Working Guide to Process Equipment, Third Edition
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Diagnose and Troubleshoot Problems in Chemical Process Equipment with This Updated Classic! 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 chapters on Control Valves, Cooling Towers, Waste Heat Boilers, Catalytic Effects, Fundamental Concepts of Process Equipment, and Process Safety. Filled with worked-out calculations, the book examines everything from trays, reboilers, instruments, air coolers, and steam turbines…to fired heaters, refrigeration systems, centrifugal pumps, separators, and compressors. The authors simplify complex issues and explain the technical issues needed to solve all kinds of equipment problems. Comprehensive and clear, the Third Edition of A Working Guide to Process Equipment features: Guidance on diagnosing and troubleshooting process equipment problemsExplanations of how theory applies to real-world equipment operationsMany useful tips, examples, illustrations, and worked-out calculationsNew to this edition: Control Valves, Cooling Towers, Waste Heat Boilers, Catalytic Effects, and Process Safety Inside this Renowned Guide to Solving Process Equipment Problems • Trays • Tower Pressure • Distillation Towers • Reboilers • Instruments • Packed Towers • Steam and Condensate Systems • Bubble Point and Dew Point • Steam Strippers • Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics • Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows • Condensers and Tower Pressure Control • Air Coolers • Deaerators and Steam Systems • Vacuum Systems • Steam Turbines • Surface Condensers • Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers • Fire Heaters • Refrigeration Systems • Centrifugal Pumps • Separators • Compressors • Safety • Corrosion • Fluid Flow • Computer Modeling and Control • Field Troubleshooting Process Problems

Table of Contents:
Foreword Preface to Third Edition Preface to Second Edition Preface to First Edition Introduction Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Process Equipment Fundamentals Chapter 2. Basic Terms and Conditions Chapter 3. How Trays Work: Flooding Downcomer Backup Chapter 4. How Trays Work: Dumping Weeping through Tray Decks Chapter 5. Why Control Tower Pressure Options for Optimizing Tower Operating Pressure Chapter 6. What Drives Distillation Towers Reboiler Function Chapter 7. How Reboilers Work Thermosyphon, Gravity Feed, and Forced Chapter 8. Inspecting Tower Internals Chapter 9. How Instruments Work Levels, Pressures, Flows, and Temperatures Chapter 10. Packed Towers: Better Than Trays? Packed-Bed Vapor and Liquid Distribution Chapter 11. Steam and Condensate Systems Water Hammer and Condensate Backup Steam-Side Reboiler Control Chapter 12. Bubble Point and Dew Point Equilibrium Concepts in Vapor-Liquid Mixtures Chapter 13. Steam Strippers Source of Latent Heat of Vaporization Chapter 14. Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics Nozzle Cavitation Due to Lack of Hydrostatic Head Chapter 15. Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows Closing the Tower Enthalpy Balance Chapter 16. Condensers and Tower Pressure Control Hot-Vapor Bypass: Flooded Condenser Control Chapter 17. Air Coolers Fin-Fan Coolers Chapter 18. Deaerators and Steam Systems Generating Steam in Boilers and BFW Preparation Chapter 19. Vacuum Systems: Steam Jet Ejectors Steam Jet Ejectors Chapter 20. Steam Turbines The Condensing Steam Turbine Chapter 21. Surface Condensers The Condensing Steam Turbine Chapter 22. Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers Heat-Transfer Fouling Resistance Chapter 23. Heat Exchanger Innovations Chapter 24. Fired Heaters: Fire- and Flue-Gas Side Draft and Afterburn; Optimizing Excess Air Chapter 25. Fired Heaters: Process Side Coking Furnace Tubes and Tube Failures Chapter 26. Refrigeration Systems An Introduction to Centrifugal Compressors Chapter 27. Cooling Water Systems Chapter 28. Catalytic Effects: Equilibrium and Kinetics Chapter 29. Centrifugal Pumps: Fundamentals of Operations Head, Flow, and Pressure Chapter 30. Centrifugal Pumps: Driver Limits Electric Motors and Steam Turbines Chapter 31. Centrifugal Pumps: Suction Pressure Limits Cavitation and Net Positive Suction Head Chapter 32. Control Valves Chapter 33. Separators: Vapor-Hydrocarbon-Water Liquid Settling Rates Chapter 34. Gas Compression: The Basic Idea The Second Law of Thermodynamics Made Easy Chapter 35. Centrifugal Compressors and Surge Overamping the Motor Drive Chapter 36. Reciprocating Compressors The Carnot Cycle; Use of Indicator Card Chapter 37. Compressor Efficiency Effect on Driver Load Chapter 38. Safety Concerns Relief Valves, Corrosion, and Safety Trips Chapter 39. Corrosion--Process Units Chapter 40. Fluid Flow in Pipes Basic Ideas to Evaluate Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Flow Chapter 41. Super-Fractionation Separation Stage Chapter 42. Computer Modeling and Control Chapter 43. Field Troubleshooting Process Problems Glossary Index

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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780071496742
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 624
  • Spine Width: 38 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0071496742
  • Publisher Date: 16 May 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 941 gr


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