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Improving Chemical Engineering Practices: A New Look at Old Myths of the Chemical Industry (1989) Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0-89116-929-6; Critical Aspects of Safety and Loss Prevention (1990) Butterworths ISBN 978-0-408-04429-5; Plant Design for Safety – a user-friendly approach (1991) Taylor & Francis ISBN 978-1-56032-068-5;
Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials into useful products.
A chemical plant is an industrial process plant that manufactures (or otherwise processes) chemicals, usually on a large scale. [1] The general objective of a chemical plant is to create new material wealth via the chemical or biological transformation and or separation of materials. [2]
In chemical engineering, process design is the choice and sequencing of units for desired physical and/or chemical transformation of materials. Process design is central to chemical engineering, and it can be considered to be the summit of that field, bringing together all of the field's components.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to chemical engineering: . Chemical engineering – deals with the application of physical science (e.g., chemistry and physics), and life sciences (e.g., biology, [[microbi logy]] and biochemistry) with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms.
A process flow diagram (PFD) is a diagram commonly used in chemical and process engineering to indicate the general flow of plant processes and equipment. The PFD displays the relationship between major equipment of a plant facility and does not show minor details such as piping details and designations.
Phytochemistry is the study of phytochemicals, which are chemicals derived from plants.Phytochemists strive to describe the structures of the large number of secondary metabolites found in plants, the functions of these compounds in human and plant biology, and the biosynthesis of these compounds.
The book starts with an introductory chapter devoted to definitions and principles. It then follows with 28 additional chapters, each covering a principal chemical engineering unit operation. The 28 chapters are grouped into four major sections: Fluid mechanics; Heat transfer; Mass transfer and equilibrium stages; Operations involving ...