Content: Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii About the Author xix Chapter 1: The Chemical Engineering Profession 1 1.1 Engineering and Engineers 2 1.2 Engineering Disciplines 8 1.3 Defining Chemical Engineering 12 1.4 Roles and Responsibilities of a Chemical Engineer 14 1.5 Employment of Chemical Engineers 19 1.6 Summary 22 Chapter 2: Chemical and Allied Industries 27 2.1 Classification of Industries 27 2.2 The Chemical Industry 29 2.3 Related Industries 34 2.4 Top 50 Chemical Companies 36 2.5 Important Chemical Products 40 2.6 Characteristics of Chemical Industries 50 2.7 Summary 53 Chapter 3: Making of a Chemical Engineer 57 3.1 A Chemical Process Plant: Synthesis of Ammonia 57 3.2 Responsibilities and Functions of a Chemical Engineer 61 3.3 Chemical Engineering Curriculum 63 3.4 Summary 87 Chapter 4: Introduction to Computations in Chemical Engineering 91 4.1 Nature of Chemical Engineering Computational Problems 91 4.2 Solution Algorithms 102 4.3 Computational Tools-Machines and Software 107 4.4 Summary 113 Chapter 5: Computations in Fluid Flow 117 5.1 Qualitative Description of Flow in Conduits 117 5.2 Quantitative Analysis of Fluid Flow 119 5.3 Basic Computational Problems 124 5.4 Summary 140 Chapter 6: Material Balance Computations 143 6.1 Quantitative Principles of Material Balance 143 6.2 Material Balances in Nonreacting Systems 146 6.3 Material Balances in Reacting Systems 151 6.4 Material Balances over Multiple Process Units 159 6.5 Summary 163 Chapter 7: Energy Balance Computations 167 7.1 Quantitative Principles of Energy Balance 167 7.2 Basic Energy Balance Problems 175 7.3 Summary 186 Chapter 8: Computations in Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 191 8.1 Fundamental Concepts of Thermodynamics 192 8.2 Basic Computational Problems 204 8.3 Summary 211 Chapter 9: Computations in Chemical Engineering Kinetics 217 9.1 Fundamental Concepts of Chemical Engineering Kinetics 218 9.2 Basic Computational Problems 229 9.3 Summary 240 Epilogue 245 Appendix A: Introduction to Mathematical Software Packages 247 Appendix B: Computations Using Process Simulation Software 259 Index 273