Chemical Engineering for Non-C - Hardcover

by Jack Hipple (Author)

Outlines the concepts of chemical engineering so that non-chemical engineers can interface with and understand basic chemical engineering concepts

• Overviews the difference between laboratory and industrial scale practice of chemistry, consequences of mistakes, and approaches needed to scale a lab reaction process to an operating scale
• Covers basics of chemical reaction eningeering, mass, energy, and fluid energy balances, how economics are scaled, and the nature of various types of flow sheets and how they are developed vs. time of a project
• Details the basics of fluid flow and transport, how fluid flow is characterized and explains the difference between positive displacement and centrifugal pumps along with their limitations and safety aspects of these differences
• Reviews the importance and approaches to controlling chemical processes and the safety aspects of controlling chemical processes,
• Reviews the important chemical engineering design aspects of unit operations including distillation, absorption and stripping, adsorption, evaporation and crystallization, drying and solids handling, polymer manufacture, and the basics of tank and agitation system design

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Covers the basic concepts of chemical engineering in an easy to understand way enabling non-chemical engineers to better interface with and understand chemical engineers and the basic concepts of chemical processing, design, and operation

Chemical engineering is a skill and profession in widespread within chemical manufacturing, oil and gas refining and processing, food processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, plastics production and use, electronics manufacturing, as well as in new energy recovery and generation technologies.

Though these types of processes are typically designed by chemical engineers, and it is important that those who interface with chemical engineers in the design and operation of these plants understand basic chemical engineering principles, allowing them to better understand the basis for operation and design of their facilities, the constraints of process operations, and the business opportunities which chemical engineering expertise can support and enable.

Chemical Engineering for Non-Chemical Engineerscovers:

• Important differences between laboratory and industrial scale practice of chemistry, consequences of scale-up mistakes, and approaches needed to safely scale a lab reaction process to a commercial scale, including the fundamentals of reactive chemicals hazards
• Basics chemical reaction equations, balancing, economies of scale, and the nature of various types of flow sheets
• Basics and characterization of fluid flow and various pumping and transport systems
• How separation processes such as distillation, absorption, stripping, chromatography, membranes, and leaching are used to recover and purify chemical products
• How evaporation and crystallization are used to concentrate and purify products
• The basic fundamentals and safety aspects of solids drying, handling, and storage
• Approaches to controlling chemical processes, including the safety aspects of controlling chemical processes and the need for process control to produce products within defined quality limits

Non-chemical engineers interacting with chemical engineers in many industries from operators, marketers selling the products produced by these plants, managers, and those who interface with chemical engineers in the intellectual property area will be able to understand concepts in order to intelligently communicate with chemical engineers.

Author Biography

JACK HIPPLE is a chemical engineering graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, a 30-year veteran of the chemical industry, and a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). His consulting company, TRIZ and Engineering Training Services, was formed in 2001 to provide basic chemical engineering training and innovation problem-solving training to Fortune 1000 companies as well as the AIChE and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). His industrial experience includes leading several of Dow Chemical's discovery research efforts and managing its corporate chemical engineering R&D. He has been the Chemical Engineering for Non-Chemical Engineers instructor for AIChE for 15 years and was elected to the National Board of Directors of AIChE in 2012, serving on its Center for Chemical Process Safety and Finance Committees. He has also chaired AIChE's Management Division.