting Systems 146
6.3 Material Balances in Reacting Systems 151
6.4 Material Balances over Multiple Process Units 159
6.5 Summary 163
Chapter 7: Energy Balance Computations 167
7.1 Quantitative Principles of Energy Balance 167
7.2 Basic Energy Balance Problems 175
7.3 Summary 186
Chapter 8: Computations in Chemical Engineering 191
Thermodynamics
8.1 Fundamental Concepts of Thermodynamics 192
8.2 Basic Computational Problems 204
8.3 Summary 211
Chapter 9: Computations in Chemical Engineering Kinetics 217
9.1 Fundamental Concepts of Chemical Engineering 218
Kinetics
9.2 Basic Computational Problems 229
9.3 Summary 240
Epilogue 245
Appendix A: Introduction to Mathematical 247
Software Packages
Appendix B: Computations Using Process 259
Simulation Software
Index 273