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Preface | |
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Prologue | |
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Introduction | |
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Chemical Engineering Plant Design | |
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General Overall Design Considerations | |
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Practical Considerations in Design | |
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Engineering Ethics in Design | |
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General Design Considerations | |
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Health and Safety Hazards | |
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Loss Prevention | |
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Environmental Protection | |
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Plant Location | |
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Plant Layout | |
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Plant Operation and Control | |
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Patent Considerations | |
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Process Design Development | |
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Development of Design Database | |
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Process Creation | |
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Process Design | |
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Process Flow Diagrams | |
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Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams | |
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Vessel and Piping Layout Isometrics | |
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Equipment Design and Specifications | |
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The Preliminary Design - A Specific Example | |
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Flowsheet Synthesis and Development | |
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Flowsheet Synthesis and Development | |
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Process Information | |
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Input/Output Structure | |
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Functions Diagram | |
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Operations Diagram | |
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Process Flowsheet | |
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Algorithmic Flowsheet Generation | |
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Comparison of Hierarchical and Algorithmic Results | |
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Genetic Algorithms | |
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Future Approaches to Flowsheet Synthesis and Development | |
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Software Use in Flowsheet Synthesis | |
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Analysis and Evaluation of Flowsheets | |
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Software Use in Process Design | |
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Software Structure | |
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Software Capabilities | |
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Software for Process Design | |
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Software Selection | |
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Software Use | |
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Avoiding Pitfalls in Software Use | |
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Evaluation of Software Results | |
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Analysis of Cost Estimation | |
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Cash Flow for Industrial Operations | |
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Factors Affecting Investment and Production Costs | |
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Capital Investment | |
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Estimation of Capital Investment | |
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Cost Indexes | |
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Cost Components in Capital Investment | |
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Methods for Estimating Capital Investment | |
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Estimation of Revenue | |
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Estimation of Total Product Cost | |
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Gross Profit, Net Profit, and Cash Flow | |
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Contingencies | |
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Interest, Time Value of Money, Taxes, and Fixed Charges | |
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Interest | |
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Cost of Capital | |
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Time Value of Money | |
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Cash Flow Patterns | |
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Compounding and Discounting Factors | |
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Income Taxes | |
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Fixed Charges | |
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Profitability, Alternative Investments, and Replacements | |
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Profitability Standards | |
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Methods for Calculating Profitability | |
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Alternative Investments | |
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Replacements | |
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Practical Factors in Alternative-Investment and Replacement Analysis | |
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Optimum Design and Design Strategy | |
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Defining the Optimization Problem | |
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Selecting an Objective Function | |
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Suboptimization | |
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Programming Optimizing Problems | |
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Optimization Solution Methodologies | |
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Optimization Applications | |
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Materials and Fabrication Selection | |
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Factors Contributing to Corrosion | |
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Combating Corrosion | |
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Properties of Materials | |
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Tabulated Data for Selecting Materials of Construction | |
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Selection of Materials | |
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Fabrication of Equipment | |
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Written and Oral Design Reports | |
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Written Reports | |
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Oral Reports | |
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Materials-Handling Equipment - Design and Costs | |
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Basic Concepts of Fluid Transport | |
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Piping in Fluid Transport Processes | |
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Pumping of Fluids | |
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Compression and Expansion of Fluids | |
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Agitation and Mixing of Fluids | |
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Flow Measurement of Fluids | |
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Storage and Containment of Fluids | |
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Transport of Solids | |
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Handling of Solids | |
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Reactor Equipment - Design and Costs | |
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Reactor Principles | |
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Development of Chemical Reaction Rate Expressions | |
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Reaction and Reactor Performance | |
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Reactor and Catalyst Equipment | |
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Heat-Transfer Equipment - Design and Costs | |
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Basic Theory of Heat Transfer in Exchangers | |
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Determination of Heat-Transfer Coefficients | |
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Determination of Pressure Drop in Heat Exchangers | |
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Selection of Heat Exchanger Type | |
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Design of Key Heat Exchanger Types | |
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Optimum Design of Heat Exchangers | |
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General Methods for Design of Heat Exchangers | |
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Separation Equipment - Design and Costs | |
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Selection of Suitable Separation Processes | |
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Equipment Design and Costs for Separating Homogeneous Mixtures | |
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Separation by Distillation | |
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Separation by Absorption and Stripping | |
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Separation by Extraction | |
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Separation Using Membranes | |
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Separation by Adsorption | |
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Equipment Design and Costs for Separating Heterogeneous Mixtures | |
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Separation by Drying | |
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Separation by Filtration | |
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The International System (SI) of Units | |
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Auxiliary, Utility, and Instrumentation Cost Data | |
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Design Problems | |
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Tables of Physical Properties and Constants | |
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Heuristics for Process Equipment Design | |
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Software Useful for Design | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Index | |