Publisher's Synopsis
This compact and highly readable text provides a thorough introduction to the basic chemical engineering principles and calculations to enable students to evaluate material and energy balances in various units of a process plant. Unless a chemical engineer is conversant with the energy conservation techniques at every stage of the process, economy cannot be achieved in the design of process equipment. The text lucidly explains the techniques involved in analyzing different chemical processes and the underlying theories by making a generous use of appropriate worked examples. The examples are simple and concrete to make the book useful for self-instruction. Intended for a basic course in chemical engineering, the text should also prove to be useful for courses in petroleum technology, pharmaceutical technology and other allied branches of chemical engineering at the undergraduate level.
