Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Ch. 1. Introduction to chemical product design -- Ch. 2. Product-development process -- Ch. 3. Materials technology for basic chemicals : molecular-structure design -- Ch. 4. Process creation for basic chemicals -- Ch. 5. Simulation to assist in process creation -- Ch. 6. Heuristics for process synthesis -- Ch. 7. Reactor design and synthesis of networks containing reactors -- Ch. 8. Synthesis of separation trains -- Ch. 9. Heat and power integration -- Ch. 10. Mass integration -- Ch. 11. Optimal design and scheduling of batch processes -- Ch. 12. Plantwide controllability assessment -- Ch. 13. Basic chemicals product design case studies -- Ch. 14. Materials and process/manufacturing technologies for industrial chemical products -- Ch. 15. Industrial chemicals product design case studies -- Ch. 16. Materials, process/manufacturing, and product technologies for configured consumer products -- Ch. 17. Configured consumer product design case studies -- Ch. 18. Heat exchanger design -- Ch. 19. Separation tower design -- Ch. 20. Pumps, compressors, and expanders -- Ch. 21. Polymer compounding -- Ch. 22. Cost accounting and capital cost estimation -- Ch. 23. Annual costs, earnings, and profitability analysis -- Ch. 24. Design optimization -- Ch. 25. Six-Sigma design strategies -- Ch. 26. Written reports and oral presentations -- App. I. Residue curves for heterogeneous systems -- App. II. Design problem statements -- App. III. Materials of construction.