
Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers
Description
Key Features
- The standard handbook for chemical and process engineers
- All new material on pinch point analysis on networks of heat exchangers and updates on gas treating in process design and heat transfer
- Hundreds of common sense techniques and calculations
Readership
Table of Contents
Section One: Equipment Design
1. Fluid Flow
2. Heat Exchangers
3. Fractionators
4. Absorbers
5. Pumps
6. Compressors
7. Drivers
8. Separators/Accumulators
9. Boilers
10. Cooling TowersSection Two: Process Design
11. Refrigeration
12. Gasification (by Chris Higman)
13. Gas Treating (updated by Chris Higman)
14. Vacuum Systems
15. Pneumatic Conveying
16. BlendingSection Three: Plant Design
17. Process Evaluation
18. Reliability
19. Metallurgy
20. Safety
21. ControlsSection Four: Operations
22. Troubleshooting
23. Startup
24. Energy Conservation
25. Shortcut Methods for Decisions
26. Process Modelling Using Linear Programming
27. Properties
28. Approximate Conversion Factors
Appendix
1: Shortcut Equipment Design Methods – Overview
2: Geographic Information Systems
3: Archimedes’ Method Goes Modern
4: Process Safety Management
5 Do-it-Yourself Shortcut Methods
6: Overview for Engineering Students
7: Guidelines for Equipment Decisions
8: Process Specification Sheets
Product details
- No. of pages: 496
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Gulf Professional Publishing 2005
- Published: August 16, 2005
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780080456447
About the Author
Stephen Hall
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