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Book SynopsisChemical Engineering: An Introduction enables students to explore the activities a modern chemical engineer is involved with, by focusing on mass and energy balances in liquid-phase processes.
Trade Review'Designed to enable students to explore the activities in which a modern chemical engineer is involved.' Times Higher Education Supplement
'… modern and concise … a very useful book for new undergraduate students and also other scientists and engineers working on the interface with chemical engineering … The author's use of more modern unit operations, such as membrane separations, to illustrate traditional concepts of chemical engineering is appealing and gives a fresh perspective to 'old' topics.' Chemistry World (rsc.org/chemistryworld)
'Denn's book is a compact introduction to material and energy balances that gives a flavor for the kinds of problems with which chemical engineers grapple.' John H. Seinfeld, AiChE Journal
'If your students are well-prepared, the text provides a well-structured framework to explore the fundamentals of chemical engineering analysis and to give an overview of the breadth of opportunities that lie ahead for chemical engineers.' David L. Silverstein, Chemical Engineering Education
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic concepts of analysis; 3. The balance equation; 4. Component mass balances; 5. Membrane separation; 6. Reacting systems; 7. Designing reactors; 8. Bioreactors and nonlinear systems; 9. Overcoming equilibrium; 10. Two-phase systems and interfacial mass transfer; 11. Equilibrium staged processes; 12. Energy balances; 13. Heat exchange; 14. Energy balances for multi-component systems; 15. Energy balances for reacting systems.
