HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UNIT OPERATIONS: Core Concepts, Rigorous Derivations, and Solved Problems for Students and Practicing Engineers - Softcover

HARRINGTON, RICHARD C.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798161231685

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Unit operations are where chemical engineering principles become working calculations. But learning the equations is only part of the challenge: you also need to know what assumptions they depend on, how the units fit together, which method applies, and whether the final result is physically reasonable.

This handbook provides a structured route from those fundamentals to the major physical processing and separation operations used across chemical engineering. It begins with dimensions, material and energy balances, dimensional analysis, and transport principles, then develops their application to fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer, and process equipment.

Inside, you will learn to:

• build and check material and energy balances before beginning a calculation;
• analyze pipe flow, pressure loss, fluid handling, pumps, meters, valves, and related equipment;
• apply conduction, convection, radiation, boiling, condensation, and heat-exchanger methods;
• connect diffusion and interphase mass transfer with transfer coefficients and equipment calculations;
• work through binary and multicomponent distillation, absorption, stripping, and liquid-liquid extraction; and
• examine evaporation, drying, filtration, sedimentation, adsorption, ion exchange, and membrane separation within the same engineering framework.

The chapters use a consistent structure of learning objectives, theory, derivations, worked examples, practice problems, and summaries. Calculations carry units through the steps, and the text repeatedly emphasizes assumptions, ranges of validity, dimensional consistency, and order-of-magnitude checks. Reference appendices provide physical-property data, notation and dimensional-analysis conventions, and unit conversions for quick consultation.

Designed for chemical engineering students and practicing engineers, this book can be read sequentially as a course companion or consulted by topic when a refresher or calculation pathway is needed. Its scope remains focused on physical transfer and separation operations rather than reaction engineering, process control, economics, or detailed mechanical design.

Add this handbook to your technical library and use its derivations, worked calculations, and practice material to build a clearer, more connected understanding of chemical engineering unit operations.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798161231685
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 460
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