Chemical-Engineering-Design-Vol-6-Sinnott

Coulson & Richardson’s

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
VOLUME 6

Coulson & Richardson’s Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering, Volume 1, Sixth edition Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer J. M. Coulson and J. F. Richardson with J. R. Backhurst and J. H. Harker Chemical Engineering, Volume 2, Fifth edition Particle Technology and Separation Processes J. F. Richardson and J. H. Harker withJ. R. Backhurst Chemical Engineering, Volume 3, Third edition Chemical & Biochemical Reactors & Process Control Edited by J. F. Richardson and D. G. Peacock Chemical Engineering, Second edition Solutions to the Problems in Volume 1 J. R. Backhurst and J. H. Harker with J. F. Richardson Chemical Engineering, Solutions to the Problems in Volumes 2 and 3 J. R. Backhurst and J. H. Harker with J. F.Richardson Chemical Engineering, Volume 6, Fourth edition Chemical Engineering Design R. K. Sinnott

Coulson & Richardson’s CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
VOLUME 6 FOURTH EDITION

Chemical Engineering Design
R. K. SINNOTT

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Contents
PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACEACKNOWLEDGEMENT xvii xx xxi xxiii xxiv xxv

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Introduction to Design
1.1 1.2 Introduction Nature of design 1.2.1 The design objective (the need) 1.2.2 Data collection 1.2.3 Generation of possible design solutions 1.2.4 Selection The anatomy of a chemical manufacturing process 1.3.1 Continuous and batch processes The organisation of a chemical engineering project Project documentation Codesand standards Factors of safety (design factors) Systems of units Degrees of freedom and design variables. The mathematical representation of the design problem 1.9.1 Information flow and design variables 1.9.2 Selection of design variables 1.9.3 Information flow and the structure of design problems Optimisation 1.10.1 General procedure 1.10.2 Simple models 1.10.3 Multiple variable problems 1.10.4...