Scaling Chemical Processes

Scaling Chemical Processes: Practical Guides in Chemical Engineering is one of a series of short texts that each provides a focused introductory view on a single subject. The full library spans the main topics in the chemical process industries for engineering professionals who require a basic grounding in various related topics. They are 'pocket publications' that the professional engineer can easily carry with them or access electronically while working. Each text is highly practical and applied, and presents first principles for engineers who need to get up to speed in a new area fast. The focused facts provided in each guide will help you converse with experts in the field, attempt your own initial troubleshooting, check calculations, and solve rudimentary problems. This book discusses scaling chemical processes from a laboratory through a pilot plant to a commercial plant. It bases scaling on similarity principles and uses dimensional analysis to derive the dimensionless parameters necessary to ensure a successful chemical process development program. This series is fully endorsed and co-branded by the IChemE, and they help to promote the series.

Jonathan Worstell earned his Physics degree from Northwestern University then switched to the chemical sciences, earning an MS in Chemistry from Ball State University and a PhD in Applied Chemistry from Colorado School of Mines. Dr. Worstell worked at Eli Lilly and Company and Northwestern University Medical School prior to starting a thirty year career in the petrochemical industry. After retiring from the petrochemical industry, he began an academic career at University of Houston where he teaches senior level chemical engineering courses. Dr. Worstell also consults with several global petrochemical companies.

1) Introductiona) Scaling: The Heart of Chemical Engineeringb) Process Developmentc) Laboratory Scaled) Pilot Plant Scalee) Commercial Scale 2) Similaritya) Mathematical Foundation of Scalingb) Similarity and Scalingc) Models and Dimensional Analysisd) Scaling Regimes 3) Foundation of Dimensional Analysisa) Physical Concept, Quantity, and Magnitude (Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of Dimensional Analysis)b) Foundation (Chapter 4 of Dimensional Analysis) 4) Scaling Heat Transfer Equipmenta) Conductionb) Convectionc) Radiation 5) Scaling Paced Bed Towersa) Discussion of Ergun Equationb) Dimensional Analysis of Gas Flow Through Packed Bedsc) Dimensional Analysis of Liquid Flow Through Packed Beds 6) Scaling Chemical Reactorsa) Batch Reactorsb) Semi-batch Reactorsc) Fixed Bed Reactors