Industrial Chemical Process Analysis and Design
- 2nd Edition - November 1, 2025
- 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
Industrial Chemical Process Analysis and Design, Second Edition uses chemical engineering principles to explain the transformation of basic raw materials into major chemical produc… Read more
Industrial 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
- Language: English
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Mariano Martín Martín
Dr. Martín is full Professor of Chemical engineering at the University of Salamanca and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain. Mariano Martin graduated with honors in the integrated BSc and MSc in Chemical engineering at USAL in 2003. Prof. Martín completed his PhD on the analysis of multiphase reactors and received the Outstanding Thesis award in 2008 also at USAL. He joined Procter & Gamble as a postdoctoral Engineer at their technical center of Newcastle Upon Tyne where he led the last challenge in the laundry business for which he obtained the P&G award for its outstanding contribution to modelling and simulation. He was Fulbright Postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University for almost two years on the systematic design of renewable based processes before accepting the challenge of building a process systems laboratory in the oldest university in Spain. Dr. Martín’s research interests focus on the systematic optimal design of processes and products using renewable based resources towards a more sustainable power, chemical and process industry. Prof Martin has been visiting prof. at CMU (US), Univ. Texas A&M (US), Univ Leeds (UK), Univ Birmingham (UK), Plapiqui (Argentina), Udelar (Uruguay) or Univ Maribor (Slovenia) among others. El Prof. Martín has been included within the 1% Top researchers in chemical engineering in the ranking by Univ. Stanford, he has authored over 200 papers in peer reviewed journals (h=45 SCOPUS), 65 book chapters, 2 monographic books and 3 textbooks for Elsevier, Springer in CRC Press. Prof. Martín has graduated 11 PhD’s and over 60 Master students. He is senior member of the AIChE and executive editor of Chem. Eng. Sci, associate editor of J. Clean Production, LAAR and sits in the editorial board of Com. Chem Eng., Int. J Green Energy, PIOS among others.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Salamanca, Spain