Dimensional Analysis and Scale up in Chemical Engineering

Contemporary Chemical Process Engineers face complex design and research problems. It presents dimensional analysis very comprehensively with illustrative examples of mechanical, thermal and chemical processes. Contemporary chemical process engineers face complex design and research problems. Temperature-dependent physical properties and non-Newtonian flow behaviour of substances in a process cannot be predicted by numerical analysis. Scaling-up equipment for processing can often only be achieved with partial similarity methods. This textbook introduces dimensional analysis, and theory of similarity and scale-up to 2nd- and 3rd-year undergraduate chemical engineering students. It also provides process engineers with tools for solving design problems which may be too complex for numerical design. with partial similarity methods.