- CHEMICAL PROCESS DESIGN AND INTEGRATION, by ROBEN SMITH, Wiley
Publishers.
- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN by GRAVIN TOWER AND RAY
SINNOTT.
These books offer general information on design of chemical plants
with various case studies on the different chemicals
manufacturing.
- Dryden's Outline of chemical technology
Other than this you can refer research websites such as:
Science direct
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry research for various
research papers on formaldehyde production
Other than this you will require Perry's chemical engineering
handbook for various data needed for the calculations.
So steps to follow in designing a formaldehyde plant:
- Identify a suitable process from website such as DRYDEN,
science direct or I&EC research
- See the equipments needed for the processes
- Design it using the methods described in books such as Sinnot
or Roben Smith
- Also, softwares such Aspen plus can be used