A practical guide to the selection and design of a wide range of chemical process equipment, this text provides examples of successful real-world applications and a substantial number of valuable shortcut methods, rules of thumb, and equipment-rating forms and manufacturers' questionnaires.

Comprehensive and thoroughly practical guide to the selection and design of a wide range of chemical process equipment. Emphasis is placed on real-world process design and performance of equipment. Provides examples of successful applications, and numerous drawings, graphs, and tables to show the functioning and performance of the equipment. Equipment rating forms and manufacturers' questionnaires are collected to illustrate the data essential to process design. Includes a chapter on equipment cost and addresses economic concerns.

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• List of Examples
• Rules of Thumb
• Introduction
• Flowsheets
• Process Control
• Drivers for Moving Equipment
• Transfer of Solids
• Flow of Fluids
• Fluid Transport Equipment
• Heat Transfer and Heat Exchangers
• Dryers and Cooling Towers
• Mixing and Agitation
• Solid-Liquid Separation
• Disintegration, Agglomeration, and Size Separation of Particulate Solids
• Distillation and Gas Absorption
• Extraction and Leaching
• Adsorption and Ion Exchange
• Crystallization from Solutions and Melts
• Chemical Reactors
• Process Vessels
• Other Topics, Costs of Individual Equipment
• Appendices
• Index