This twenty-nine chapter textbook is intended for use in community colleges, technical colleges, universities and corporate settings in which Introduction to Process Technology is taught. However, educators in many disciplines will find these materials a complete reference for both theory and practical application. Students will find this textbook to be a valuable resource throughout their process technology career. The topics addressed in this book include:

• Overviews of the various process industries (oil and gas, chemical, mining, power generation, pulp and paper, water and waste water treatment, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturing)
• basic physics
• basic chemistry
• safety, health, environment and security
• quality
• teams
• process drawings
• equipment (piping and valves, vessels, pumps, compressors, turbines, electricity and motors, heat exchangers, cooling towers, furnaces, boilers, distillation, process utilities, process auxiliaries, and instrumentation).