Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers (McGraw-Hill Chemical Engineering Series)

by Max Stone Peters, Klaus D. Timmerhaus, Ronald E. West

Book Overview

The fifth edition of Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers is a major revision of the popular fourth edition. There are new chapters on process synthesis, computer-aided design, and design... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070496137
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
• Length: 992 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Good Seriver

The book came very fast and it was exactly like it was described.

Best learning book

This is one of the best teaching book for chemical engineering students, clear and objective in its content.

PLANT DESIGN AND ECONOMICS FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS

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Indispensible Starting Point for New Projects

The Fourth Edition is an advancement over the 2nd edition, the one I "grew up" with. Instead of jumping to cost preparation and option selection, then on to preliminary design, it starts out an excellent introduction, basic requirements for OSHA and EPA (including a good section on HAZOPs), a review of computer-aided design, then on to cost preparation and the rest. After option selection, the authors provide a good solid section on process optimization. This is a new area in the text and well worth reading. All in all, a current, concise design book, ideal for the student or the old hand.

Good Starting Point for Economic Investigations

I never had much use for this text while in school. As with most subjects Senior year, we went too fast to appreciate it. With the years, however, I had cause to appreciate Peters & Timmerhaus. It is packed full of rules-of-thumb for preparations of cost estimates and comparing options. Although it is not the best place to end an economic investigation, it is the best place to start one. If this review was helpful, please add your vote -- Thanks.