Chemical Engineering Design Project - Ray

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Résumé :
This new edition follows the original format, which combines a detailed case study - the production of phthalic anhydride - with practical advice and comprehensive background information. Guiding the reader through all major aspects of a chemical engineering design, the text includes both the initial technical and economic feasibility study as well as the detailed design stages. Each aspect of the design is illustrated with material from an award-winning student design project.
The book embodies the learning by doing approach to design. The student is directed to appropriate information sources and is encouraged to make decisions at each stage of the design process rather than simply following a design method. Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, the accompanying text includes developments in important areas and many new references....

Sommaire:
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 -...