Working Guide to Process Equipment, Third Edition /
Chemical engineers and plant operators can rely on the Third Edition of A Working Guide to Process Equipment for the latest diagnostic tips, practical examples, and detailed illustrations for pinpointing trouble and correcting problems in chemical process equipment. This updated classic contains new...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2008].
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| Edition: | 3rd edition. |
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| Online Access: | https://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com/content/book/9780071496742 |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface to Third Edition
- Preface to Second Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Process Equipment Fundamentals
- 2 Basic Terms and Conditions
- 3 How Trays Work: Flooding
- 4 How Trays Work: Dumping
- 5 Why Control Tower Pressure
- 6 What Drives Distillation Towers
- 7 How Reboilers Work
- 8 Inspecting Tower Internals
- 9 How Instruments Work
- 10 Packed Towers: Better than Trays?
- 11 Steam and Condensate Systems
- 12 Bubble Point and Dew Point
- 13 Steam Strippers
- 14 Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics
- 15 Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows
- 16 Condensers and Tower Pressure Control
- 17 Air Coolers
- 18 Deaerators and Steam Systems
- 19 Vacuum Systems: Steam Jet Ejectors
- 20 Steam Turbines
- 21 Surface Condensers
- 22 Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
- 23 Heat Exchanger Innovations
- 24 Fired Heaters: Fire- and Flue-Gas Side
- 25 Fired Heaters: Process Side
- 26 Refrigeration Systems
- 27 Cooling Water Systems
- 28 Catalytic Effects: Equilibrium and Kinetics
- 29 Centrifugal Pumps: Fundamentals of Operation
- 30 Centrifugal Pumps: Driver Limits
- 31 Centrifugal Pumps: Suction Pressure Limits
- 32 Control Valves
- 33 Separators: Vapor-Hydrocarbon-Water
- 34 Gas Compression: The Basic Idea
- 35 Centrifugal Compressors and Surge
- 36 Reciprocating Compressors
- 37 Compressor Efficiency
- 38 Safety Concerns
- 39 Corrosion?Process Units
- 40 Fluid Flow in Pipes
- 41 Super-Fractionation Separation Stage
- 42 Computer Modeling and Control
- 43 Field Troubleshooting Process Problems
- Glossary
- The Norm Lieberman Video Library of Troubleshooting Process Operations.