Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering

Now in its seventh edition, the text still contains its balanced treatment of theory and engineering practice, with many practical, illustrative examples included. Almost 30% of the problems have been revised or are new, some of which cover modern topics such as food processing and biotechnology. Other unique topics of this text include diafiltration, adsorption and membrane operations.

Salient Features:

• Expanded coverage of biochemistry and food processing.
• The section on fluid viscosity in Chap. 3 is expanded to include simple theories for gases and liquids.
• The text contains a balanced treatment of theory and engineering practice, with many practical illustrative examples included.

Table of Content:

Second - 1: Introduction

• Definitions and Principles

Second - 2: Fluid Mechanics

• Fluid Statics and Its Applications
• Fluid Flow Phenomena
• Basic Equations of Fluid Flow
• Incompressible Flow in Pipes and Channels
• Flow of Compressible Fluids
• Flow past Immersed Objects
• Transportation and Metering of Fluids
• Agitation and Mixing of Liquids

Second - 3: Heat Transfer and Its Applications

• Heat Transfer by Conduction
• Principles of Heat Flow in Fluids
• Heat Transfer to Fluids without Phase Change
• Heat Transfer to Fluids with Phase Change
• Radiation Heat Transfer
• Heat-Exchange Equipment
• Evaporation

Second - 4: Mass Transfer and Its Applications

• Principles of Diffusion and Mass Transfer between Phases
• Gas Absorption
• Humidification Operations
• Equilibrium-Stage Operations
• Distillation
• Introduction to Multicomponent Distillation
• Leaching and Extraction
• Drying of Solids
• Fixed-Bed Separatons
• Membrane Separation Processes
• Crystallization

Second - 5: Operations Involving Particulate Solids

• Properties and Handling of Particulate Solids
• Mechanical Separations

Appendix - 1: Conversion Factors and Constants of Nature

Appendix - 2: Dimensionless Groups

Appendix - 3: Dimensions, Capacities and Weights of Standard Steel Pipe

Appendix - 4: Condenser and Heat-Exchanger Tube Data

Appendix - 5: Tyler Standard Screen Scale

Appendix - 6: Properties of Liquid Water

Appendix - 7: Properties of Saturated Steam and Water

Appendix - 8: Viscosities of Gases

Appendix - 9: Viscosities of Liquids

Appendix - 10: Thermal Conductivities of Metals

Appendix - 11: Thermal Conductivities of Various Solids and Insulating Materials

Appendix - 12: Thermal Conductivities of Gases and Vapors

Appendix - 13: Thermal Conductivities of Liquids Other Than Water

Appendix - 14: Specific Heats of Gases

Appendix - 15: Specific Heats of Liquids

Appendix - 16: Prandtl Numbers for Gases at 1 atm and 100C

Appendix - 17: Prandtl Numbers for Liquids

Appendix - 18: Diffusivities and Schmidt Numbers for Gases in Air at 0c and 1 atm

Appendix - 19: Collision Integral and Lennard-Jones Force Constants