Process Plant Design

An introductory practical guide to process plant design for students of chemical engineering and practicing chemical engineers.

Process  Plant Design provides an introductory practical guide to the subject  for undergraduate and postgraduate students of chemical engineering, and  practicing chemical engineers. 

• Process  Plant Design starts by presenting general background from the early  stages of chemical process projects and moves on to deal with the  infrastructure required to support the operation of process plants.
• The  reliability, maintainability and availability issues addressed in the  text are important for process safety, and the avoidance of high  maintenance costs, adverse environmental impact, and unnecessary process  breakdowns that might prevent production targets being achieved.
• A  practical approach is presented for the systematic synthesis of process  control schemes, which has traditionally received little attention,  especially when considering overall process control systems.
• The  development of preliminary piping and instrumentation diagrams  (P&IDs) is addressed, which are key documents in process  engineering.
• A  guide is presented for the choice of materials of construction, which  affects resistance to corrosion, mechanical design and the capital cost  of equipment.
• Whilst  the final mechanical design of vessels and equipment is normally  carried out by specialist mechanical engineers, it is still necessary  for process designers to have an understanding of mechanical design for a  variety of reasons.
• Finally,  Process Plant Design considers layout, which has important implications  for safety, environmental impact, and capital and operating costs.

To aid reader comprehension, Process Plant Design features worked examples throughout the text. 

Process  Plant Design is a valuable resource on the subject for advanced  undergraduate and postgraduate students of chemical engineering, as well  as practicing chemical engineers working in process design. The text is  also useful for industrial disciplines related to chemical engineering  working on the design of chemical processes.