Highlights of the 2nd Edition
New equipment design techniques
The most comprehensive treatment of flowsheet preparation available
Directions for creating batch flow sheets, guidelines for energy management, and ways to detect flowsheet errors
Discussions on emerging technologies such as batch biomanufacturing
Pathbreaking treatments of solid-handling and membrane-separation operations
Comprehensive economic data including over 60 up-to-date capital cost charts
Comments
“When the first edition of
this book appeared, we snapped at it because of its superb bread-and-butter
user-friendly economic material. Once in our classroom, we discovered other
bonuses. Chapter 4 (Short-Cut Equipment Design) is a gem: so much information
with zero overkill. The tables alone are almost worth the price of the text.
The writing is excellent; about the very best I’ve seen in a technical book –
lucid, succinct and friendly. Students learn to write by imitation, and this
text is one of the best examples of clear, crisp technical exposition that I could give them. From all
appearances, the second edition preserves the same classy style and clarity of
presentation as the first. “
–
Professor Michael Abbott, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
“I think the book provides
excellent guidance for using ‘Rules of Thumb’ to develop designs and it also
provides guidelines and references for development of rigorous methods of
design.”
–
Professor Dean Ulrichson,
Iowa State University
“We have used the first
edition of the text for many years. Its overview of process equipment selection
and costing has proven invaluable to our students, as it condenses an extensive
range of design experience and tacit knowledge into easily accessible tables
and charts. We look forward to using this updated edition.”
– Professors Murray Gray and Suzanne Kresta,
University of Alberta
