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The go-to guide to learn the principles and practices of design and analysis in chemical engineering.
List of contents
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. An overview of chemical engineering; 2. Process design; 3. Models derived from laws and mathematical analysis; 4. Models derived from graphical analysis; 5. Dimensional analysis and dynamic scaling; 6. Transient-state processes; Appendix A. List of symbols; Appendix B. Units, conversion factors, and physical constants; Appendix C. Significant figures; Appendix D. Log-log graph paper; Appendix E. Mathematics, mechanics, and thermodynamics; Appendix F. Glossary of chemical engineering; Index.
About the author
T. Michael Duncan joined the School of Chemical Engineering at Cornell University in 1990, where he holds the Thorpe Chair in Chemical Engineering and has served as Associate Director for the undergraduate program since 1993. Duncan has received many teaching awards: he has been selected four times for the Tau Beta Pi / Cornell Engineering Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award and was named Professor of the Year for New York State by the Carnegie Foundation in 2007. He is also a Weiss Scholar at Cornell, a distinction bestowed on three faculty members each year at Cornell, from the entire campus of over 1600 instructors.Jeffrey A. Reimer is the C. Judson King Endowed Professor and Warren and Katharine Schlinger Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at University of California, Berkeley. Reimer has received many teaching awards, culminating in the University of California, Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest award bestowed on faculty for their teaching. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and a Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance, and was the recipient of a Humboldt Research Award in 2014.
Summary
Introducing the principles and practices of design and analysis in chemical engineering, this textbook teaches students to apply three vital analytical skills - mathematical modelling, graphical modelling, and dynamic scaling - in the contexts of modern chemical processes such as the hydrogen economy, petrochemical processes, and pharmaceuticals.
