Chemical Process Equipment,
Edition 2
Selection and Design
Editors:
By James R. Couper, W Roy Penney, James R. Fair and Stanley M. Walas
Publication Date:
23 Dec 2004
Comprehensive and practical guide to the selection and design of a wide range of chemical process equipment. Emphasis is placed on real-world process design and performance of equipment. Provides examples of successful applications, with numerous drawings, graphs, and tables to show the functioning and performance of the equipment. Equipment rating forms and manufacturers' questionnaires are collected to illustrate the data essential to process design. Includes a chapter on equipment cost and addresses economic concerns.
Key Features
- Practical guide to the selection and design of a wide range of chemical process equipment. Examples of successful, real-world applications are provided
- Fully revised and updated with valuable shortcut methods, rules of thumb, and equipment rating forms and manufacturers' questionnaires have been collected to demonstrate the design process. Many line drawings, graphs, and tables illustrate performance data
- Chapter 19 has been expanded to cover new information on membrane separation. Approximately 100 worked examples are included. End of chapter references also are provided
List of ExamplesRules of ThumbIntroduction; FlowsheetsProcess Control; Drivers for Moving EquipmentTransfer of SolidsFlow of FluidsFluid Transport EquipmentHeat Transfer and Heat ExchangersDryers and Cooling TowersMixing and AgitationSolid-Liquid SeparationDisintegration, Agglomeration, and Size Separation of Particulate SolidsDistillation and Gas AbsorptionExtraction and LeachingAdsorption and Ion ExchangeCrystallization from Solutions and MeltsChemical ReactorsProcess VesselsOther Topics, Costs of Individual Equipment
ISBN:
9780750675109
Page Count: 840
Retail Price (USD)
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Practicing chemical engineers (e.g., process engineer, design engineer) in chemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, and plastics industries as well as consulting engineers and company libraries. University and polytechnic (dept. of chemical engineering and continuing ed. dept.) courses (process design or design), and school libraries
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