Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes

by Richard Turton, Richard C. Bailie, Wallace B. Whiting, Joseph A. Shaeiwitz, Debangsu Bhattacharyya

Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0132618125

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Book Description

More than ever, effective design is the focal point of sound chemical engineering. Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes, Fourth Edition, presents design as a creative process that integrates both the big picture and the small details and knows which to stress when, and why. Realistic from start to finish, this updated edition moves readers beyond classroom exercises into open-ended, real-world chemical processes problem solving. The authors introduce integrated techniques for every facet of the discipline, from finance to operations, new plant design to existing process optimization.

This fourth edition adds new chapters introducing dynamic process simulation; advanced concepts in steady-state simulation; extensive coverage of thermodynamics packages for modeling processes containing electrolyte solutions and solids; and a concise introduction to logic control. “What You Have Learned” summaries have been added to each chapter, and the text’s organization has been refined for greater clarity.

Coverage Includes

• Conceptualization and analysis: flow diagrams, batch processing, tracing, process conditions, and product design strategies
• Economic analysis: capital and manufacturing costs, financial calculations, and profitability analysis
• Synthesis and optimization: principles, PFD synthesis, simulation techniques, top-down and bottom-up optimization, pinch technology, and software-based control
• Advanced steady-state simulation: goals, models, solution strategies, and sensitivity and optimization studies
• Dynamic simulation: goals, development, solution methods, algorithms, and solvers
• Performance analysis: I/O models, tools, performance curves, reactor performance, troubleshooting, and “debottlenecking”
• Societal impact: ethics, professionalism, health, safety, environmental issues, and green engineering
• Interpersonal and communication skills: improving teamwork and group effectiveness

The leading integrated chemical process design guide: Now with extensive new coverage and more process designs

This title draws on more than fifty years of innovative chemical engineering instruction at West Virginia University and the University of Nevada, Reno. It includes suggested curricula for single-semester and year-long design courses, case studies and practical design projects, current equipment cost data, and extensive preliminary design information that can be used as the starting point for more detailed analyses.

About the Author

Richard Turton is profess or of chemical engineering and professor in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. He has taught WVU’s senior design course for more than twenty-five years.

Richard C. Bailie, professor emeritus at WVU, taught chemical engineering design for more than twenty years. He has extensive experience in process evaluation, pilot plant operation, and plant startup.

Wallace B. Whiting, professor emeritus at the University of Nevada, Reno, has practiced and taught chemical process design for more than twenty-four years.

Joseph A. Shaeiwitz has been involved in WVU’s senior design sequence and sophomore- and junior-level integrated design projects for twenty years.

Debangsu Bhattacharyya, associate professor in the department of chemical engineering at WVU, has worked in computer-aided simulation, design, construction, and in the operation of a large petroleum refinery for more than ten years.

Customer Reviews

Turton's book provides a good overview of process design and includes both CAPCOST, Turton's estimation program, and more than a dozen chemical unit examples. The book covers flowsheet layout, simulation, estimation of operating and capital costs and profitability analysis (ROI or NPV). It then delves into advanced topics like process optimization, dynamic simulation, process trouble shooting and debottlenecking. A great book for CAPCOST alone.

I really liked this book. The Examples are very comprehensive and the problems are challenging. It would have helped if some of the answers to the problems were included, because it can get very confusing at times. But overall, a good purchase.