The book presents the principles and practices of chemical engineering, and introduces the student to the role and importance of chemical engineers in our life. It shows how chemical engineering concepts from the basic sciences and economics are used to seek solutions to engineering problems. This text offers innovative solutions to the problems faced by the chemical industry. It encourages the student to see the similarities in the concepts which govern apparently dissimilar examples.
The text is primarily intended for the first-year undergraduate students of chemical engineering.