Chemical Engineering Design Project - Ray, Martyn S

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Résumé :
Preface to Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I How to Use This Book -- (A) The Case Study Approach -- (B) A Road Map -- II Some Advice -- (A) General Advice to the Student -- (B) Advice from a Former Design Project Student -- (C) To the Lecturer -- (D) The Designer or Project Engineer -- III Presentation of Design Projects -- (A) Effective Communications -- (B) General Comments on Preparation of Literature Surveys -- IV Details of Particular Design Projects, and Information Sources -- (A) IChemE Design Projects -- Instructions for the IChemE Design Project, 1980 -- (B) Information Sources -- PART I Technical and Economic Feasibility Study -- Chapter 1 The Design Problem -- 1.1 Initial Considerations and Specification -- 1.1.1 The Feasibility Study -- 1.1.2 Time Management -- 1.1.3 Stages in a Design Problem -- 1.1.4 The Search for Information -- 1.1.5 Scope of the Project -- 1.1.6 Evaluating the Alternatives - Making Decisions -- Some Questions to Ask for the Chemical to be Produced -- Further Reading -- Case Study: Production of Phthalic Anhydride -- Overall Summary for the Technical and Economic Feasibility Study -- 1.2 Case Study - Defining the Problem and Background Information -- Summary -- 1.2.1 Background and Objectives -- 1.2.2 Chemical Structure and Physical Properties -- 1.2.3 Applications and Uses -- 1.2.4 Basic Chemistry -- 1.2.5 Evaluation of Alternative Processing Schemes -- 1.2.6 Conclusions -- 1.2.7 Recommendations -- Chapter 2 Feasibility Study and Market Survey -- 2.1 Initial Feasibility Study -- 2.2 Preliminary Market Survey /Economic Analysis References -- 2.3 Information Sources -- 2.4 Evaluation of Available Literature -- 2.5 Considerations for Literature Surveys References -- 2.6 Case Study - Feasibility Study and Market Assessment -- Summary -- 2.6.1 Market Assessment -- 2.6.1.1 Production: Worldwide -- 2.6.1.2 Production: Regional -- 2.6.1.3 Production: National -- 2.6.2 Current and Future Prices -- 2.6.3 Demand -- 2.6.4 Australian Imports and Exports -- 2.6.5 Plant Capacity -- 2.6.6 Product Value and Operating Costs -- 2.6.6.1 Capital Costs -- 2.6.6.2 Operating Costs -- 2.6.6.3 Approximate Selling Price -- 2.6.7 Conclusions -- 2.6.8 Recommendations -- Chapter 3 Process Selection, Process Description and Equipment List -- 3.1 Process Selection Considerations -- 3.1.1 Flow Diagrams - PFD and P&ID -- 3.1.2 The Reactor -- 3.1.3 Product Purity -- 3.1.4 Process Conditions -- 3.1.5 Process Data -- 3.1.6 Energy Efficiency -- 3.1.7 Factors in Process Evaluation and Selection -- 3.1.8 Choices and Compromises -- 3.1.9 The Optimum Design -- 3.1.10 Process Control and Instrumentation References -- 3.2 Process Description -- 3.3 Preparing the Equipment List -- 3.4 Rules of Thumb -- 3.5 Safety Considerations and Preliminary HAZOP Study References -- 3.6 Case Study - Process Selection and Equipment List -- Summary -- 3.6.1 Trends in Phthalic Anhydride Processing -- 3.6.2 Raw Material -- 3.6.3 Process Configurations -- 3.6.4 Detailed Process Description -- 3.6.5 Advantages of the LAR Process -- 3.6.6 Advantages of the LEVH Process -- 3.6.7 Process Selection -- 3.6.8 Initial Equipment Design -- 3.6.9 Equipment List -- 3.6.10 Conclusions -- 3.6.11 Recommendations -- Appendix A: Preliminary Equipment Specifications -- Chapter 4 Site Considerations: Site Selection and Plant Layout -- 4.1 Site Selection /Location -- 4.1.1 Local Industrial Areas -- 4.1.2 Some Important Factors -- 4.1.3 Prioritizing the Factors References -- 4.2 Plant Layout -- 4.2.1 Plant Layout Strategies -- 4.2.2 Factors Influencing Plant Layout References -- 4.3 Case Study - Site Considerations: Site Selection and Plant Layout -- Summary -- 4.3.1 Background and Objectives -- 4.3.2 Potential Sites -- 4.3.2.1 Kemerton -- 4.3.2.2 Geraldton -...