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PROCESS INTENSIFICATION
A very recent subject in the field of chemical engineering is the Process Intensification, which
basically deals with the design of chemical process plants. Any chemical engineering development that
leads to a substantially smaller, cleaner, and more energy-efficient technology is ‘process
intensification’. It’s a process for improving profitability and remaining competitive. The aim of
intensification is to optimize capital, energy, environmental and safety benefits by radical reduction in
the physical size of the plant. Thus the concept is intimately connected with the physical nature of the
plant.

NANO-TECHNOLOGY
Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale.
Nanotechnology is widely defined as the science of engineering matter at the atomic and molecular
stage. Nano-Technology refers to the projected ability to construct items from the bottom up, using
techniques and tools being developed today to make complete, high performance products.

Now, nanotechnology taking its places, ranges from industrial production to energy supply and
storage, from information technology to intelligent surfaces and also some areas of medicine, like
diagnosis or therapy. Materials and applications based on nanotechnology are in use in almost all
sectors from personal care products, food packaging and textiles, through to coatings, electronics and
automotive.

CHEMICAL PROCESS & EQUIPMENT DESIGN

BOOKS
PLANT DESIGN AND ECONOMICS FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
(5TH ED.)
AUTHOR: MAX PETERS, KLAUS TIMMERHAUS, RONALD WEST
PUBLISHER: MCGRAW-HILL
COMMENTS:
It’s a text reference book for chemical engineering plant design course. The new edition contains the
latest cost data as well as new emphasis on safety and H42OPS and a new chapter on Computer-Aided
Design. The book nicely balances both economics (cost estimating and cost data) and process equipment
design in one book.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICE AND ECONOMICS

OF PLANT AND PROCESS DESIGN
AUTHOR: GAVIN TOWLER, RAY SINNOT
PUBLISHER: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN (2ND EDITION)
COMMENTS:
It is a text book that consists of two parts. Part I contains flow-sheet development, economic
analysis, safety and environmental impact and optimization. Part II contains chapters on equipment
design and selection that can be used as supplements to a lecture course for students or practicing
engineers working on design projects.

APPLIED PROCESS DESIGN FOR CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL

ENGINEERS (V 1, 2, 3)
AUTHOR: ERNEST E. LUDWIG, A. KAYODE COKER
PUBLISHER: GULF PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING
COMMENTS:
Contains Process Design and Equipment Details for Heat Transfer, Process Integration,
Refrigeration Systems, Compression Equipment, Mechanical Drivers and Industrial Reactors

CHEMICAL PROCESS EQUIPMENT: SELECTION AND DESIGN

AUTHOR: JAMES R. COUPER, W. ROY PENNEY, JAMES R. FAIR, STANLEY M. WALAS
PUBLISHER: GULF PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING
COMMENTS:
This book delivers information on the selection, sizing and operation of process equipment in a
format that enables quick and accurate decision making on standard process and equipment choices,
saving time, improving productivity, building understanding. Coverage emphasizes common real-world
equipment design, rather than experimental or esoteric, and focuses on maximizing performance.

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL PROCESS DESIGN

AUTHOR: DOUGLAS L. ERWIN
PUBLISHER: MCGRAW-HILL
CONTENTS:
1. The Database 2. Fractionation and Applications of the Database

3. Fractionation Tray Design and Rating 4. Oil and Gas Production Surface Facility Design and Rating

5. Shell/Tube and Air Finfan Heat Exchangers 6. Fluid Flow Piping Design and Rating
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7. Liquid-Liquid Extraction 8. Process Equipment Cost Determination

9. Visual Basic Software Practical Application 10. Advanced Fluid Flow Concepts

HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

AUTHOR: NICHOLAS P. CHEREMISINOFF
PUBLISHER: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN (2000), ELSEVIER
CONTENTS:
1. Heat Exchange Equipment 2. Evaporative Cooling Equipment

3. Evaporating and Drying Equipment 4. Distillation Equipment

5. Mass Separation Equipment 6. Mechanical Separation Equipment

7. Mixing Equipment 8. Calculations for Select Operations

COMMENTS:
The Handbook of Chemical Process Equipment is a major reference on process equipment. It
provides practical understanding and description of the working principles, intended applications,
selection criteria and fundamental design principles for equipment used throughout the process and
allied chemical industries.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROCESS DESIGN AND ECONOMICS:

A PRACTICAL GUIDE
AUTHOR: GAEL D. ULRICH & PALLIGARNAI T. VASUDE
PUBLISHER: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN (2000)
CONTENTS:

COMMENTS:

SYSTEMATIC METHODS OF CHEMICAL PROCESS DESIGN

AUTHOR: LORENZ T. BIEGLER, IGNACIO E. GROSSMANN, ARTHUR W. WESTERBERG
PUBLISHER: PRENTICE HALL
COMMENTS:
The book presents a step-by-step approach for learning the techniques for synthesizing and
analyzing process flow sheets. The major items involved in the design process are mirrored in the book's
main sections: strategies for preliminary process analysis and evaluation, advanced analysis using
rigorous models, basic concepts in process synthesis, optimization models for process synthesis and
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design, and appendices for reference and review. This edition provides a comprehensive and modern
treatment to process design of continuous and batch processes.

PERRY'S CHEMICAL ENGINEERS' HANDBOOK

AUTHOR: PERRY, R.H. AND GREEN, D.W.
PUBLISHER: MCGRAW HILL PROFESSIONAL
COMMENTS:
Inside this chemical engineering handbook conversion factors and mathematical symbols,
physical and chemical data, mathematics, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, fluid and particle
dynamics reaction kinetics, process control, process economics, transport and storage of fluids, heat
transfer equipment, psychrometry, evaporative cooling, and solids drying, distillation, gas absorption
and gas-liquid system design, liquid-liquid extraction operations and equipment, adsorption and ion
exchange, gas-solid operations and equipment, liquid-solid operations and equipment - solid-solid
operations and equipment, size reduction and size enlargement, handling of bulk solids and packaging of
solids and liquids, alternative separation processes, and many other topics!

CHEMICAL PROCESS DESIGN AND INTEGRATION

AUTHOR: ROBIN SMITH
PUBLISHER: WILEY
COMMENTS:
This book deals with the design and integration of chemical processes, emphasizing the
conceptual issues that are fundamental to the creation of the process. Chemical process design requires
the selection of a series of processing steps and their integration to form a complete manufacturing
system. The text emphasizes both the design and selection of the steps as individual operations and
their integration.

RULES OF THUMB FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS

AUTHOR: CARL R. BRANAN
PUBLISHER: GULF PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING; 4TH EDITION (2005)
COMMENTS:
Carl Branan's book provides a huge amount of valuable information on a wide variety of
chemical engineering applications from sizing pipelines to economic evaluation of process options. This
book is a handy reference tool for preliminary designs, and has some very useful information on several
aspects of plant operation.

PROCESS DESIGN FOR RELIABLE OPERATIONS

AUTHOR: NORMAN P. LIEBERMAN
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PUBLISHER: HEINEMANN
COMMENTS:
Subjects covered include continuous process equipment for vapor-liquid processing. Equipment
covered includes:- Packed Distillation Towers, Trayed Distillation Towers, Distillation Tower Internals,
Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers-Pitfalls of Over-design, Vacuum Systems & Surface Condensers, Reboilers
& Condensers, Centrifugal Pumps & Compressors-Effect of Viscosity, Level Control & Indication, Process
Plant Safety, Sizing Knock-Out Drums, Hydrocarbon-Water separators, How start-up conditions influence
Plant Design.

PRELIMINARY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PLANT DESIGN

AUTHOR: WILLIAM D. BAASEL
PUBLISHER: SPRINGER

PROCESS PLANT LAYOUT AND PIPING DESIGN

AUTHOR: ED BAUSBACHER, ROGER HUNT
PUBLISHER: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
COMMENTS:
from basic terminology and input requirements to deliverables; deals with specific pieces of equipment
and their most efficient layout in the overall plant design configuration; addresses the plant layout
requirements for the most common process unit equipment; covers piping requirements for the entire
plant as well as all equipment types; and considers the computerized tools that are now available to
help plant layout and piping designers.

HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN HANDBOOK

AUTHOR: T. KUPPAN
PUBLISHER: CRC PRESS
COMMENTS:
Without proper heat exchanger design, efficiency of cooling/heating system of plants and machineries,
industrial processes and energy system cannot be compromised, and energy wasted. Heat Exchanger
Design Handbook, Second Edition includes enhanced figures and thermal effectiveness charts, tables,
new chapter, and additional topics.

CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING: DESIGN AND ECONOMICS

AUTHOR: HARRY SILLA
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PUBLISHER: MARCEL DEKKER INC.

CONTENTS:
 The Structure of Processes and Process Engineering
 Production and Capital Cost Estimation
 Process Circuit Analysis
 Process Heat Transfer
 Compressors, Pumps, and Turbines
 Separator Design
 Reactor Design
 Design of Flow Systems

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNALS

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
ISSN: 13858947 PUBLISHER:  ELSEVIER B.V.
TOTAL VOL.: 234 YEAR: 1970-PRESENT COUNTRY: NETHERLANDS
COMMENTS:
The Chemical Engineering Journal focuses upon three aspects of chemical engineering: Chemical
reaction engineering, environmental chemical engineering, and materials synthesis and processing.

AICHE JOURNAL
ISSN: 15475905 PUBLISHER: WILEY
TOTAL VOL.: 59 YEAR: 1955 COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
COMMENTS:
Articles are categorized by:

 Bio-molecular Engineering, Bioengineering, Bio-chemicals, Biofuels, and Food

 Inorganic Materials: Synthesis and Processing
 Particle Technology and Fluidization
 Process Systems Engineering
 Reaction Engineering, Kinetics and Catalysis
 Separations: Materials, Devices and Processes
 Soft Materials: Synthesis, Processing and Products
 Thermodynamics and Molecular-Scale Phenomena
 Transport Phenomena and Fluid Mechanics
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING

ISSN: 2552701 PUBLISHER:  ELSEVIER B.V.
TOTAL VOL.: 68 YEAR: 1975 COUNTRY: NETHERLANDS
COMMENTS:
Articles published in the Journal demonstrate how novel discoveries, developments and theories
in the field of Process Engineering and in particular Process Intensification may be used for analysis and
design of innovative equipment and processing methods with substantially improved sustainability,
efficiency and environmental performance.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

ISSN: 15214125 PUBLISHER: WILEY
TOTAL VOL.: 36 YEAR: 1980 COUNTRY: GERMANY
COMMENTS:
Recent issues in Chemical Engineering & Technology have covered topics such as high pressure
technology, micro system technology, modelling, parameter estimation, corrosion, and emission and
pollution control.

JOURNAL OF SURFACTANTS AND DETERGENTS (AOCS)

ISSN: 10973958 PUBLISHER: SPRINGER
TOTAL VOL.: 16 YEAR: 1998 COUNTRY: GERMANY
COMMENTS:
Journal of Surfactants and Detergents publishes scientific contributions in the surfactants and
detergents arena. This includes the basic and applied science of petrochemical and oleo-chemical
surfactants, the development and performance of surfactants in all applications, as well as the
development and manufacture of detergent ingredients and their formulation into finished products.

EDUCATION FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS

ISSN: 17497728 PUBLISHER: ICHEME
TOTAL VOL.: 8 YEAR: 2006 COUNTRY: NETHERLAND
COMMENTS:
Core topic areas are:

Assessment, Accreditation, Curriculum development and transformation, Design, Diversity, Distance

education, E-learning, Entrepreneurship programs, Industry-academic linkages, Benchmarking, Lifelong
learning, Multidisciplinary programs, Outreach from kindergarten to high school programs, Student
recruitment and retention and transition programs, new technology, Problem-based learning, Social
responsibility and professionalism, Teamwork, Web-based learning.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS, TOXIC, AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE

ISSN: 21535515 PUBLISHER: ASCE
TOTAL VOL.: 17 YEAR: 1997 COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
COMMENTS:
The Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste publishes peer-reviewed original articles
on all aspects of research, planning, development and management of hazardous, toxic, and radioactive
waste (HTRW). These include the traditional areas of research, design, control, restoration/remediation,
construction, planning, detection/analysis, oversight, operations, regulations and policy.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEM-TECH RESEARCH

ISSN: 9744290 PUBLISHER: SPHINX KN
TOTAL VOL.: 5 YEAR: 2009 COUNTRY: INDIA

OPEN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

ISSN: 18741231 PUBLISHER: BENTHAM
TOTAL VOL.: 7 YEAR: 2007 COUNTRY: NETHERLAND
COMMENTS:
The Open Chemical Engineering Journal is an Open Access online journal, which publishes
research articles, reviews, and letters in all areas of chemical engineering.

JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL

ENGINEERS
ISSN: PUBLISHER: PU
TOTAL VOL.: 41 YEAR: COUNTRY: PAKISTAN

PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

ISSN: 17443598 PUBLISHER:  ELSEVIER B.V.
TOTAL VOL.: YEAR: 1982 COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM
COMMENTS:
Core topic areas are:

Safety, Modelling, Chemical Safety and Occupational Health, Pipelines, Storage and Security, Fire and
Explosion, Human Factors in Design and Management, Inherent Safety and Inherently Safer Design,
Nuclear Safety, Reaction Hazards, Risk and Risk Management, Environment, Sustainable Economy, Clean
Technology, Resource Management.