Get Cutting-Edge Coverage of All Chemical Engineering Topics— from Fundamentals to the Latest Computer Applications.
First published in 1934, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook has equipped generations of engineers and chemists with an expert source of chemical engineering information and data. Now updated to reflect the latest technology and processes of the new millennium, the Eighth Edition of this classic guide provides unsurpassed coverage of every aspect of chemical engineering-from fundamental principles to chemical processes and equipment to new computer applications.
Filled with over 700 detailed illustrations, the Eighth Edition of Perry's Chemcial Engineering Handbook features:
- Comprehensive tables and charts for unit conversion.
- A greatly expanded section on physical and chemical data.
- New to this edition: the latest advances in distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, reactor modeling, biological processes, biochemical and membrane separation processes, and chemical plant safety practices with accident case histories.
Contents
- Section 1: Conversion Factors and Mathematical Symbols
- Section 2: Physical and Chemical Data
- Section 3: Mathematics
- Section 4: Thermodynamics
- Section 5: Heat and Mass Transfer
- Section 6: Fluid and Plastic Dynamics
- Section 7: Reaction Kinetics
- Section 8: Process Control
- Section 9: Process Economics
- Section 10: Transport and Storage of Fluids
- Section 11: Heat-Transfer Equipment
- Section 12: Psychrometry, Evaporative Cooling, and Solids Drying
- Section 13: Distillation
- Section 14: Equipment for Distillation, Gas Absorption, Phase Dispersion, and Phase Separation
- Section 15: Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Other Liquid-Liquid Operations and Equipment
- Section 16: Adsorption and Ion Exchange
- Section 17: Gas-Solid Operations and Equipment
- Section 18: Liquid-Solid Operations and Equipment
- Section 19: Reactors
- Section 20: Alternative Separation Processes
- Section 21: Solid-Solid Operations and Processing
- Section 22: Waste Management
- Section 23: Process Safety
- Section 24: Energy Resources, Conversion, and Utilization
- Section 25: Materials of Construction
- Index
About the Author
- Robert Perry was chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma.
- Donald W. Green is chair and the Deanne E. Ackers distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Kansas.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 2400 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 8 edition (October 23, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071422943
- ISBN-13: 978-0071422949
- Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.1 x 3.4 inches
List Price: $199.00