Textbook in PDF format In an era of rapid innovation and with a focus on sustainability, Chemical Engineering Essentials provides a definitive guide to mastering the discipline. Divided into two volumes, this series offers a seamless blend of foundational knowledge and advanced applications to address the evolving needs of academia and industry. This volume lays a strong foundation with topics such as material and energy balances, thermodynamics, phase equilibrium, fluid mechanics, transport phenomena, and essential separation processes such as distillation and membrane technologies. Fundamental Principles Overview of Chemical Engineering Fundamentals of Material and Energy Balances Laws of Thermodynamics Thermodynamic Properties and Equations of States Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibrium Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena Basics of Flow Through Equipment Conduction, Convection and Radiation Diffusion and Mass Transfer Coefficients Separation Processes Extraction Distillation Mathematical Modeling of Binary and Multicomponent Distillation Filtration and Membrane Processes Pervaporation