Process Plant Design for Chemical Engineers

Guide to Practical Aspects of Engineering Decision Making
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-33522-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Process Plant Design for Chemical Engineers: Guide to Practical Aspects of Engineering Decision Making offers a comprehensive and accessible resource for chemical engineers seeking to make informed decisions throughout the design process of a plant. The book emphasizes evidence-based decision making, aiming to help professionals avoid costly mistakes, injuries, and risks associated with poor choices. Drawing on real-world examples across various industries, it demonstrates how the use of available information can significantly impact outcomes. This guide is essential for both students and practicing engineers, providing practical strategies to ensure safety, efficiency, and successful results in process plant design.

Beyond its focus on decision making, the book delivers in-depth analysis of real applications, showing both good and bad examples and the consequences of each. It discusses the importance of risk management and illustrates lessons learned to help engineers recognize and address potential hazards. The guidance provided is especially valuable for those scaling up processes from laboratory research to commercial production. Additionally, the book is useful for professionals across diverse sectors-including minerals processing, food and wine, and energy engineering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mullinger, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Gartenbau
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Entscheidungsfindung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Betriebsverfassung, Personalvertretung, Mitbestimmungsrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Review of existing technology
3. Process choice
4. Process scale up
5. Size reduction and particle sizing
6. Materials handling
7. Separation and blending processes
8. Reactor choice and sizing
9. Process control, safety
10. Utilities
11. Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Mullinger, Peter
Peter Mullinger held senior management roles with both equipment suppliers and end users before joining the University of Adelaide as Associate Professor in 1999. Now semi-retired, he continues to teach process design and process safety.