 |  Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7/e Warren McCabe (Deceased)
Julian Smith,
Cornell University---Ithaca
Peter Harriott,
Cornell University---Ithaca
Book Preface| The seventh edition of this text on the unit operations of chemical engineering contains
much new material and many additional problems, but the basic structure,
general level of treatment, and overall length are largely unchanged. This is an introductory
text, written for undergraduates in their junior or senior year who have
completed the usual courses in mathematics, chemistry, physics, and an introduction
to chemical engineering. An elementary knowledge of material and energy balances
is assumed. Because it contains up-to-date correlations for heat transfer, mass
transfer, and equipment design, this text should also be useful to chemists and engineers
in industry.
Separate chapters are devoted to each of the principal unit operations, grouped
into four sections: fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer and related separations,
and operations involving particulate solids. One-semester courses may be
based on any of these sections or combinations of them. Bioengineering is not
treated as a separate topic, but examples of food processing, bioseparations, and diffusion
in biological systems are included in various chapters.
Nearly all equations are written for SI units, but the older cgs and fps systems
have not been completely eliminated. Chemical engineers must be familiar with all
three systems of units. Most of the equations are dimensionless and may be used
with any set of consistent units. |
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2005 McGraw-Hill Higher Education