Includes bibliographical references and index.

"[T]he most complete guide for chemical and process engineers who need reliable and authoritative solutions to on-the-job problems. The text has been comprehensively revised and updated with new data and formulas. This book will help solve process design problems quickly, accurately, and safely, with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts, and calculations. Its concise sections detail the steps needed to answer critical design questions and challenges. The book discusses physical properties for proprietary materials, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, process design, closed-loop heat transfer systems, heat exchangers, packed columns, and structured packings"--