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A Working Guide to Process Equipment, 5th Edition

Title: A Working Guide to Process Equipment, 5th Edition
Author: Elizabeth Lieberman, Norman P. Lieberman
ISBN: 1260461661 / 9781260461664
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 752
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2022
Availability: 45-60 days

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The latest methods for troubleshooting and maintaining process equipment

This fully updated practical resource fully explains how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and correct problems across a broad range of industries—all without complex equations and without ever losing sight of the importance of direct field measurements and observations.

Nine new chapters cover:

  • Determining the Causes of Wet Steam,
  • Distillation Process Engineering Design Errors
  • Technical Adventures from the Past
  • Setting Pressure Relief Valves
  • Applying Process Engineering Technology to Natural Gas Production
  • Reduction of Flare Losses
  • Suppressing CO2 Emissions and Energy Conservation
  • A Final Word - The Earth's Oxygen Content
  • Evaluating Distillation Tray Capacity

Filled with real-world examples and illustrations, A Working Guide to Process Equipment, Fifth Edition clearly demonstrates how theory applies to solving real-world plant operation problems. Selected hand calculation methods are also provided.

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Preface to the Fifth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 : Process Equipment Fundamentals
Chapter 2 : Basic Terms and Conditions
Chapter 3 : How Trays Work : Flooding
Chapter 4 : How Trays Work : Dumping
Chapter 5 : Notes on Tray Design Details
Chapter 6 : Why Control Tower Pressure
Chapter 7 : What Drives Distillation Towers
Chapter 8 : How Reboilers Work
Chapter 9 : Inspecting Tower Internals
Chapter 10 : How Instruments Work
Chapter 11 : Packed Towers : Better Than Trays?
Chapter 12 : Distillation Process Engineering Design Errors
Chapter 13 : Steam and Condensate Systems
Chapter 14 : Vapor Lock and Exchanger Flooding in Steam Systems
Chapter 15 : Bubble Point and Dew Point
Chapter 16 : Steam Strippers
Chapter 17 : Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics
Chapter 18 : Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows
Chapter 19 : Condensers and Tower Pressure Control
Chapter 20 : Air Coolers
Chapter 21 : Thermodynamics
Chapter 22 : Steam Generation, Deaerators, Steam Systems, and BFW Preparation
Chapter 23 : Vacuum Systems : Steam Jet Ejectors
Chapter 24 : Steam Turbines
Chapter 25 : Effect of Liquid Water in Steam
Chapter 26 : Surface Condensers
Chapter 27 : Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers : Heat-Transfer Fouling Resistance
Chapter 28 : Heat Exchanger Innovations
Chapter 29 : Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers : Design Details
Chapter 30 : Fired Heaters : Fire- and Flue-Gas Side
Chapter 31 : Fired Heaters : Process Side
Chapter 32 : Refrigeration Systems
Chapter 33 : Cooling Water Systems
Chapter 34 : Catalytic Effects : Equilibrium and Kinetics
Chapter 35 : Centrifugal Pumps : Fundamentals of Operation
Chapter 36 : Centrifugal Pumps : Driver Limits
Chapter 37 : Centrifugal Pumps : Suction Pressure Limits
Chapter 38 : Centrifugal Pumps : Reducing Seal and Bearing Failures
Chapter 39 : Control Valves
Chapter 40 : Separators : Vapor-Hydrocarbon-Water
Chapter 41 : Gas Compression : The Basic Idea
Chapter 42 : Centrifugal Compressors and Surge
Chapter 43 : Reciprocating Compressors
Chapter 44 : Compressor Efficiency
Chapter 45 : Safety Concerns
Chapter 46 : Relief Valve System Design
Chapter 47 : Setting Pressure Relief Valves
Chapter 48 : Reduction of Flare Losses
Chapter 49 : Corrosion - Process Units
Chapter 50 : Waste Water Strippers
Chapter 51 : Fluid Flow in Pipes
Chapter 52 : Super-Fractionation Separation Stage
Chapter 53 : Hand Calculations for Distillation Towers
Chapter 54 : Computer Modeling and Control
Chapter 55 : Taking Measurements and Samples in the Field and Troubleshooting Process Problems

Glossary
Index

 

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