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Welcome to the Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook.
This electronic textbook is a student-contributed open-source text covering the materials used in our chemical engineering capstone design courses at Northwestern.
If you have any comments or suggestions on this open textbook, please contact Professor Fengqi You.

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Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook

Chemical Process Design Theory and Method   Design Basis Define product and feed Preliminary market analysis and plant capacity Site condition and design Block flow diagram   Process Flowsheet Process flow diagram Process alternatives and flowsheeting Reactors Separation processes Process hydraulics Heat transfer equipment: Heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, heaters and coolers Pinch analysis Utility systems Pressure vessels   Process Simulation Property package Mixer and Splitter Separator Heat exchanger Column Reactor Pressure changer Solids-involved equipment   Process Economics Equipment sizing Estimation of capital Estimation of production cost and revenue Engineering economic analysis Sensitivity analysis and design optimization   Other Process Design Considerations Materials of construction Process safety Process hazards Environmental concerns Process controls

Chemical Process Design Projects   Glycerol to Propylene Glycol Design G1 (2014) Design G2 (2014)   Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol Design S1 (2014) Design S2 (2014)   Dehydration of ethanol to Ethylene Design B1 (2015) Design B2 (2015)   Ethane to Ethylene Design SG1 (2015) Design SG2 (2015)   Hydrogen Student Design Contest Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014) Hydrogen from Natural Gas-1 (2015) Hydrogen from Natural Gas-2 (2015)

Acknowledgement