Principles of Chemical Engineering Processes

Material and Energy Balances

Nayef Ghasem, Redhouane Henda

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040317044
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Industrial & Technical Chemistry
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Principles of Chemical Engineering Processes: Material and Energy Balances continues to serve an essential text, guiding students on the basic principles and calculation techniques used in the field of chemical engineering and providing a solid understanding of the fundamentals of the application of material and energy balances. This third edition has been updated to reflect advances in the field and feedback from professors and students. Packed with illustrative examples and case studies, this book:

• Features learning objectives and homework problems in every chapter, new material on software modeling, and additional and enhanced solved examples and problems.

• Discusses problems in material and energy balances related to chemical reactors and explains the concepts of dimensions, units, psychrometry, steam properties, and conservation of mass and energy.

• Demonstrates how Python, MATLAB®, and Simulink® can be used to solve complicated problems of material and energy balances, and now features an introduction to the basics of building Simulink models.

• Demonstrates how Python and its libraries, such as NumPy and SciPy, can be used to solve complex problems in material and energy balances, and introduces the basics of building models using Python frameworks similar to Simulink.

• Shows how to solve steady-state and transient mass and energy balance problems involving multiple-unit processes and recycle, bypass, and purge streams.

• Develops quantitative problem-solving skills, specifically the ability to think quantitatively (including numbers and units), the ability to translate words into diagrams and mathematical expressions, the ability to use common sense to interpret vague and ambiguous language in problem statements, and the ability to make judicious use of approximations and reasonable assumptions to simplify problems.

• Offers educational software and sample tutorials and quizzes for download.

Aimed at both chemical engineering students and professionals, this book helps readers understand how to calculate, manage, and apply the key ideas of material and energy use in chemical processes through real-world examples. Lecture slides and a solutions manual are available with qualifying course adoption.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Authors
• Delivery Method
• Systems of Units
• Conversion Factors
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Material Balances and Chemical Process Principles
• Chapter 3 Material Balances on Single-Unit Non-Reactive Processes
• Chapter 4 Material Balances on Multiunit Non-Reactive Processes
• Chapter 5 Material Balances on Reactive Processes
• Chapter 6 Material Balances in Reactive Multiunit Processes
• Chapter 7 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics in Single-and Multiphase Systems
• Chapter 8 Energy Balances on Non-Reactive Processes
• Chapter 9 Energy Balances on Reactive Processes
• Chapter 10 Simultaneous Mass and Energy Balances
• Chapter 11 Unsteady-State Material and Energy Balances
• Chapter 12 Case Study: Formaldehyde Production Using Methanol and Heterogeneous Solid Catalysts
• Appendices
• Appendix A: Physical Properties
• Appendix B: Heat Capacities
• Appendix C: Saturated and Superheated Steam Table
• Appendix D: Constants for the Antoine Equation for Vapor Pressure of Pure Components
• Appendix E: Introduction to Using Simulink: A Beginner’s Guide with Simple Examples
• Appendix F: Introduction to Python
• Appendix G: Answers to Selected Problems
• Index