Libros de texto:

• James M. Douglas. "Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes", McGraw-Hill International Editions, Chemical Engineering Series, Singapore(1988). ISBN: 0-07-100195-6.
• Lorenz T. Biegler, Ignacio E. Grossmann and Arthur W. Westerberg. "Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design". Prentice Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences, USA(1997). ISBN: 0-13-492422-3.
• Warren D. Seider, J.D. Seader and Daniel R. Lewin. "Process Design Principles. Synthesis, Analysis and Evaluation". John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA (1999). ISBN: 0-471-24312-4.
• Bodo Linnhoff and E. Hindmarsh. "The Pinch Design Method for Heat Exchanger Networks". Chemical Engineering Science 38(5):745-763 (1983).
• D.W. Townsend and Bodo Linnhoff. "Heat and Power Networks in Process Design. Part I: Criteria for Placement of heat Engines and Heat Pumps in Process Networks" AIChE Journal 29(5):742-748 (1983).
• Robin Smith and Bodo Linnhoff. "The Design of Separators in the Context of Overall Processes" Chemical Engineering Research and Design 66(May):195-228 (1988).

Libros de referencia y artículos:

• Robin Smith. "Chemical Process Design". McGraw-Hill (1994)ISBN: 0070592209.
• Bodo Linnhoff, D.W. Townsend, D. Boland, G.F. Hewitt, B.E.A. Thomas, A.R. Guy and R.H. Marsland."User Guide on Process Integration for the Efficient Use of Energy" IChemE, Rugby, UK (1982).
• Bodo Linnhoff. "Pinch Analysis - A State-of-the-Art Overview" Transactions of the IChemE 71(Part A):503-522 (1993).