Preface --
Essential flow diagrams for understanding processes --
Estimation of capital costs --
Estimation and manufacturing costs --
Engineering economic analysis --
Profitability analysis --
Structure of chemical process flow diagrams --
Tracing chemicals through the process flow diagram --
Understanding process conditions --
Utilizing experience-based principles to confirm the suitability of a process design --
Process input/output models --
Tools for evaluating system performance --
Performance curves for individual unit operations --
Performance of multiple unit operations --
Reactor performance --
Regulating process conditions --
Process troubleshooting and debottlenecking --
Synthesis of the PFD from the generic BFD --
Synthesis of a process using a simulator and simulator troubleshooting --
Process optimization --
Ethics and professionalism --
Health, safety, and the environment --
Written and oral communications --
A report writing case study --

Process design is the focal point of chemical engineering practice: the creative activity through which engineers continuously improve facility operations to create products that enhance life. Effective chemical engineering design requires students to integrate a broad spectrum of knowledge and intellectual skills, so they can analyze both the big picture and minute details - and know when to focus on each. Through three previous editions, this book has established itself as the leading resource for students seeking to apply what they've learned in real-world, open-ended process problems. The authors help students hone and synthesize their design skills through expert coverage of preliminary equipment sizing, flowsheet optimization, economic evaluation, operation and control, simulation and other key topics. This new Fourth Edition is extensively updated to reflect new technologies, simulation techniques and process control strategies and to include new pedagogical features including concise summaries and end-of-chapter lists of skills and knowledge.