Chemical process principles / Olaf A. Hougen, Kenneth M. Watson, Roland A. Ragatz - 2nd ed. - New YorkLondon : WileyChapman, 1958 - 3 v. : il. ; 24 cm.
Bibliografía al pie de página El objeto de la obra es la aplicación de los principios físicos y químicos a la solución de problemas de la industria. Incluye problemas al final de los capítulos
v. 1:Material and energy balances v. 2:Thermodynamics v. 3:Kinetics and catalysis
Mathematical procedures. Stoichiometric and composition relations. Behavior of ideal gases. Vapor pressures. Humidity and saturation. Solubility and crystallization. Material balances. Thermophysics. Termochemistry. Adsorption. Fuels and combustion, chemical metallurgical and petroleum processes. Thermodynamic principles. Properties of pure fluids. Expansion and compression of fluids. Expansion and compression of fluids. Thermodynamics of fluid flow. Vapor Power plants. Internal-combustion engines. Liquefaction of gases, refrigeration, and evaporation. Properties of solutions. Vapor-liquid equilibria at low pressures, and at high pressures. Solubity and adsorption. Separation processes. Chemical equilibrium constants. Equilibria in chemical reaction. Equilibria in complex reactions. Homogeneous reactions. Catalytic reactions. Mass and heat transfer in catalytic beds. Catalytic reactor design. Uncatalyzed heterogeneous reactions.