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
Description
Contents
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.
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