Chemical Engineering Principles (Third Edition)

Author: Wang Zhikui
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is based on five fundamental concepts: material balance, energy balance, equilibrium relationships of systems, transfer rates, and economic accounting. It introduces the basic principles, calculation methods, and typical equipment of major chemical engineering unit operations. The book, excluding the introduction, is divided into 7 chapters: Fluid Flow, Fluid Transport Machinery, Sedimentation and Filtration, Heat Transfer, Absorption, Distillation, and Drying. In the chapters on fluid flow, heat transfer, and absorption, the fundamental knowledge of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer is introduced, respectively. Each chapter includes a sufficient number of examples, exercises, and thought-provoking questions. The book emphasizes the explanation of basic concepts and fundamental theories, pays attention to the connection between theory and practice, and analyzes problems from an engineering perspective. It appropriately introduces the latest developments in the field. The book aims to present the content in a clear and structured manner, with a focus on key points and a logical progression, making it easy for self-study. It fully adopts the legal metrological units. Equipment specifications are based on the newest standards. This book can be used as a textbook for chemical engineering principles courses in higher education institutions with fewer credits (70–100 hours), and it can also serve as a reference for students in higher vocational schools and technical personnel in research, design, and production departments.