In addition to high economic efficiency, Chemical Process Industries are confronted today with the challenge of sustainable development: the exploitation of the natural resources by the present society must not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development implies a profound change in developing and designing chemical processes, and implicitly in …
T his second edition of Chemical Process Safety is designed to enhance the process of teaching and applying the fundamentals of chemical process safety. It is appropriate for an industrial reference, a senior-level undergraduate course, or a graduate course in chemical process safety. It can be used by anyone interested in improving chemical process safety, including chemical and mechanical eng…
This chapter is an introduction to the nature and methodology of the design process, and its application to the design of chemical manufacturing processes.
Donald R. Coughanowr is the Fletcher Professor of Chemical Engineering at Drexel University. He received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1956, an MS. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 195 1, and a B . S. degree in chemical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1949. He joined the faculty at Drexel U…
India has, in recent years emerged as the largest sugar cane and sugar producing country in the World, Thanks to the technological developments in sugar cane cultivation and sugar manufacture. The cane sugar industry of India spread over vast regions of the country occupies an important place in the economic and social life of the country in view of the wealth generated as well as the empl…
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