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programs. Further, he wishes to thank his current and former graduate students, Ms. Aghasi, Ms. Bakhshi and Messrs. Jabbari, Ahmadi, Moshiri, Khodabendehlou for checking the chapters and programs. Special credits are also extended to Professor Jamal Chaouki from Polytechnique de Montreal for hosting RSG for his sabbatical leave upon the completion of the book beside the main activity planned for sababtical. AKC expresses his gratitude to Ahmed Mutawa, formerly of SASREF for developing the conversion table software for the book. Thank you, Ahmed.

      Wherever it is required, permissions have been obtained to reproduce the works published by some organizations and companies. We acknowledge and thank the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Institution of Chemical Engineers (U.K.), Chemical Engineering (Mc-Graw Hill), Oil & Gas Journal, Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers’ Association, American Petroleum Institute, John Wiley & Sons, Nutter Engineering, and many other organizations that provided materials for this book. We express our gratitude to Honeywell Process Solutions for granting permission to incorporate the use of UniSim Design software simulation and many suites of software programs in the book.

      We wish to express our thanks to the Wiley-Scrivener team: Kris Hackerott- Graphics Designer, Bryan Aubrey – Copy editor, Myrna Ting – Typesetter and her colleagues. We are truly grateful for your professionalism, assistance and help in the production of this volume. Finally, very special thanks to Phil Carmical of Scrivener publishing company for his advice and helpful suggestions during the production of this volume.

      Finally, we should emphasize that process design is a creative, dynamic and challenging activity and for this reason, the design books like this one need continuous improvement with current digitalization outlook and abundant access to computation resources. We would appreciate and welcome any comments, suggestions, or feedback that you may have on this volume.

       A. Kayode Coker (www.akctechnology.com)

       A. K.C. TECHNOLOGY, U.K.

       Rahmat Sotudeh-Gharebagh ([email protected]) College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

      About the Authors

      A. Kayode Coker PhD, is Engineering Consultant for AKC Technology, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, U.K., a former Engineering Coordinator at Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company (SASREF) and Chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering Technology at Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia. He has been a chartered chemical engineer for more than 30 years. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, U.K., and a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He holds a B.Sc. honors degree in Chemical Engineering, a Master of Science degree in Process Analysis and Development and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, all from Aston University, Birmingham, U.K., and a Teacher’s Certificate in Education at the University of London, U.K., He has directed and conducted short courses throughout the world and has been a lecturer at the university level. His articles have been published in several international journals. He is an author of seven books in chemical engineering, a contributor to the Encylopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Vol. 61, and a certified train – the mentor trainer. He is a Technical Report Assessor and Interviewer for chartered chemical engineers (IChemE) in the U.K. He is a member of the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, U.K. (IBC) as Leading Engineers of the World for 2008. Also, he is a member of International Who’s Who for Professionals™ and Marquis Who’s Who in the U.S.

      Rahmat Sotudeh-Gharebagh is currently a full Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tehran (P.O. Box 11155–4563, Iran; email: [email protected]). He teaches process modeling and simulation, transport phenomena and fluidization, plant design and economics and soft skills. His research interests include computer-aided process design and simulation, fluidization, and engineering education. He holds a B.Eng. degree in chemical engineering from Iran’s Sharif University of Technology, plus a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Fluidization Engineering from Canada’s Polytechnique. He has been an invited Professor at Qatar University and Polytechnique de Montréal. Professor Sotudeh has more than 300 publications in major international journals and conferences, plus six books and four book chapters. He is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Product and Process Modeling published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Germany, a Member of the Iranian Elite Foundation and an Expert Witness on the oil industry with the Iranian Expert Witness Organization and a winner of various awards and prizes.