The Design of Process Equipment, such as shell-and-tube heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and storage tanks, requires a familiarity with a variety of sources of design data and procedures. The purpose of this book is to consolidate the scattered literature and present the material in simplified form so that it can be easily applied to design problems. Typical examples have been included to illustrate the application of the relationships and procedures presented in the text. Therefore, the designer should find this book to be a convenient and useful reference.
The Design of Process Equipment contains 80 illustrations and tables.
About the Author:
Mr. Kanti K. Mahahan is a registered, professional engineer in the states of Kansas, California, and Texas. He received his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering, and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston.
He has been involved with the field of heat exchanger and pressure vessel design for the last seventeen years. He is currently a principal mechanical engineer with Fluor Engineers, Inc., Irvine, CA. Prior to that he was associated as a senior vessel engineer with Litwin Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Wichita, KS.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
Chapter 2 : Flange Design
Chapter 3 : Rotation of Hub Flanges
Chapter 4 : Stress Analysis of Floating Heads
Chapter 5 : Fixed Tubesheet Design
Chapter 6 : Flanged and Flued Expansion Joints
Chapter 7 : Pipe Segment Expansion Joints
Chapter 8 : Vertical Vessels Supported by Lugs
Chapter 9 : Vertical Vessel Leg Design
Chapter 10 : ASME Code, Section VIII, Division 2 and Its Comparison to Division 1
Chapter 11 : Mechanical Design of Self-Supported Steel Stacks
Chapter 12 : Vibration Analysis of Tall Towers
Chapter 13 : Design of Rectangular Tanks
Chapter 14 : Air Cooled Heat Exchangers
Appendix A : Derivation of ASME Code Formulas for Shell and Head Thicknesses of Cylindrical Vessels for Internal Pressure
Appendix B : Derivation of Formulas for Checking Thicknesses at Various Levels of Vertical Vessels
Appendix C : Derivation of Formulas for Anchor Bolt Chair Design for Large Vertical Vessels
Appendix D : Derivation of TEMA Equation for Non-Fixed Tubesheet Thickness or ASME Equation for Flat Unstayed Circular Heads in Bending
Appendix E : Derivation of TEMA Equation for Pressure Due to Differential Thermal Expansion for Fixed Tubesheets
Appendix F : Derivation of TEMA Equation for Flat Channel Coverthickness
Appendix G : Derivation of Formulas for Calculating Allowable Buckling Stress in Tall Cylindrical Towers
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