Introduction to Chemical Engineering
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
This multi-touch book is a comprehensive introduction to the field of Chemical Engineering, aimed at College or University students in Science and Engineering.
The key concepts of mass and energy balances, sizing of chemical reactors, and heat transfer are covered in detail.
The popular process simulation software HYSYS is used to complement the calculations and problems solved in the book, with detailed instructions and ten embedded high-definition movies demonstrating how to set up the HYSYS simulations.
The book contains a wealth of solved examples within the text, as well as six extensive problem sets (one at the conclusion of each chapter), with fully worked solutions at the end of the book. In total there are 57 fully worked problems.
This makes it an ideal resource for academic staff teaching process engineering or chemical engineering, as well as students in Science, Engineering, and especially Chemical Engineering.
---About the Authors---
Martin Rhodes holds a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a PhD in particle technology from Bradford University in the UK, industrial experience in chemical and combustion engineering and many years experience as an academic at Bradford and Monash Universities. He has research interests in various aspects of gas fluidization and particle technology, areas in which he has many refereed publications in journals and international conference proceedings. Martin has served on the editorial boards of Powder Technology and KONA and on the advisory board of Advanced Powder Technology. Martin has a keen interest in particle technology education. He has published three books and a CDROM on Laboratory Demonstrations and has directed continuing education courses for industry in the UK and Australia. He was co-founder of the Australasian Particle Technology Society. Martin is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash University, Australia.
Bradley Ladewig holds Bachelor and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from The University of Queensland. His primary research interest is in the development of membrane materials and devices for clean energy and environmental applications, and in the field of engineering sustainability.
He is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Monash University, Australia, where he teaches introductory chemical engineering and separation processes, and leads a membrane research group.
More details can be found at www.membraneresearch.com
Customer Reviews
Kieran
This book has been great! I spent 12 months out of my chem eng degree on a commercial sandwich internship - I needed a fast track course when going back to uni. This book has been more than useful in achieving this! All books should be this intuitive and interactive! For five pounds as well- has defiantly been money worth spent!
First interactive e-book on chemical engineering
This is an interactive e-book on chemical engineering written by two experienced chemical engineers Emeritus Professor Martin Rhodes and his colleague Dr Bradley Ladewig of Monash University, Australia. The book is intended for first years UG chemical engineers and covers the fundamental principles of the discipline: concepts of engineering systems (process flow diagrams, modelling, variables, dimensions and units), how to carry out mass and energy balances of materials in a system including interrelation of thermal energy and heat flow and an introduction to reactor design. Process simulation is also introduced with HYSYS computer software package of Aspen Tech Ltd to enable students to learn to analyse and design processes as practising chemical engineers would. This is a particularly attractive feature of the book which goes through examples, impressing on the students the importance of process simulations and preparing them for further challenges in the subsequent years of their studies and work. The examples are carried out interactively with voice instructions and videos explaining clearly the concepts and approach and going at length through the calculation procedure. These examples enable the students to self-learn HYSYS in their own time which is very useful both to the students and the lecturers delivering the course. As well as a good number of worked examples, each chapter of the book offer problems for further studies. I give this book a rating of 5 as in my view it is the first interactive book introducing chemical engineering first principles and I recommend it strongly to all first year students and lecturers in chemical engineering.
Professor Hadj Benkreira (CEng, FIChemE, FHEA)
Chemical Engineering
School of Engineering, Design and Technology
University of Bradford, BD7 1DP
Great book for beginners
This is a great book. I didn't know much about chemical engineering before I looked at it, but I found it really easy to read and an excellent introduction to the field. The movies in it are superb - I don't think I could have set up HYSYS simulations without them.