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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I: How to Use This Book -- (A): The Case Study Approach -- (B): A "Road Map" -- II: Some Advice -- (A): General Advice to the Student -- (B): Advice from a Former Design Project Student -- (C): To the Lecturer -- (D): The Designer or Project Engineer -- III: Presentation of Design Projects -- (A): Effective Communications -- (B): General Comments on Preparation of Literature Surveys -- IV: Details of Particular Design Projects, and Information Sources |
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(A): IChemE Design Projects -- Instructions for the IChemE Design Project, 1980 -- (B): Information Sources -- Part I: Technical and Economic Feasibility Study -- Chapter 1: The Design Problem -- 1.1: Initial Considerations and Specification -- 1.1.1: The Feasibility Study -- 1.1.2: Time Management -- 1.1.3: Stages in a Design Problem -- 1.1.4: The Search for Information -- 1.1.5: Scope of the Project -- 1.1.6: Evaluating the Alternatives -- Making Decisions -- Some Questions to Ask for the Chemical to be Produced -- Further Reading -- Case Study: Production of Phthalic Anhydride |
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Overall Summary for the Technical and Economic Feasibility Study -- 1.2: Case Study -- Defining the Problem and Background Information -- Summary -- 1.2.1: Background and Objectives -- 1.2.2: Chemical Structure and Physical Properties -- 1.2.3: Applications and Uses -- 1.2.4: Basic Chemistry -- 1.2.5: Evaluation of Alternative Processing Schemes -- 1.2.6: Conclusions -- 1.2.7: Recommendations -- Chapter 2: Feasibility Study and Market Survey -- 2.1: Initial Feasibility Study -- 2.2: Preliminary Market Survey/Economic Analysis -- References -- 2.3: Information Sources |
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2.4: Evaluation of Available Literature -- 2.5: Considerations for Literature Surveys -- References -- 2.6: Case Study -- Feasibility Study and Market Assessment -- Summary -- 2.6.1: Market Assessment -- 2.6.1.1: Production: Worldwide -- 2.6.1.2: Production: Regional -- 2.6.1.3: Production: National -- 2.6.2: Current and Future Prices -- 2.6.3: Demand -- 2.6.4: Australian Imports and Exports -- 2.6.5: Plant Capacity -- 2.6.6: Product Value and Operating Costs -- 2.6.6.1: Capital Costs -- 2.6.6.2: Operating Costs -- 2.6.6.3: Approximate Selling Price -- 2.6.7: Conclusions -- 2.6.8: Recommendations |
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Chapter 3: Process Selection, Process Description and Equipment List -- 3.1: Process Selection Considerations -- 3.1.1: Flow Diagrams -- PFD and P&ID -- 3.1.2: The Reactor -- 3.1.3: Product Purity -- 3.1.4: Process Conditions -- 3.1.5: Process Data -- 3.1.6: Energy Efficiency -- 3.1.7: Factors in Process Evaluation and Selection -- 3.1.8: Choices and Compromises -- 3.1.9: The Optimum Design -- 3.1.10: Process Control and Instrumentation -- References -- 3.2: Process Description -- 3.3: Preparing the Equipment List -- 3.4: Rules of Thumb -- 3.5: Safety Considerations and Preliminary HAZOP Study |
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References |
| Subject |
Chemical engineering -- Case studies
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Phthalic acid.
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Anhydrides.
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Phthalic Acids
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Anhydrides
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Anhydrides.
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Chemical engineering.
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Phthalic acid.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sneesby, Martin G
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| ISBN |
9781000162110 |
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1000162117 |
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9781003078234 |
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1003078230 |
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