Overview for Engineering Students

For a plant design problem, students will need guidance on the hierarchical levels of decision making to choose a process. Also checklists of information needed for the design of typical parts of commercial processes prove invaluable. These are provided in Dr. Long s student handout. 

When the students are finally into the equipment design phase of their project, they need design rules of thumb. These experience factors provide the students ranges and bounds to save them time. 

Process equipment has been optimized over the years. Initial cost has been balanced against performance and also against ease of transportation, construction, and 

Tray efficiency —70% is usually conservative (it is usually a good idea to put a few extra trays—say 10% extra) 

If the tower diameter is 3 ft use a packed tower instead of plates 

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This volume offers an overview of structure property relationships, synthesis and purification, and potential applications of electrospun nanofibres in composite materials. The collection of topics in this book aims to reflect the diversity of recent advances in electrospun nanofibres with a broad perspective which may be useful for scientists as well as for graduate students and engineers. 

This book is devoted to the properties, preparation and applications of zinc oxide (ZnO) as an transparent electrode material. It focuses on ZnO for thin film solar cell applications and hopefully inspires also readers from related fields. The book is structured into three parts to serve both as an overview as well as a data collection for students, engineers and scientists. The first part, Chaps. 1-4, provide an overview of the application and fundamental material properties of ZnO films and their surface and interfaces properties. Chaps. 5-7 review thin film deposition techniques applied for ZnO preparation on lab scale but also for large area production. Finally, Chaps. 8 and 9 are devoted to applications of ZnO in silicon- and chalcopyrite-based thin film solar cells, respectively. One should note that the application of CVD grown ZnO in silicon thin film cells is discussed earlier in Chap. 6. 

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of materials being developed or considered for a hydrogen-based energy economy, the state of their development, and issues associated with their successful deployment. It is our hope that this book will be useful to both the newcomer to this field and the experienced engineer and researcher desiring to know more about the broader topic. It is expected that students, professors, engineers, scientists, and managers will find this book useful. 

This chapter presented a comprehensive overview of all process safety aspects applicable for revamp projects. It provides a quick reference for practicing engineers and also students. Note the following key points for achieving sustainable revamps. 

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