Chemical product design / E.L. Cussler, G.D. Moggridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cussler, E. L.

Contributor:

Moggridge, G. D.

Cambridge University Press.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Cambridge series in chemical engineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 432 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The chemical industry is changing, going beyond commodity chemicals to a palette of higher value added products. This ground-breaking book, now revised and expanded, documents this change and shows how to meet the challenges implied. Presenting a four-step design process-needs, ideas, selection, manufacture-the authors supply readers with a simple design template that can be applied to a wide variety of products. Four new chapters on commodities, devices, molecules, and microstructures show how this template can be applied to products including oxygen for emphysema patients, pharmaceuticals like taxol, dietary supplements like lutein, and beverages that are more satisfying. For different groups of products, the authors supply both strategies for design and summaries of relevant science. Economic analysis is expanded, emphasizing the importance of speed-to-market, selling ideas to investors, and an expectation of limited time in the market. Extra examples, homework problems, and a solutions manual are available. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. An Introduction to Chemical Product Design

1.1. What is Chemical Product Design?

1.2. Why Chemical Product Design is Important

1.3. Changes in Corporate Culture

1.4. The Product Design Procedure

1.5. Categories of Chemical Products

1.6. Conclusions

2. Needs

2.1. Customer Needs

2.2. Consumer Products

2.3. Converting Needs to Specifications

2.4. Revising Product Specifications

2.5. Conclusions and the First Gate

3. Ideas

3.1. Human Ideas

3.2. Chemical Ideas

3.3. Sorting the Ideas

3.4. Screening the Ideas

3.5. Conclusions and the Second Gate

4. Selection

4.1. Selection Using Thermodyamics

4.2. Selection Using Kinetics

4.3. Less Objective Criteria

4.4. Risk in Product Selection

4.5. Conclusions and the Third Gate

5. Product Manufacture

5.1. Preparation for Manufacture

5.2. Final Specifications

5.3. Scale-Up/Scale-Down

5.4. Economic Considerations

5.5. Conclusions and the Fourth Gate

6. Commodity Products

6.1. Characteristics of Chemical Commodities

6.2. Getting Started

6.3. The Commodity Toolbox: Reactors

6.4. The Commodity Toolbox: Separations

6.5. Using the Commodity Toolbox

6.6. Conclusions for Commodity Products

7. Devices

7.1. Properties of Devices

7.2. Getting Started

7.3. The Device Toolbox: Chemical Reactors

7.4. The Device Toolbox: Separations

7.5. Using the Devices Toolbox

7.6. Conclusions for Chemical Devices

8. Molecular Products

8.1. Characteristics of Molecular Products

8.2. Getting Started

8.3. The Molecular Toolbox: Chemical Reactors

8.4. The Molecular Toolbox: Separations

8.5. Using the Molecular Toolbox

8.6. Conclusions for Molecular Product Design

9. Microstructures

9.1. Properties of Microstructures

9.2. Getting Started

9.3. The Microstructure Toolbox: Reactions

9.4. The Microstructure Toolbox: Unit Operations

9.5. Using the Microstructure Toolbox

9.6. Conclusions for Microstructured Products

10. A Plan for the Future

10.1. Using the Design Template

10.2. Specific Types of Products

10.3. Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781139035132

1139035134

Publisher Number:

99960023930

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.