CENG 416 Chemical Engineering Process Design: Home

Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers (5th ed.) by Peters, Timmerhaus, and West
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Analysis, synthesis, and design of chemical processes (5th ed.) by Turton, Shaeiwitz, Bhattacharyya, and Whiting.

Handbook of Chemical Engineering Calculations

• Chapter 18: Cost Engineering

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

• Ammonia
• Economic Evaluation

Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry

• Ammonia 1. Introduction
• Ammonia 2. Production Processes
• Ammonia 3. Production Plants
• Ammonia 4. Green Ammonia Production

Knovel

• A collection of online books covering chemical process design and chemical plant design.

AccessEngineering

• Access to major engineering handbooks including Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook.

Google Scholar
Popular search engine for retrieving publications. Note: cannot limit for peer review. Also consider Quicksearch.

Web of Science
Use to locate interdisciplinary articles and cited references.

SciFinder Scholar
Comprehensive article database of the chemical literature.

Reaxys
Use this database to locate chemical substances and reactions.

Additional Resources

Google Patent Search
Google Patent Search covers United States and world patents.

For additional information about patents and patent resources see:
Patent Research Guide

Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI)
Search Chemical Engineering for economic indicators
Hint: To locate the most recent index change the sorted by option to most recent first.
Example report: November 2020 (published February 2021)

ENR’s Construction Economics
Search ENR for construction economics
Hint: Your search string will look like this:
JN "ENR: Engineering News-Record" and construction economics

Chemical Engineering Research Guide