Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes

by Richard C Bailie

This book is a leading integrated chemical process design guide. It presents design as a creative process that integrates both the big picture and the small details. This updated edition moves readers beyond classroom exercises into openended, realworld process problem solving. The authors introduce integrated techniques for every facet of the discipline, from finance to operations, new plant design to existing process optimization. This fourth edition adds new chapters introducing dynamic process simulation; advanced concepts in steadystate simulation, extensive coverage of thermodynamics packages for modeling processes containing electrolyte solutions and solids and a concise introduction to logic control. What you have learned summaries have been added to each chapter and the text's organization has been refined for greater clarity.

Genres: Textbooks

Paperback

First published November 1, 2008

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know, another textbook review. I never read textbooks cover to cover before graduate school, but now it's empowering to grasp a broad topic in such detail. I really don't think there is a good replacement for reading the textbook.

I'm getting ready to teach the senior design course in my ChemE department, and Turton is the go-to for design. This is my first time with Turton though, because I used a different textbook in my undergraduate course. Design can be one of the most rewarding courses in the chemical engineering curriculum, because it brings together all the concepts taught in previous courses (heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, mass and energy balances) and leverages them to design chemical plants. From my personal undergraduate experience, design didn't leave a good taste in my mouth. The instructor didn't give useful feedback, grades felt arbitrary, and the design simulations felt arcane and magical-- you couldn't actually predict what was going to come out, so it felt less design than astrology. Add to that the common feel in a non-traditional ChemE department that this knowledge will never actually be used. With more ChemEs taking non-traditional career paths, it will take more investment in design courses to help them feel useful. I do think that design principles are important and can be generalized to other systems, but chemical plants are a good place to stay anchored.

Turton's book is excellent, along with all the support materials. The example designs and design problems in the Appendices are great resources for class problems. This was one thing I think my design course was missing-- we were asked to design a process from scratch, with no real solid examples of a process from start to finish to take apart and tinker with first. I highly recommend simulating some of the designs in Appendix B in Aspen to get a good grasp of what is going on.

Sometimes the chapter orders seemed to make less sense to me, but then again the inter-dependence on process design with economics makes this REALLY difficult. We had students complain that the design course should be separated into a design course and an economics course, because there was just too much materials to cover in 10 weeks (agreed). But the design IS the economics; you can't separate them. That's partly why engineers need to be really good with spreadsheets and dollars, and why we don't outsource the economics to an accountant. There were other chapters I didn't read as in-depth (chemical product design and batch processes). There were others that really made things make a lot more sense after my undergraduate experience-- particularly the chapter on simulators. Turton definitely made design a lot more enjoyable for me this time around.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for one wishing to understand how to assess the economic potential of a chemical process design.

[Rutuja]

GOOD BOOK

[Fahad Andergeeri · Rating 5 out of 5]

One out of 4 best books, I do like in my whole chemical engineering studies. Turton is Reference to any chemical engineer.. That's the way it is..

[Adnan]

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