Stoichiometry and Process Calculations - Softcover

This textbook is designed for undergraduate courses in chemical engineering and related disciplines such as biotechnology, polymer technology, petrochemical engineering, electrochemical engineering, environmental engineering, safety engineering and industrial chemistry. The chief objective of this text is to prepare students to make analysis of chemical processes through calculations and also to develop in them systematic problem-solving skills. The students are introduced not only to the application of law of combining proportions to chemical reactions (as the word 'stoichiometry' implies) but also to formulating and solving material and energy balances in processes with and without chemical reactions. The book presents the fundamentals of chemical engineering operations and processes in an accessible style to help the students gain a thorough understanding of chemical process calculations. It also covers in detail the background materials such as units and conversions, dimensional analysis and dimensionless groups, property estimation, P-V-T behaviour of fluids, vapour pressure and phase equilibrium relationships, humidity and saturation. With the help of examples, the book explains the construction and use of reference-substance plots, equilibrium diagrams, psychrometric charts, steam tables and enthalpy composition diagrams. It also elaborates on thermophysics and thermochemistry to acquaint the students with the thermodynamic principles of energy balance calculations.

K.V. NARAYANAN is Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur. Earlier he was Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Kozhikode. Dr. Narayanan has about 30 years of teaching experience and is a member of several professional bodies. The author of A Textbook of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (published by Prentice-Hall of India), he has contributed a number of research articles to reputed international journals. B. LAKSHMIKUTTY is Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur. She has about 20 years of teaching experience and has contributed several research articles in the area of polymer science and engineering. She is an active member of several professional bodies.