The prime objective of this book is to present fundamentals of chemical engineering in a simple and forthright manner and provide the broad background for applying these principles to industrial and theoretical problems. The importance of stoichiometry—material and energy balances—is widely known and accepted in the chemical industry in analyzing a particular process in whole or in part and also in evaluating the economics of the various processes. Basically, stoichiometry deals with the laws of conservation of mass and energy. With this, if the principles of unit operations and chemical reaction engineering are carefully bridged, the subject becomes extremely valuable to chemical engineers who apply these principles in solving process engineering problems. These have been our main considerations in selecting and preparing the material for this book.

Process engineering has been gaining greater importance in chemical industry. Optimization of the design, evaluation of alternatives, troubleshooting in the running plants, design of environmental friendly plants, and similar topics have become part of process calculations. These calculations lead to the development of process diagrams that convey a wealth of information to practicing/production engineers. Stoichiometric calculations assume a fi rst step in these process calculations. With this chief objective in mind, the present edition has been thoroughly revised.

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