Chemical Process Design

Computer-Aided Case Studies

Dimian, Alexandre C. / Bildea, Costin Sorin

1. Edition February 2008
XIX, 508 Pages, Hardcover
224 Pictures (9 Colored Figures)
142 tables
Practical Approach Book

ISBN: 978-3-527-31403-4

Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

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This integrated treatment of chemical process design deals with systematic methods aided by computer simulation, using ample case studies to illustrate generic creative issues, as well as the efficient use of simulation techniques.

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This practical how-to-do book deals with the design of sustainable chemical processes by means of systematic methods aided by computer simulation. Ample case studies illustrate generic creative issues, as well as the efficient use of simulation techniques, with each one standing for an important issue taken from practice.
The didactic approach guides readers from basic knowledge to mastering complex flow-sheets, starting with chemistry and thermodynamics, via process synthesis, efficient use of energy and waste minimization, right up to plant-wide control and process dynamics.
The simulation results are compared with flow-sheets and performance indices of actual industrial licensed processes, while the complete input data for all the case studies is also provided, allowing readers to reproduce the results with their own simulators.
For everyone interested in the design of innovative chemical processes.

Integrated Process Design
Process Synthesis by Hierarchical Approach
Synthesis of Separation System
Reactor / Separation / Recycle Systems
Phenol Hydrogenation to Cyclohexanone
Alkylation of Benzene by Propylene to Cumene
Vinyl Chloride Monomer Process
Fatty-Ester Synthesis by Catalytic Distillation
Isobutane Alkylation
Vinyl Acetate Monomer Process
Acrylonitrile by Propene Ammoxidation
Biochemical Process for NOx Removal
PVC Manufactoring by Suspension Polymerization
Biodiesel Manufacturing
Bioethanol Manufacturing

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"I believe that the book will be a valuable addition to the currently available literature - The authors are respected and well-regarded in their field of research."
Professor Marquart, RWTH Aachen, Process Systems Engineering, Aachen, Germany

Alexandre C. Dimian has been Associate Professor for Process Design and Integration at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since 1993. He wrote his PhD thesis in chemical engineering at the Technical University of Bucharest, Romania, and TU Hanover, Germany. He worked as a consultant for computer applications in process industries for 12 years, has realized numerous industrial projects, and has more than 100 refereed scientific papers as well as five books and three patents to his name. His research interests focus on the computer-aided design of chemical processes, and, more recently, on biofuels and biorefinery applications.

C. Sorin Bildea holds two MSc degrees in chemical engineering and automatics and received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Following posts as Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology and a researcher at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, he is currently Associate Professor at the University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, where he teaches process control and various other chemical engineering courses. He has more than 50 published papers and conference presentations to his name and his research interests are in the fields of nonlinear dynamics and integration between process design and process control.

A. C. Dimian, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; C. S. Bildea, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft, The Netherlands