
Understanding Process Equipment for Operators and Engineers
Description
Key Features
- Includes methods and procedures on how to make field measurements
- Outlines fire heater principles and operation and how they develop draft
- Describes distillation column operation and methods to increase their efficiency
- Includes computer modeling and provides use case examples
Readership
Practicing chemical engineers; Instrument and control engineers; Plant operators and technicians; Refinery supervisors; Environmental engineers; Managers of petrochemical plants and refineries; Plant maintenance engineers
Table of Contents
1. Enthalpy vs. Entropy
2. Water Hammer in Piping Systems
3. Hydraulic Surge
4. Fired Heater Draft and Excess O2
5. Distillation Tray Efficiency
6. Distillation Tray Capacity
7. Pressure Drop in Pipes – Friction Losses
8. Thermosyphon Circulation in Reboilers
9. NPSH in Pumps – Starting and Running
10. Steam Turbines and Hand Valves
11. Heat Exchangers and Fouling
12. Centrifugal Compressors and Surge
13. Reciprocating Compressor Efficiency
14. Positive Feedback Loops
15. Control Valves Performance
16. Centrifugal Pump Seals
17. Making Field Measurements
18. How to Make a Technical Presentation
Product details
- No. of pages: 431
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2019
- Published: May 8, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128161616
- eBook ISBN: 9780128161623
About the Author
Norman Lieberman
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