Industrial Chemical Process Analysis and Design
- 2nd Edition - November 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Mariano Martín Martín
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 6 4 2 0 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 6 4 2 1 - 1
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Request a sales quoteIndustrial Chemical Process Analysis and Design, Second Edition uses chemical engineering principles to explain the transformation of basic raw materials into major chemical products. The book discusses traditional processes to create products like nitric acid, sulphuric acid, ammonia, and methanol, as well as more novel products like bioethanol and biodiesel.
In addition to providing full code and datasets for download, detailed discussion of advanced in technology, this edition also contains three new chapters. Firstly, covering polymers, including H and L D PE, PMMA, PC, biobased and full analysis of each, including full code for modelling across popular software. Secondly , evaluating phosphoric acid production and fertilizers, and Finally, the third new chapter focuses on blast furnaces – outlining not only the traditional technologies using C as reducing agent, but also analysis of novel technologies using hydrogen. This book will be a comprehensive guide to students and academics working with the latest techniques in process optimization at graduate level and above, including some upper undergraduate researchers. This book will also be very valuable for academics looking to teach or lecture in chemical process engineering. This books will also be a very useful resource for anyone within the process industry - to introduce the analysis of novel technologies as well as the modelling examples including recent software such as python, gProms or even Excel or Matlab to solve reactor modelling and units operation but also process simulators applied to typical chemical processes.
In addition to providing full code and datasets for download, detailed discussion of advanced in technology, this edition also contains three new chapters. Firstly, covering polymers, including H and L D PE, PMMA, PC, biobased and full analysis of each, including full code for modelling across popular software. Secondly , evaluating phosphoric acid production and fertilizers, and Finally, the third new chapter focuses on blast furnaces – outlining not only the traditional technologies using C as reducing agent, but also analysis of novel technologies using hydrogen. This book will be a comprehensive guide to students and academics working with the latest techniques in process optimization at graduate level and above, including some upper undergraduate researchers. This book will also be very valuable for academics looking to teach or lecture in chemical process engineering. This books will also be a very useful resource for anyone within the process industry - to introduce the analysis of novel technologies as well as the modelling examples including recent software such as python, gProms or even Excel or Matlab to solve reactor modelling and units operation but also process simulators applied to typical chemical processes.
- Integrates principles of chemical engineering, unit operations, and chemical reactor engineering to understand process synthesis and analysis
- Includes historical perspectives and traces the improving efficiencies of commercially important chemical production processes
- Provides a systematic analysis of the processes building on thermodynamics, kinetics, mass and energy balances, reactor engineering and unit operations
- Details different software packages to solve the examples, from general purpose ones such as EXCEL or new ones like Python to specialized ones such as process simulators (CHEMCAD or gProms)
- Features worked examples and end-of-chapter problems with solutions to show the application of concepts discussed in the text
Students and academics working with the latest techniques in process optimization at graduate level and above, including some upper undergraduate researchers. Academics looking to teach or lecture in chemical process engineering
1. Introduction: Historical view of the evolution of the chemical Industry
2. Principles of process design
2.1: Process Engineering
2.2: Process design principles
2.3: Flowsheeting
2.4: Mass and energy balances summary
2.5: Process optimization and control
2.6: Process safety
2.7: Sustainability in process design
2.8: Summary
2.9: Problems
2.10: References
3. Air as raw material
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Air separation
3.2.1: History
3.2.2: Separations.
3.2.3: Air liquefaction: Cycles of Linde, Claude, Phillips. Air Distillation
3.2.4: Storage
3.3: Atmospheric contamination. Particle removal. NOx abatement, SO2 abatement.
3.4: Humid air
3.4.1: Concepts and definitions
3.4.2: Solids drying mechanism
3.4.3: Dryer’s classification
3.5: Summary
3.6: Problems
3.7: References
4. Water as raw material
4.1: Introduction
4.2: Water as a raw material.
4.2.1: Water Salinity.
4.2.2: Desalination. Evaporator design. Crystallization analysis. Solar evaporators Membranes design
4.2.3: Water electrolysis. Green Hydrogen production. Fuel cells.
4.2.4: Thermal cycles for water decomposition.
4.2.5: NaCl Industry. Leblanc Process. Solvay Process. CO2 capture looping
4.3: Water – energy nexus
4.4: Summary
4.5: Problems
4.6: References
5. Synthesis gases and their use
5.1: Introduction
5.2: Stage I: Syngas production: Production of H2 and H2: CO mixtures
a.1: Gas generator / Water gas.
a.2: Coal distillation.
a.3: Gasification
a.4: Partial oxidation
a.5: Reforming
b) Nitrogen production
5.3: Stage II. Gas clean-up
5.3.1: Concentrated sources
5.3.2: Diluted sources. Direct air Capture.
5.4: Stage III: Synthesis.
5.4.1: Ammonia
5.4.1.1: Introduction
5.4.1.2: Synthesis of ammonia. Thermodynamics, kinetics, reactor design, industrial process analysis.
5.4.2: FT type synthesis.
5.4.1.2: Methane. Mechanisms. Thermodynamics. Kinetics and reactor design.
5.4.2.2: Methanol. Mechanisms. Thermodynamics. Kinetics and reactor design
5.4.2.3: FT liquids. Heavy Oil Refinery and upgrading
5.4.3: Use of CO2 to chemicals. E fuels and Urea.
5.4.4: Methanol to chemicals.
5.5: Summary
5.6: Problems
5.7: References
6. Nitric acid production
6.1: Introduction.
6.2: Production technologies and processes.
6.2.1: From Nitrates.
6.2.2: From air
6.2.3: From ammonia. Process flowsheets. Converter design. Absorption and purification
6.2.3.1: Process description
6.2.3.2: Process analysis
6.3: Emissions control.
6.4: Summary
6.5: Problems
6.6: References
7. Sulfuric acid production
7.1: Introduction: History of Sulfuric acid.
7.2: Pyrite processing.
7.3: Sulfuric acid production
7.3.1: Lead Chambers: Process evolution and process analysis.
7.3.2: Contact process: Converter design. Thermodynamics and kinetics. Process analysis.
7.4: Summary
7.5: Problems
7.6: References
8. Phosphoric acid, phosphates and fertilizers production
8.1: Phosphatic rock
8.2: Phosphoric acid
8.2.1: Wet processes
8.2.2: Thermal process
8.2.3: Kiln Process acid.
8.3: Fertilizers
8.3.1: Superphosphate
8.3.2: Triple phosphate
8.3.3: Nitrophosphate
8.3.4: Amonium phosphate
8.3.5: Polyphosphate
8.3.6: NPK’s
8.4: Summary
8.5: Problems
8.6: References
9. Iron production
9.1: Introduction
9.1.1: Iron features
9.1.2: Sources of Iron
9.1.3: Combiantios of Fe with C and others
9.1.4: Iron production
9.2: Blast furnace analysis
9.2.1: Description and scheme of a furnace
9.2.2: Iron purification
9.2.2.1: Foundry
9.2.2.2: Steel production
9.2.3: Direct reduction
9.3: Summary
9.4: Problems
9.5: References
10. Biomass processing
10.1: Biomass types and preprocessing
10.1.1: Grain
10.1.2: Lignocellulosic biomass
10.1.3: Seeds
10.1.4: Algae
10.1.5: Rubber
10.1.6: Waste and manure
10.1.7: Pelletization
10.2: Processing intermediates
10.2.1: Sugars
10.2.2: Syngas
10.2.3: Oil
10.2.4: Biogas upgrading
10.3: Product purification
10.3.1-Ethanol dehydration
10.3.2: Mix alcohols separation
10.3.3: Alcohols recovery
10.3.4: Penicillin purification.
10.4: Power cycles.
10.5: Use of byproducts.
10.6: Summary
10.7: Problems.
10.8: References.
11. Polymers production
11.1: Introduction
11.2: Types of polymerization processes
11.3: Polyethylene
11.4: PMMA
11.5: PVC
11.6: Polycarbonate
11.7: Biodegradable polymers
11.8: Summary
11.9: Problems.
11.10: References.
2. Principles of process design
2.1: Process Engineering
2.2: Process design principles
2.3: Flowsheeting
2.4: Mass and energy balances summary
2.5: Process optimization and control
2.6: Process safety
2.7: Sustainability in process design
2.8: Summary
2.9: Problems
2.10: References
3. Air as raw material
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Air separation
3.2.1: History
3.2.2: Separations.
3.2.3: Air liquefaction: Cycles of Linde, Claude, Phillips. Air Distillation
3.2.4: Storage
3.3: Atmospheric contamination. Particle removal. NOx abatement, SO2 abatement.
3.4: Humid air
3.4.1: Concepts and definitions
3.4.2: Solids drying mechanism
3.4.3: Dryer’s classification
3.5: Summary
3.6: Problems
3.7: References
4. Water as raw material
4.1: Introduction
4.2: Water as a raw material.
4.2.1: Water Salinity.
4.2.2: Desalination. Evaporator design. Crystallization analysis. Solar evaporators Membranes design
4.2.3: Water electrolysis. Green Hydrogen production. Fuel cells.
4.2.4: Thermal cycles for water decomposition.
4.2.5: NaCl Industry. Leblanc Process. Solvay Process. CO2 capture looping
4.3: Water – energy nexus
4.4: Summary
4.5: Problems
4.6: References
5. Synthesis gases and their use
5.1: Introduction
5.2: Stage I: Syngas production: Production of H2 and H2: CO mixtures
a.1: Gas generator / Water gas.
a.2: Coal distillation.
a.3: Gasification
a.4: Partial oxidation
a.5: Reforming
b) Nitrogen production
5.3: Stage II. Gas clean-up
5.3.1: Concentrated sources
5.3.2: Diluted sources. Direct air Capture.
5.4: Stage III: Synthesis.
5.4.1: Ammonia
5.4.1.1: Introduction
5.4.1.2: Synthesis of ammonia. Thermodynamics, kinetics, reactor design, industrial process analysis.
5.4.2: FT type synthesis.
5.4.1.2: Methane. Mechanisms. Thermodynamics. Kinetics and reactor design.
5.4.2.2: Methanol. Mechanisms. Thermodynamics. Kinetics and reactor design
5.4.2.3: FT liquids. Heavy Oil Refinery and upgrading
5.4.3: Use of CO2 to chemicals. E fuels and Urea.
5.4.4: Methanol to chemicals.
5.5: Summary
5.6: Problems
5.7: References
6. Nitric acid production
6.1: Introduction.
6.2: Production technologies and processes.
6.2.1: From Nitrates.
6.2.2: From air
6.2.3: From ammonia. Process flowsheets. Converter design. Absorption and purification
6.2.3.1: Process description
6.2.3.2: Process analysis
6.3: Emissions control.
6.4: Summary
6.5: Problems
6.6: References
7. Sulfuric acid production
7.1: Introduction: History of Sulfuric acid.
7.2: Pyrite processing.
7.3: Sulfuric acid production
7.3.1: Lead Chambers: Process evolution and process analysis.
7.3.2: Contact process: Converter design. Thermodynamics and kinetics. Process analysis.
7.4: Summary
7.5: Problems
7.6: References
8. Phosphoric acid, phosphates and fertilizers production
8.1: Phosphatic rock
8.2: Phosphoric acid
8.2.1: Wet processes
8.2.2: Thermal process
8.2.3: Kiln Process acid.
8.3: Fertilizers
8.3.1: Superphosphate
8.3.2: Triple phosphate
8.3.3: Nitrophosphate
8.3.4: Amonium phosphate
8.3.5: Polyphosphate
8.3.6: NPK’s
8.4: Summary
8.5: Problems
8.6: References
9. Iron production
9.1: Introduction
9.1.1: Iron features
9.1.2: Sources of Iron
9.1.3: Combiantios of Fe with C and others
9.1.4: Iron production
9.2: Blast furnace analysis
9.2.1: Description and scheme of a furnace
9.2.2: Iron purification
9.2.2.1: Foundry
9.2.2.2: Steel production
9.2.3: Direct reduction
9.3: Summary
9.4: Problems
9.5: References
10. Biomass processing
10.1: Biomass types and preprocessing
10.1.1: Grain
10.1.2: Lignocellulosic biomass
10.1.3: Seeds
10.1.4: Algae
10.1.5: Rubber
10.1.6: Waste and manure
10.1.7: Pelletization
10.2: Processing intermediates
10.2.1: Sugars
10.2.2: Syngas
10.2.3: Oil
10.2.4: Biogas upgrading
10.3: Product purification
10.3.1-Ethanol dehydration
10.3.2: Mix alcohols separation
10.3.3: Alcohols recovery
10.3.4: Penicillin purification.
10.4: Power cycles.
10.5: Use of byproducts.
10.6: Summary
10.7: Problems.
10.8: References.
11. Polymers production
11.1: Introduction
11.2: Types of polymerization processes
11.3: Polyethylene
11.4: PMMA
11.5: PVC
11.6: Polycarbonate
11.7: Biodegradable polymers
11.8: Summary
11.9: Problems.
11.10: References.
- Edition: 2
- Published: November 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 575
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443364204
- eBook ISBN: 9780443364211
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Mariano Martín Martín
Dr. Mariano Martín is currently Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Salamanca, and certified as Associate Professor by the Spanish Quality agency.
Dr. Martín received his BSc and MSc in Chemical Engineering at the University of Salamanca in 2003 where his final degree project received the Accesit Mapfre Award. He obtained a FPU Predoctoral Fellowship from the Ministry of Science, Spain, to develop further understanding on the mass transfer mechanisms from bubbles in gas – liquid contact equipment. He graduated in 2008 with honors and was recipient of the Outstanding PhD award from the University of Salamanca.
Dr. Martín joined Procter and Gamble, Newcastle Technical Centre, for a postdoctoral appointment at Modeling and Simulation dealing with complex chemical reactors. For this work Dr. Martín received the P&G award for his contributions to modeling and simulation within P&G. After more than a year he decided to accept a Fulbright postdoctoral position at Carnegie Mellon University to work on the design of optimal biofuel production processes under the supervision of Prof. Grossmann. Almost two years later a position was opened at the level of Assistant Professor at his Hometown University of Salamanca which he holds today. Dr. Martín acts as International Mobility Coordinator for the Chemical Engineering degree and Head of the Master Studies in Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Martin is Subject Editor of Latin American Applied Research, Journal of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Frontiers in Energy and Process Engineering and Energy Research Journal in addition to serving as referee of numerous chemical engineering journals and evaluator of national and international research proposals.
His research field lies in the topic of bioprocesses modeling, simulation and optimization. As a result of his research, Prof. Martín is co-author of 55 papers in peer reviewed international Journals and 16 book chapters. He has also presented 51 papers in international conferences, given seminars and workshops at industrial and academic institutions worldwide, prepared international teaching material (CACHE design case studies ) and edited “Introduction to software for Chemical Engineers”. He has been visiting Professor at the University of Leeds, University of Birmingham in the UK, University of Maribor (Slovenia), and University of Concepción (Chile). He has co-advised an honors degree project at CMU, which received two awards, and advised on five final degree projects at the University of Salamanca and 25 MSc in USAL, of which four were awarded TCUE fellowships.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Salamanca, Spain