Reddit mentions: The best chemical engineering books

I don't know of any that compare, but, the Napoleon's Buttons is SUPPOSED to be good.

http://www.amazon.com/Napoleons-Buttons-Molecules-Changed-History/dp/1585423319/

Other books, engineering related, that I liked are:

Norm Lieberman's Process Troubleshooting books, the guy cracks me up!

Working Guide to Process Equipment (3rd edition probably cheaper): http://www.amazon.com/Working-Guide-Process-Equipment-Fourth/dp/0071828060/

Process Equipment Malfunctions (not as good as the other one, some overlap, but still worthwhile, and covers more breadth for individual issues): http://www.amazon.com/Process-Equipment-Malfunctions-Techniques-Identify/dp/0071770208/

The Prize (mentioned above): http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1439110123/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/188-3799228-4803548

The Quest (Follow on to The Prize): http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Energy-Security-Remaking-Modern/dp/0143121944/

Oil 101: http://www.amazon.com/Oil-101-Morgan-Downey/dp/0982039204/

The Mythical Man Month (Not engineering directly as it pertains to software, but, projects and project management are huge in engineering, though this book is timeless): http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959/

Piping Systems Manual (You can NEVER know enough about pipe!): http://www.amazon.com/Piping-Systems-Manual-Brian-Silowash/dp/0071592768/

Pumps and Pumping Operations (OMG it is $4, hardcover, go buy now! This book is great... did you know OSU didn't teach their Chem E's about pumps? I was flabbergasted, gave this to our intern and he became not a scrub by learning about pumps!): http://www.amazon.com/Pumping-Operations-Prentice-Pollution-Equipment/dp/0137393199/

Any good engineer needs to understand MONEY too:

The Ascent of Money: http://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/dp/0143116177/

It's Nial Fergesuon, who has had his own series of dramas and dumb stuff. The Ascent of Money has a SLIGHT libertarian tinge... but it wasn't bad enough that I didn't enjoy it. I consider it a history book, and he attempts to write it like one.

Have fun!

Civil engineering to shipbuilding: Structures and The new science of strong materials, by J.E. Gordon. These are incredibly enlightening.

Physics (also some chemistry and biology): It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science is a collection of essays by great scientists - among others, it contains a very insightful discussion on the birth of the Schroedinger equation, which is rather different from the usual stories of cats in boxes, chicken crossing the road, gods playing dice, and the like.

Chemistry: The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, by Philip Ball.

Biochemistry: Chance and necessity, by Jacques Monod. Seems it's out of print, I guess my knowledge of the field is a bit out-of-date. There must be some other book out there that explains elegantly protein folding and enzymatic regulation, which are the base mechanisms of living matter.

March's Advanced Organic Chemistry is very good. It's a graduate level book, but it'd be good to step it up.

Otherwise, you'd be wanting to look for a book of Named Reactions.

http://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854

That one is also very good, but again, graduate level. I don't think it'll be above you if you have a good grasp on basic mechanism at the undergraduate level. More of the advanced reactions (aside from things with transition metals) are usually built from combinations/extensions of undergraduate mechanisms.

Step it up man. You got this.

Addendum edit: Green and Wuts (sp?) Protecting groups book is also very good. It's mostly built from literature examples and empirical data.

Really depends what end of brewing you're trying to make your way into. Brewing theory is nice and all, but unless you're going into the Engineering end at a much larger brewery it might be more than you ever need. I've read the gamut at this point but these two have remained helpful:

I'd suggest reading through Beer by Dr. Bamforth, he runs the Brewing (Food Science) program at UC Davis and theres a wealth of knowledge you can gain out of it

Slightly more advanced is Brewing by Michael J Lewis, gets a bit more into the Food Chemistry end of brewing, but still plenty to gain.

Fluid Mechanics 4th Edition by Kundu (A good graduate level text. The practice problems are really great and challenging. The 5th edition has better practice problems, but the layout and content of the 4th is better IMO.)

Elementary Fluid Dynamics by Achenson (Good graduate level text with mathematical rigor.)

Fluid Mechanics by Granger (A good undergraduate level text.)

An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by Batchelor (This one is much more advanced than the rest.)

By chemist, do you mean undergraduate or postgraduate? What year of study are they in? It'd be difficult to study statistical mechanics from scratch; make sure the following prerequisites are in order:

• Mathematical methods including multivariable calculus, vector calculus, differential equations and introductory (but still rigorous) probability theory. Combinatorial methods can and will help, too.
  
• Classical mechanics, including analytical mechanics. A lot of important results in statistical mechanics correspond directly to what you find in classical mechanics.
  
• Exposure to thermodynamics is essential. As a chemist, your friend will almost definitely have this.
  
• Quantum mechanics, the ideas of which are highly important for quantum statistical mechanics. Of course, if your friend would rather stick to classical statistical mechanics, this doesn't have to be deeply studied. I'd imagine that being a chemist, your friend has seen some quantum mechanics before anyhow.
  
  For an introductory level book, I quite enjoyed Bowley and Sanchez. They go through relevant ideas in probability already and the appendix covers up some of the mathematical prerequisites. Further down the line, Huang is an excellent book: it is significantly more advanced than the previous, but the contents is both broad and detailed (I still refer to it for topics like the 2D Ising model). At the same time, you could also consider Volume 5 of the famous Course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz. The Course is famously hardcore, but it imparts mastery like nothing else.

Thermodynamics is usually covered separately from fluid mechanics. At least in chemical engineering, fluid mechanics is usually covered together with heat transfer and mass transfer, since they are all mathematically very similar, and can be grouped together as 'transport phenomena'. Fluid mechanics = transport of momentum, Heat transfer = transport of heat, mass transfer = transport of mass.

Anyway, if you are only interested in fluid mechanics, my favorite textbook is Middleman. For an entry-level textbook that covers all three, I like the W^3 textbook.

For more advanced transport phenomena, the de-facto standard is Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot. A lot of schools actually use this for their undergraduate course, but I frankly think it's too difficult for an introductory text. For students that already know the fundamentals though, it's an excellent reference book.

For real graduate-level analysis, I really like Deen's book.

Caveat: all these textbooks are pretty expensive, and can run you close to $100 even used. There might be much less expensive alternatives that still teach the material well.

>> cooking is an expensive and time consuming hobby

> Cooking doesn't have to be expensive. It does take some money to get yourself set up with a good spice selection and tools, but after you have the basics your costs should go down.

Beat me to it!

Also, don't think of it as a hobby. It's a valuable life/social skill and should be taken seriously.

A friend of mine recommended this book to me to demystify the physical processes at play and why you should do things a certain way. I think it would be useful if you feel you don't have a natural talent.

I can second this. You're going to have to take a course on the first three topics and likely one on the math and numberical methods behind it all. I used Bird, Fogler, and McCabe. The Bird text is unnecessarily theoretical in my opinion, but Fogler and McCabe are excellent. McCabe is particularly good at covering everything without going too in-depth. For Thermo, this is the one I see used most commonly, though only about half the text is used in most curricula and it's a fairly dry read in my opinion.


Like I said, you're probably going to want to review some math as well. There's quite a bit of calculus involved, so if you've been away from that for a few years, I would brush up on some basic integration, partial derivatives, and some fairly basic differential equations. The other topic is numerical and computational methods, but that's something you can learn on the fly with a solid background.

There might be better books out there, but I would recommend Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by SVA for those starting off. It does a good job of explaining the basics. However, it doesn't go far beyond the basic principles.

My favourite YT resource for intro videos would (obviously) be LearnChemE. They have many videos that can introduce the topics in simple terms.

Also keep in mind that Thermodynamics can be very complex in certain areas, especially Solution Thermodynamics. I would strongly recommend making an effort to understand the derivations used in that section. Understanding them, instead of just memorizing them, goes a long way to help you tackle difficult problems in that section.

The reality is the differences in sensor data will NOT be that great unless you have a massive heat source and massive heat sink that are near each other and their temperatures differ a lot. Heat transfer resulting in temperature variation proportional to the thermal gradient.

Multiple sensors are only to get a single more accurate value or to do wet bulb/dry bulb data.

The averages are to remove the small variances you might still get.

Sometimes averaging is to remove sensor variances rather than actual air temperature variances because it can be cheaper to do "calibrate" that way than to add more circuitry to calibrate.

Or averaging is used to drop the noise floor of a cheap-ass sensor chosen for economic reasons that otherwise would not be accurate enough.

For meteorological measurements resulting in wide temperature variation between sensors are seldom the case.

You can see fronts move though a location because that can sometimes result in 10ºF-20ºF change within a 30-90 seconds window but otherwise temperature within a local area usually a very uniform thing. Temperature variations usually occur in the 10-90 minute range of times.

Temperature measurements for meteorology are explicitly defined to be in shade and not direct sun ever exactly for this reason. That's why most "professional" meteorological stations have the instruments in those little white boxes with the slats: they provide shade and still air. Both are required for accurate dry bulb and wet bulb temperature using old-timey meteorological instruments (web bulb is literally wet with water so air blowing over it screws up the data aka "convective heat transfer plus latent heat extraction").

These days we have ICs that can directly measure relative humidity though not as accurately as dry/wet bulb measurements.

On the other hand, cheapo weather stations will have more problems with this but averaging will NOT generally fix the problem of cheap sensor or not positioning the sensors in shade and still air.

If/when there is an issue of sensors not agreeing, YOU the engineer have to consider heat transfer theory/practice because that's how and why temperature can vary and give varying data on "otherwise identical" sensors. If there is a problem, that's how you know.

[Lienhard's Heat Transfer (pdf)](
http://www.engineering108.com/Data/Engineering/Mechanical/HMT/heat_transfer_John_H_Lienhard.pdf)

I also like Cengal:

[Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications](
https://www.amazon.com/Heat-Mass-Transfer-Fundamentals-Applications/dp/0073398187/)

Heat transfer IMO is pretty fun but of course my father was an ME specializing in HVAC so a lot of his love and skills for it rubbed off on me.

If you do projects like this, it's useful to understand the basics of heat transfer. The key ways heat is moved from point A to point B are:

• Conductive Transfer
  
• Radiative Transfer
  
• Convective Transfer
  
  Different processes have different characteristics and are dominant if different situations. E.g. with temperature differences over 100-200C involving air, radiative transfer is far stronger than conductive transfer and even convective transfer (e.g. a wood stove transfers more watts of heat by radiation than by other means). Other situations are different.

Coming from a GeoSci background, you may have already used Callister, but if not, it is my most highly recommended textbook. Of all the textbooks. It is simply amazing. If you are beyond that already, the deeper book I would recommend is Meyers and Chawla which is also an amazing book, but much more difficult to get a handle on. Meyers and Chawla is what I learned from at the graduate level in Materials Engineering, and indeed it is quite heavy on the details and equations. That being said, when responding to almost all questions with regards to materials, the first place I look is Callister. The last time I used Meyers and Chawla was looking into the specific mechanisms and modeling methods for creep. If you get and understand M&C you will probably know more theory than anybody else at your knew job.

That job sounds about right for an analytical chemist tbh. You asked for Books and I will give you books.

The all-around grand champion book for chemical engineers to have is Perry’s handbook.

In chemistry you did remedial thermodynamics in comparison to what chemical engineers are given, so I suggest this book as a primer in chemical thermodynamics. It covers phase equilibria, basic thermodynamics, and non-ideal behavior at a depth not seen in chemistry programs.

For heat and mass transfer I used this book in my undergrad. This is something that was almost certainly left untouched in your chemistry program.

For reaction engineering, I used [Folger’s book] (https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Chemical-Reaction-Engineering-4th/dp/0130473944/). You might recognize some of the constituent pieces, but this will bring it all together to solve for definite times and conversions.

More applicable to your direct job is process control. [Bequette's book] (https://www.amazon.com/Process-Control-Modeling-Design-Simulation/dp/0133536408/) will probably be one of the most directly important books on this list for you as far as process monitoring goes. And [this book] (https://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Synthesis-Processes-International-Engineering/dp/0132618125/) will give your insight into why processes are made the way they are.

The most important book in the list is [Process Safety] (https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Process-Safety-Fundamentals-International/dp/0131382268/). It is important that you understand what is and is not dangerous, along with what it and is not safe. You can skip the blast calcs, but do look at the TLV data, because that will come up for emissions.

This list is overbuilt and if you only have time for 3 pick the last 3 I listed and pick up a cheap Perry’s handbook for reference.

They may have changed now, but chemcical process principles probably still uses http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Principles-Chemical-Processes-Richard/dp/047168757X

the thermo book is very professor dependent.

this was another one, but I think it was mass transfer http://www.amazon.com/Transport-Processes-Separation-Principles-Operations/dp/013101367X/ref=sr_1_45?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398311420&sr=1-45&keywords=chemical+engineering+fluid+mechanics

the first book I linked will definitely give you the best head start, spending any time with any others would probably be a waste of time. I can find my fluid dynamics book at work tomorrow, but I wouldnt get too worried about it, to be honest.

It is really about knowing how to do research and speak the language. For the language you can learn from basic MSE books like https://www.amazon.com/Materials-Science-Engineering-Introduction-8th/dp/0470419970 . One you learn the basics and lingo you can apply that to specific material groups.


ASM has some really good books on materials like stainless steels and there are tons of online resources https://www.nickelinstitute.org/media/1667/designguidelinesfortheselectionanduseofstainlesssteels_9014_.pdf


Even common materials like aluminum have so many different grades that you need a good understanding of when you use 3000 grade vs 6000 grade.


More specialized materials like ceramic matrix composites for example have their own dedicated literature and resources. Once you get really off the beaten path academic papers and journals are the only resource.

My Intro to Fluids class in undergrad used this textbook by White and I remember thinking at the time that it was a decent introduction to things.

By the way, here is your first lesson: mechanics (solid or fluid) consists of statics (no motion) and dynamics (motion). So it is redundant to say you want to learn fluid mechanics and fluid dynamics. Most fluid mechanics books cover statics in the first chapter since the problem is trivial, and quite a few fluids books are just titled fluid dynamics because fluid statics is so simple.

Speaking of such books, this is Batchelor's classic fluid dynamics book which I really like but which may be at a more advanced level. I don't have my copy in front of me but I recall that the first chapter or two are worth reading even for an introductory student. His discussion on things like density, pressure, and the continuum hypothesis is excellent.

>My challenge or I suppose my question would be what material I would use to manufacture something like that (like once I have a mold).


Material must be selected before the tool is made because the material properties drive the tool design (shrinkage rates, viscosity etc).

There are thousands of options for injection mouldable plastics so you'll need some requirements to narrow down your options.

Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding: An Introduction By Robert Malloy is a great intro to IM part design.


Check second hand book sites for cheaper used copies (Abebooks.com is good).

There are free design guide pdfs online (of varying quality...) which give a decent intro but are usually tens of pages so obviously don't have the detail a decent books will. The guides by Bayer and Dupont are the best imo.

For an undergraduate approach I recommend Schroeder. However, this book starts with thermal physics which is, well, a bit boring ;). The math is not hard, but developing that 'physics instinct' can sometimes be challenging.

For a more advanced, but very nice and systematic text, I recommend Toda, Kubo, et al.. Another graduate text is Huang.

There are also the books by Feynman and Landau and Lifshitz Pt. 1 (Pt. 2 is quantum field theory, which at this stage you probably will want to avoid).

Materials science and engineering student here. If it's an intro to materials science type course, mwalsh2010 has covered most of it. Additionally, expect to index planes and directions in crystal structures, solid solubility, mechanical properties testing methods, phase percentage and lever rule calculations (under phase diagrams), phase transformation reactions (eutectic, eutectoid, paratectic, etc.), and various processing methods. You'll probably mainly study metals and ceramics since they're generally not as complex as polymeric and electronic materials.

This was the text book used in an intro course I took. I'm sure there's a torrent of it out there and should serve as a pretty solid resource.

Basic mechanical properties of materials.

If you would like more resources, feel free to PM me.

As someone in a similar situation, I'd recommend these two books. They're what were were taught with when I was in college for my Plastics Engineering degree (Bachelors at Umass Lowell). I've had both of the authors as professors.

I'd also recommend this book by Professor Kazmer: Injection Mold Design Engineering if you want to design the mold of a injection molded part. DON"T OVERLOOK THIS. A lot of times our professors were explaining how they'd have to help companies who designed a good part that couldn't physically be molded.

The previous book mentioned by Professor Malloy: Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding 2E: An Introduction is for actually designing the part.

Also, make sure that you get a book on polymer material science. Learn about the different types of plastics, how they handle, ect.

Start with reading some simpler PDFs from resin suppliers like this one.

A big thing to consider is also this: Does the company

• Design the part?
  
• Manufacture the part?
  
• Design or make it's own molds?

Make sure you have a good foundation in mathematics. If you want to get started for Cheme - definitely get yourself a book on material and energy balances. This is widely heralded as the "bible" and will give you good introductino to many cheme concepts.

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I don't know many good resources other than the fact that this book is amazing.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Chemical-Engineering-Thermodynamics-Mcgraw-Hill/dp/0073104450/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1421900441&sr=8-6&keywords=introductory+chemical+engineering+thermodynamics

You don't use a whole lot from thermo 1 in thermo 2 in my experience. The entire class is phase diagrams and Gibb's free energy and Raoult's Law. If you understand those concepts, you have a chance at understanding fugacity, which is basically what thermo 2 is about lol.

I really like Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis. It's easy to follow and has a great variety of reactions. There's a brief history of the reaction, then a generic form of the reaction with a mechanism (color coded for greater ease), then it gives several literature examples of the reaction. It's also well-indexed, one of the most polished books I've used.

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For Statistical physics I would second the recommendation of Pathria. Huang is also good.

For electromagnetism the standard is Jackson. I think it is pedagogically terrible, but I was able to slowly make my way through it. I don't know of a better alternative, and once you get the hang of it the book is a great reference. The problems in this book border from insane to impossible.

So that's the basics. It's up to you where to go from there. If you do decide to learn QFT or GR, my recommendations are Itzykson and Carroll respectively.

Good luck to you!

Yeah, you want Fogler. It covers what you want and it's pretty much the easiest to follow of the chemical engineering textbooks. Lucky you.

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Chemical-Reaction-Engineering-4th/dp/0130473944/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293652180&sr=8-1

The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Materials-through-Princeton-Library/dp/0691125481

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

http://www.amazon.com/Structures-Things-Dont-Fall-Down/dp/0306812835/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y

Great real world overview of lots of mechanical engineering concepts like stress/strain, how I beams work, how cracks form etc.
Not too theory/equation heavy, very well written. 1960s Era but still pretty relevant.

Although it's not a course but I recommend picking up this book, Plastics Part Design for Injection Molding by Robert A. Malloy. Professor Malloy recently retired but he was the head of the Plastics Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell. The book is really great for design engineers like yourself. Buy it and you will not regret it.

https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Part-Design-Injection-Molding/dp/1569904367/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

http://www.amazon.com/The-Science-Cooking-Peter-Barham/dp/3540674667
Explains science behind cooking methods

http://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/dp/0982761007/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406300067&sr=1-2&keywords=Modernist+Cuisine
Best of all haven't read but i just know it is the most best and complete book

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=le%20cordon%20bleu&sprefix=le+cordon+%2Cstripbooks&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Ale%20cordon%20bleu
Explains classic recipes and techniques

Stuff Matters is a easy read without all of the calculations, so it's a really go way to learn theory without getting bogged down with math - it's also on Bill Gates book list. Also, this is the only textbook I've ever read cover to cover - my professor was a nut, but we learned a shitload. Good luck, OP!

I used this textbook for a college course: https://www.amazon.com/Microbiology-Technology-Fermented-Foods-Press/dp/0813800188

It doesn't go in depth about food safety though. Seemed like it was geared towards R&D. For pathogens, you're probably better off referencing a dense food micro book like this: https://www.amazon.com/James-M-Jay-Microbiology-seventh/dp/B008VS0QYS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549487393&sr=8-1&keywords=modern+food+microbiology+7th+edition

For plastic injection molding, this book was a good start for me. The issue is, you can take a feature (e.g. snaps) and write volumes on design and application - don't take one book/source to be the only reference.

The various resin suppliers also publish DFM literature that can be useful and worth reading.

Dupont Assembly Techniques -- more articles here

BASF on snaps -- more from BASF

And, as silly as it is... Occasionally protomold will publish a useful nugget of practical information.

Felder & Rousseau - Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes. Not only is there a good chance you will need this textbook sophomore year, it is also the most resourceful and widely applicable text I have. This should definitely give you a good feel for chem engr.

>the only book that surpasses How to Brew as far as details are concerned

Kunze is good, but it's not the only book like that. Brewing by Tom Young and Michael Lewis was the other textbook our brewing classes used. We used Kunze the year I took the class, and Young/Lewis the year I TA'd the class.

I've also heard good things about Volumes 1 and 2 of Malting and Brewing Science, by Hough, Briggs, Stevens, and Young, but I haven't done more than thumb through those books.

Also adding: if you are interested in the history of fermentation specifically, I recommend Microbiology and Technology of Fermented Foods. Even just the introductory first chapter has a lot of wonderful history of how fermentation may have developed as a food preservation technique.

Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering by McGraw Hill and Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook have the information on calculating heat transfer coefficients for heat exchangers. Heat exchangers can require itterative calculations if you're doing the calcs by hand. It's much easier to use software like HTRI

I agree about Felder and Rousseau for Mass and material balances. It is probably the only textbook that I actually reference (mostly for the charts in the back and the unit conversions on the front cover).

I also like Callister for general materials science information.

Perry's is a wonderful reference.

The new science of strong materials, or why we don't fall through the floor. Amazon link. I felt like it was a good read and it helped me explain some ideas to my coworkers who had different backgrounds.

It's not online, but this is one of my favorite books ever: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854

It's basically a compilation of a ton of named reactions, with a two page spread for each covering its use, discovery, and mechanism. An amazing book to just open to a random page and learn about/refresh your knowledge on a reaction.

Also, for sheer synthetic flexing, there's an app called chemistry by design, which has a lot of classic total syntheses and a quiz mode for each, where you see the reagents and guess the product, or vice versa. No mechanisms, though.

ChBE 321 will almost certainly use Smith Van Ness. It's a McGraw Hill book so it's expensive, but I'd say it's worth picking up. It's a good book (as far as engineering textbooks go) and one I and my classmates actually used sometimes after finishing the class. Also thermo is one of the more conceptually difficult classes you'll take in undergrad, so it's worth having an additional reference.

You can find it used versions, older editions, and international/SI editions for cheaper, especially if you look off amazon like at abebooks or similar.

I just bought this one. I'll read it and report back.
http://www.amazon.com/Brewing-Michael-J-Lewis/dp/0306472740?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
I have a pretty big library, and I really don't think any are perfect for what I want. My shelf needs more books, so why not.

You are right on Fix, but my copy of New Brewing Lager Beers says 1986/1996 (purchased in 2006 IIRC). Maybe I just got a copy that had been sitting around. The newest Edition of Brewing is 2013? May just be when it went to paperback or something.

Regardless of the publication dates, I found Brewing to be a more comprehensive text for the science of brewing. New Brewing Lager Beer is a good step-up from How to Brew, more science while will being practical for a homebrewer. Brewing is very much intended for commercial brewers.

ah cool thx for the list. ill start from that order when i have time and can get ahold of those books.

to make sure,

A working guide to process equipment =

Lieberman Distillation operation ???

kister Distillation design =

kister Distillation troubleshooting =

kister Distillation design and control using aspen =

luyben = ????

, it seems kister distillation design is pretty easy to get a hold of. would it also be fine to start from there?

also, back in uni, the book i used to distillation column (which was in separations course) was mccabe. what do you think about mccabe for distillation? I never learned anything from it regarding distillation section, but if others think its good, ill have another go at it.

Strategic applications of named reactions is a great book. Lots of pictures, reference, and mechanism.

https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854

Also Greene protecting groups is a good reference

I bought this book a few years ago when I needed to start designing more complex injection molded parts. I still reference it. Great easy to read book. https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Part-Design-Injection-Molding/dp/1569904367

My girlfriend is a 3rd year Chem E. She commonly uses this book: http://www.amazon.com/Perrys-Chemical-Engineers-Handbook-Edition/dp/0071422943/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343794700&sr=8-1&keywords=perry%27s+chemical+engineering+handbook.

Good luck in your studies, that's a very challenging major.

http://www.amazon.com/Transport-Processes-Separation-Principles-Operations/dp/013101367X/ref=la_B001IOF5OI_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343657347&sr=1-1



Easily the best engineering book I ever purchased.

Brewing - Lewis and Young is another technical textbook on brewing that is used in college level brewing classes. It's a good bit more affordable. I got it on sale a long time ago for really cheap, I think like $30 $15.

edit: thanks Pricebot. I bought it at the low, $15.

or the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry if you want a free one.

Plus if you want a book of reactions with names, I'd recommend this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854

The concepts of nucleation and growth are covered in most introductory materials science textbooks. Callister covers this topic at an introductory level in chapter 10 of his book.

If you want to delve deeper, you should look for books on solid-solid or liquid-solid phase transformations and/or kinetics. I can give recommendations if you are interested.

Hardenability is also an important concept to understand for anyone working in the steel industry or designing things made out of steel. I would expect most companies in this field to have some sort of on the job training, or at least the contact info for someone at their heat treatment supplier who knows what they are talking about.

Heres a pdf of an advanced book that helped me a lot during school, especially the math and chemistry side. The best book in my opinion though is Materials science and engineering: an introduction by Callister.

The obvious choice is the introductory holy bible of MSE. If you already know the basics of how materials are categorized and behave, that book /u/Tartarus116 posted looks pretty good.

Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding is probably one of the best books out there on the design of plastic parts. Might also be worth looking into a course or book for injection mold tool design since understanding, draft, parting lines, shutoff, ejection, lifters, gates & runners and all other stuff that contribute to the limitations of plastic part design.

Haha. Yes, I have been doing some of that. Athough most papers seem so daunting at first the retro always kind of makes me 'ahh I see.' But knowing all the reactions is a different story.

By Laszlo & Kirti are you refering to a book? If so what is the title? Is it this
https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854

this is my very favorite text book from school. It'll get you started, although I don't remember if it specifically had a section on dryers or spray dryers, it has all the physical property tables you'll need, I think chapter 8 was relevant to your question.

this I do not own, but I've heard good things about, will probably have higher level stuff and be more specific to your application.

Find a used copy of this book
http://www.amazon.ca/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854
Nice descriptions of some really common, powerful reactions, along with (brief) mechanisms. Also gives a bit more experimental detail than most textbooks (solvents, catalysts, etc).

Many have said BSL, which is a good one. I also purchased Wwwr to study for qualifying exams and liked it

https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Momentum-Heat-Mass-Transfer/dp/0470128682

A distressingly-high ratio of pop psych nonsense suggestions in here. Sticking to engineering, one of my faves is Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by JE Gordon (and The New Science of Strong Materials by the same author). Does a great job of qualitatively AND quantitatively explaining structures and materials.

For pleasure:

• The Disappearing Spoon
  
• Periodic Tales
  
• Stuff Matters
  
• Molecules of Murder
  
• The Elements of Murder
  
• The Elements
  
• Molecules
  
• Molecules that Changed the World
  
• The Chemistry Book
  
  Undergraduate
  
  
• Organic:
  Organic Chemistry as a Second Language, The art of writing reasonable organic reaction mechanisms
  
  
• Inorganic: Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory
  
  
• Analytical: Principles of Instrumental Anlsysis, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
  
  Graduate
  
  
• Organic: Advanced Practical Organic Chemistry, March's Advanced Organic Chemistry, Greene's Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, Purification of Laboratory Chemicals, Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis
  
• Inorganic: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

"Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering" by Fogler (4th edition) sells on Amazon for $87.64. (https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Chemical-Reaction-Engineering-4th/dp/0130473944)

"Physical Chemistry" by Atkins, 8th edition sells for $31.50 on Amazon. (https://www.amazon.com/Physical-Chemistry-Peter-Atkins/dp/0716787598)

"Separation Process Principles" (I think 3rd edition if my image enhancer is working properly) sells on Amazon for $65.

"Chemistry" by Zumdahl (I think 7th edition) sells on Amazon for $25.77. (https://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Steven-S-Zumdahl/dp/061852844X)

So $209.91 less shipping fees but these would mail via USPS Media Mail which runs like, at most $3.75 per book so take that out and you're left with $194.91.

I'm a big fan of Polymers: Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials by JMG Cowie, and Principles iof Polymerization by GG Odian.

I have the older version of this book, which I quite like:

https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Part-Design-Injection-Molding/dp/1569904367/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488321538&sr=1-1&keywords=plastic+part+design+for+injection+molding

I imagine this one has some nice updates.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0471274003 Principles of polymerization by Odian. It is pretty comprehensive, used it for several classes and for reference as a polymer/materials grad student. Does not show mechanisms for every reaction but does show quite a few and covers a lot of different classes of polymers in fair detail.

Here is a good snap fit guide:
http://web.mit.edu/2.75/resources/random/Snap-Fit%20Design%20Manual.pdf

Also we have this book in our library at work:
Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding 2E: An Introduction https://www.amazon.com/dp/1569904367/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_AjduzbRTN0ZFN

I can't speak from personal experience since I haven't started working on the book yet but this is a question I've asked before too and from googling I saw many recommendations for G.K. Batchelor: http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0521663962

"An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics" by G. K. Batchelor is a classic and is considered as the Bhagavad Gita of fluid dynamics. I have read this book as an undergrad and hence the knowledge required is just high school mathematics and physics.

I work in process design and reference these daily:

• Perry's
  
• Crane Technical Paper No. 410
  
• Cameron Hydraulic Data
  
  EDIT:
  And yes, the FE Supplied Reference Manual is extremely useful.
  

Looking for Solution Manuals for:

Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 1st Edition by Kevin D. Dahm & Donald P. Visco

ISBN: 1111580707


Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications 5th Edition by Yunus A. Cengel &‎ Afshin J. Ghajar

ISBN: 0073398187

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What are you interested in learning about? You could learn about:

• Computational fluid mechanics
  
• Fluids dynamics pertinent to aerospace
  
• Fluids as they relate to combustion
  
• Fluids appearing in biological systems
  
• Theoretical/mathematical foundations
  
  Each topic is broad and, likely, have their own texts. Another consideration is what your background is. I assume that you have had coursework in vector analysis and differential equations. With this in mind I offer the following classic/affordable texts:
  
  
• Batchelor's An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics
  
• Lamb's Hydrodynamics
  
  Perhaps a more structured beginning would be MIT Course 16.01-16.04.
  

If you're in the aerospace industry, Spacecraft Thermal Control Handbook is a fantastic resource. Another text we use often in our thermal group is Handbook of Applied Thermal Design. These two in combination with a general university level heat transfer textbook (I use Heat and Mass Transfer just because I have it from undergrad) should cover what you need for the thermal side.

During the lead-up to the invasion several hundred gliders were produced and stored on airfields, waiting for their one-way trip. In English weather this caused a lot of them to develop mould and collect water inside, which could have caused the gliders to break up in flight.

In The New Science of Strong Materials by JE Gordon, we are told about the problems this caused and how they were overcome. This is in the chapter Glue and Plywood which also discusses the problems of constructing planes such as the Horsa and the Mosquito out of plywood.

A fascinating book and an interesting look at some of the technicalities involved in constructing them.

Great place to start -- the Chem Eng bible -- Perry's Handbook:
http://www.amazon.ca/Perrys-Chemical-Engineers-Handbook-Edition/dp/0071422943

There are a variety of introductory materials science books. The one by Callister is probably the most widely used, at least in the U.S., but personally I prefer Ashby and Jones.

The University of Cambridge also has a nice set of tutorials online, here.

Brewing, by Lewis and Young

I have read almost this entire book, and even though I have a very solid footing in science, I found that it would be very approachable, even for the beginner with no formal science/engineering training. I have been meaning to do a book review, but the planning for my small yeast operation has really gotten in the way of writing it up. The book starts off with great background, and gives you a solid basis upon which to understand the more technical portions.

EDIT: Even an ignoramus could understand it (pun intended!)

Another excellent book on the topic: https://www.amazon.ca/Science-Cooking-Peter-Barham/dp/3540674667

Well check this book out, by a guy at my uni. It helps you understand the basis for a lot of processes that we just sort of inherit from our parents without knowing why.

Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles
Christie John Geankoplis

Favorite author is Felder. His entry level book contains violations of the 2nd law of thermodynamics though, so it can't be my favorite book. You SHOULD read some of his writing though! Very passionate instructor!

>"I don't belong here...I'm clever and hard-working
enough to have faked them out all these years and
they all think I'm great but I know better...and one
of these days they're going to catch on...they'll ask
the right question and find out that I really don't
understand...and then...and then.... "

I got my PE last April. I recommend you get a study manual with practice problems from amazon and work your way through it chapter by chapter. Then, a month before the exam start the NCEES practice exam questions over and over again until you understand how to do each question. The NCEES questions are really close to those on the exam with a few twists and a few new ones thrown in. You should be spending 10 hrs each week for 4 month preparing for it. I recommend this series of review manuals: Chemical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam, 6th ed. also Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering and Levenspiel's Reaction Engineering. Also, get yourself a copy of Crane TP410.

Edited to correct links.

https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484111453&sr=8-1&keywords=strategic+applications+of+named+reactions+in+organic+synthesis

This book is ideal for this situation. I have used it often.

> Methanol does not form an azeotrope with either ethanol or water.

The only azeotrope I mention is the one formed between ethanol and water.

>What this post says is definitely not true, and is contradictory to real chemistry. If acetone and other volatile compounds (like methanol) are distilled in the foreshots.

No it is not, it is perfectly in line with real chemistry. It is not in line with the simplified version we explain to lay people on how distillation works. Boiling point is not the only factor involved. Of course this post is also an over simplification, and is targeted at a particular audience, readers of this sub using small scale distillation equipment.

Here is an example run analysis of a sugar wash. Can you explain why isoamyl-acetate presents such a large fraction in the foreshots, when its boiling point is 142C? Or even the slightly elevated presence of furfurol, which has a boiling point of 162C?

>"Methanol removal is treated separately and requires its own process to concentrate and extract using specialized equipment."

I touched on this, it is separated using large plated columns whose sole purpose is to isolate and remove methanol. An azeotropic mixture of water/ethanol containing other components (methanol in this case) is fed above the middle of a 70+ plate column at near boiling. Steam injection at the bottom performs the distillation, while hot water is added to the top of the column and moves a methanol enriched cut to the top of the column, while the cleaned product is removed at the bottom plate as a lower proof spirit, to be run through another rectification stage to return to azeotrope. This is performed on 96% input feed which has already been through a rectifying column with the heads and tails removed. Due to the low water content of the input feed and greatly reduced heads/tails load, this column can more properly do boiling point separation combined with the water feed and using the particular properties of methanol and water. If you'd like a more technical overview of the process, I'd suggest reading "Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering".

Other methods can be employed, such as pressure swing distillation, azeotropic distillation and similarly extractive distillation, using other solvents.

Pot stills and small reflux columns cannot do any of this. There will be methanol in your foreshots, certainly. As well as being in your hearts, tails and in the backset. These are trace levels and distillation is never carried out on azeotrope boiler volumes.

Did you read the study I linked, where the recycling of tails was the primary factor in elevated methanol levels in fruit brandy?

Brewing by Lewis and Young. Good read and a lot of information about all aspects of the brewing process. A bit on the expensive side but worth it. A while back there was an offer for the kindle version for ~$16, maybe it will show up again.

MechE and ChemEs both take Thermo, fluids, heat/mass transfer, process controls, and a lot of the same pre-reqs. What's different is the chemistry courses (so take orgo chem, Physical chemistry especially if you're still at uni), chemical kinetics, Material and energy balances, separations. Kinetics and separations, you should wait until you've got the chem courses done. Material and energy balances...get a copy of Felder and Rousseau (http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Principles-Chemical-Processes-Richard/dp/047168757X)

This is a really good one:
Plastic Part Design for Injection Molding 2E: An Introduction https://www.amazon.com/dp/1569904367/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_YhdSub1FSJ2NJ

Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis is quite good to have

If you can, pick up a copy/PDF of Introduction to Materials http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0470419970/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?qid=1404346873&sr=1-6&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70 Extremely useful book for all things material science.

The book I'd recommend is the textbook that most intro ChemE courses use: Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, by Felder.

It's not too heavy on prerequisites (mostly just algebra, general chemistry). The problems you'll solve in the text are good examples of the type of thinking that ChEs use, and the author does a good job of explaining things. Also, some anecdotes from time to time.

Not sure if that's what you're looking for, but I can't really think of many non-textbook type examples for the same reason chemical engineers don't show up in films: it's not "Hollywood sexy."

Brewing by Lewis and Young.

It's a good book on all the scientific aspects of beer. From malting to fermentation. This was the book I was assigned in my Brewing Science course.

I think this book might be useful to you:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0071828060/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487830606&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=a+working+guide+to+process+equipment&dpPl=1&dpID=51ZkmH8DRYL&ref=plSrch

Check out Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook. It has a ton of easy to follow descriptions, but also has in-depth mathematical and chemical models. Buy a used copy, though. It covers simple stills, distillation, hplc, recrystallization, sparging, stripping, solid and liquid phase extraction, and many more.

Here are all 4 books for less than $170 total

• Book 1
  
• Book 2
  
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http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Polymerization-George-Odian/dp/0471274003

I like this book by Odian as an introductory book for all polymerization topics.

Do you mean depolymerization or depolarization? I cannot find depolarization in the index. If you tell me a little bit more about what information you need I can tell you about how much information is in the book for you.

Maybe you could use a basic crystal structure like the one pictured on the cover of Callister? (https://www.amazon.com/Materials-Science-Engineering-Introduction-8th/dp/0470419970) Its the most often used Intro MSE course textbook.

I think I had this for a sophomore class and found it too basic to be of value. Maybe unit ops

https://www.amazon.com/Unit-Operations-Chemical-Engineering-McGraw/dp/0072848235

Transport and thermo and some applications

There are a few injection molding guides on Amazon. Here’s one that I found. Search on Amazon and other used book sites. I bet you can find something for $30.

It ain't cheap, but it's worth it.

A physics degree is more than adequate for this kind of work. Your day to day would likely consist of properties testing (mechanical properties like tensile strength and hardness most likely, but also perhaps corrosion, chemistry, creep, etc, depending on industry), microstructural analysis, and failure analysis. With a degree in physics you should be able to pick up an undergrad material science text like Callister and fill in the more applied science gaps in your education.

Material science and textiles, while extremely related are quite different in the classroom. I had MSE classes and my intro textbook was the one below. It mainly dealt with materials on a molecular level, while the textile courses consisted of the processes involved with creating the fabrics.

https://www.amazon.com/Materials-Science-Engineering-Introduction-8th/dp/0470419970

I second this. Here is a link on amazon.


http://www.amazon.com/Brewing-Michael-J-Lewis/dp/0306472740/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1462890902&sr=8-2&keywords=science+of+brewing

Looking for this full textbook PDF download https://www.amazon.com/Working-Guide-Process-Equipment-Fourth/dp/0071828060

paying $1 PP.

EDIT: open still. waiting on reply on 2nd person that pmmed me. going to 3rd after if no reply soon

EDIT2: got it. closed. thanks all

> filling the water with thirty seconds worth of water and let that defrost the meat.

But that's not what you said. You said...

>Add a bit more water every five/ten minutes to keep the temperature safe

The issue of continual water use is literally the same in both of these scenarios because the temperature of the meat is directly related to the temperature of the water. Basically the thaw time will equal the amount water used.

I may even be wrong and your method may take longer, and use more water, because, if you're not careful, the temperature of the water and the meat will equalize too much and slow the thawing process. As the rate of thawing is faster the more dissimilar the temperature of the meat is from the temperature of the water.

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Cooking-Peter-Barham/dp/3540674667/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1422315510&sr=8-4&keywords=science+of+cooking

https://www.amazon.com/Unit-Operations-Chemical-Engineering-McGraw/dp/0072848235/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SUID9EFA8VUO&keywords=unit+operations+of+chemical+engineering+7th+edition&qid=1567017287&s=gateway&sprefix=unit+operati%2Caps%2C174&sr=8-1

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Still need these, btw.

I see. I went through this book: http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Principles-Chemical-Processes-Richard/dp/047168757X and this book: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Chemical-Engineering-Thermodynamics-Mcgraw-Hill/dp/0073104450/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395417059&sr=1-1&keywords=chemical+engineering+thermodynamics

Brewing by Tom Young

I believe this is used as a textbook for professional brewing programs.

This book ?

Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes (co-authored by one of my professors)

Separation Process Engineering

Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering



Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles

Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (newest edition)

There were all of my texts from most recent to oldest that should have pertinent information to what all you're covering. I don't know where they would be covering parts 9-11 but I imagine that could be part of Separations.

http://www.amazon.com/Materials-Science-Engineering-An-Introduction/dp/0470419970

If you pm me I can give you a pdf copy of the older version.

http://www.amazon.com/Perrys-Chemical-Engineers-Handbook-Edition/dp/0071422943

Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes was the book used in my first ChemE major class. It discusses a lot of the big ideas in chem e without getting too specific. You can find the international edition for around 10 dollars online.

Amazon Link

Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes




https://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Principles-Chemical-Processes-Richard/dp/047168757X

The Science of Cooking

That's because they have 2 reference manuals that condense everything down:

https://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Engineering-Reference-Manual-7th/dp/1591264103/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481981946&sr=8-1&keywords=pe+chemical+engineering

https://www.amazon.com/Perrys-Chemical-Engineers-Handbook-Eighth/dp/0071422943/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1481981968&sr=8-3&keywords=perry%27s

How'd she do? I'm just about to start studying, taking the ChE PE in the spring

this book covers the bread and butter of what CHE is. Which is mass/energy balances (basically, what goes in equals what comes out.)

you can start with that and later move onto the more "advanced" topics such as transport, thermo, fluids, etc etc

https://www.amazon.com/Perrys-Chemical-Engineers-Handbook-Eighth/dp/0071422943

Could this possibly be it?

Last time this was posted someone pointed out that all these books could be purchased for significantly less than $1000.


https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Chemical-Reaction-Engineering-4th/dp/0130473944

https://www.amazon.com/Physical-Chemistry-9th-Peter-Atkins/dp/1429218126

https://www.amazon.com/Separation-Process-Principles-Applications-Simulators/dp/0470481838

https://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Steven-S-Zumdahl/dp/061852844X

Vmax=(p•g•L^2 •sinΘ)/2•µ)

Where:

• Vmax is the maximum velocity of the fluid, should be the side of the film away from the wall
  
• p is the density of the fluid
  
• g is the gravitational constant
  
• L is the thickness of the film
  
• Θ is the angle of the surface in relation to horizontal, 90° in this case
  
• and
  
• µ is the viscosity of the fluid
  
  From Welty, Wicks, Wilson, & Rorrer pg. 95
  
  Should be able to rearrange that to get what you need.

Also The Science of Cooking, written by an actual food scientist.

As an engineering manager for a contract manufacturing firm that specializes in Plastic Injection molding, if you're looking at "free" online resources, the "best" I've run across is [The GE Plastic Design Guide](http://www.manterra.com/GE_Design_Guide.pdf)

For non-free, the "gold standard" is [Malloy](https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Part-Design-Injection-Molding/dp/1569904367)

In the same vein - The Science of Cooking by Peter Barnham.

In fact, Google Books has partial previews of both, and you can search within them:

On Food and Cooking

The Science of Cooking

Found all these books for less than 250, don't buy books at the bookstore
first, second, third, fourth

There are ChemEs who work in beautiful locations (LA, SF, etc.) and there are ChemEs who work in bad locations (Midland, Maxbass, etc.)

 

I don't agree that ChemE is a dying degree nor are you limited to working in dirty industries in remote location (I have experienced both sides).

 

To the OP: Take an introductory chemical engineering class to get a feel for it.

 

Most introductory classes use this textbook.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Principles-Chemical-Processes-Richard/dp/047168757X

The Science of Cooking. This book turned me from a nerd into a nerd who can cook.