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Theory, Practice and Techniques in Chemical Engineering

Theory, Practice and Techniques in Chemical Engineering

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    • Offers a comprehensive coverage of process simulation and flowsheeting, useful for chemical engineering and process engineering as theoretical and practical support in process design, and process simulation.
    • Provides a quick and authoritative point of reference for chemical engineering, covering areas such as materials, energy balances, reactions, and separations.
    • Intended primarily for undergraduate chemical-engineering students, this book also includes material which bridges the gap between undergraduate and graduate requirements.

Chemical engineers translate processes developed in the lab into practical applications for the commercial production of products and then work to maintain and improve those processes. The key role of chemical engineers is to design and troubleshoot processes for the production of chemicals, fuels, foods, pharmaceuticals, and biologicals, just to name a few. They are most often employed by large-scale manufacturing plants to maximize productivity and product quality while minimizing costs. The practice of chemical engineering, perhaps more than any other technical discipline, involves the use of natural material and energy resources for the production of value-added articles and services of commerce, It is critically important that chemists and chemical engineers incorporate the ideas of sustainability into process and product design, manufacturing, and value chain management for the purpose of minimizing resource utilization and adverse environmental impact.


This book “Theory, Practice and Techniques in Chemical Engineering” offers a comprehensive coverage of chemical processes useful for chemical engineering and process engineering as theoretical and practical support in process design, and process simulation. It provides a quick and authoritative point of reference for chemical engineering, covering areas such as materials, energy balances, reactions, and separations. Intended primarily for undergraduate chemical-engineering students, this book also includes material which bridges the gap between undergraduate and graduate requirements. It focuses on the roles that chemical engineers can play in the development, scale-up and optimization of synthetic processes for the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients. This multidisciplinary endeavor involves close collaboration among chemists and chemical engineers, and, for successful products, involves bridging the R&D and manufacturing enterprises. Balancing these disparate elements in the face of ever-mounting competitive pressures to shorten development timelines and ever-tightening regulatory, safety and environmental constraints, has become a critical business objective for all processes for the production of chemicals, fuels, foods, pharmaceuticals, and biologicals. The concept of focusing development resources on selected critical process features as a function of phase within the development cycle will be discussed. Furthermore, several examples of chemical engineering- focused process development and optimization will be presented dealing with the ideas of sustainability, and what chemists and chemical engineers can do to prevent the consequences of unsustainable resource utilization.