Working Guide to Process Equipment
Diagnose and Troubleshoot Problems in Chemical\ Process Equipment with This Updated Classic!\ Chemical engineers and plant operators can rely on the Third Edition of A Working Guide to Process Equipment for the latest diagnostic tips, practical examples, and detailed illustrations for pinpointing trouble and correcting problems in chemical process equipment. This updated classic contains new chapters on Control Valves, Cooling Towers, Waste Heat Boilers, Catalytic Effects, Fundamental...
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Diagnose and Troubleshoot Problems in ChemicalProcess Equipment with This Updated Classic!Chemical engineers and plant operators can rely on the Third Edition of A Working Guide to Process Equipment for the latest diagnostic tips, practical examples, and detailed illustrations for pinpointing trouble and correcting problems in chemical process equipment. This updated classic contains new chapters on Control Valves, Cooling Towers, Waste Heat Boilers, Catalytic Effects, Fundamental Concepts of Process Equipment, and Process Safety.Filled with worked-out calculations, the book examines everything from trays, reboilers, instruments, air coolers, and steam turbines…to fired heaters, refrigeration systems, centrifugal pumps, separators, and compressors. The authors simplify complex issues and explain the technical issues needed to solve all kinds of equipment problems. Comprehensive and clear, the Third Edition of A Working Guide to Process Equipment features: Guidance on diagnosing and troubleshooting process equipment problems Explanations of how theory applies to real-world equipment operations Many useful tips, examples, illustrations, and worked-out calculations New to this edition: Control Valves, Cooling Towers,Waste Heat Boilers, Catalytic Effects, and Process SafetyInside this Renowned Guide to Solving Process Equipment Problems• Trays • Tower Pressure • Distillation Towers • Reboilers • Instruments • Packed Towers • Steam and Condensate Systems • Bubble Point and Dew Point • Steam Strippers • Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics • Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows • Condensers and Tower Pressure Control • Air Coolers • Deaerators and Steam Systems • Vacuum Systems • Steam Turbines • Surface Condensers • Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers • Fire Heaters • Refrigeration Systems • Centrifugal Pumps • Separators • Compressors • Safety • Corrosion • Fluid Flow • Computer Modeling and Control • Field Troubleshooting Process Problems
1 Process Equipment Fundamentals 12 Basic Terms and Conditions 133 How Trays Work: Flooding 234 How Trays Work: Dumping 375 Why Control Tower Pressure 476 What Drives Distillation Towers 577 How Reboilers Work 678 Inspecting Tower Internals 799 How Instruments Work 8910 Packed Towers: Better than Trays? 10511 Steam and Condensate Systems 11912 Bubble Point and Dew Point 13713 Steam Strippers 14514 Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics 15515 Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows 16716 Condensers and Tower Pressure Control 17717 Air Coolers 19318 Deaerators and Steam Systems 20519 Vacuum Systems: Steam Jet Ejectors 21720 Steam Turbines 23521 Surface Condensers 24722 Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers 25923 Heat Exchanger Innovations 27924 Fired Heaters: Fire- and Flue-Gas Side 29125 Fired Heaters: Process Side 31526 Refrigeration Systems 33127 Cooling Water Systems 33928 Catalytic Effects: Equilibrium and Kinetics 34929 Centrifugal Pumps: Fundamentals of Operation 35730 Centrifugal Pumps: Driver Limits 37331 Centrifugal Pumps: Suction Pressure Limits 38132 Control Valves 39733 Separators: Vapor-Hydrocarbon-Water 40734 Gas Compression: The Basic Idea 41935 Centrifugal Compressors and Surge 42536 Reciprocating Compressors 43937 Compressor Efficiency 45138 Safety Concerns 45939 Corrosion - Process Units 47140 Fluid Flow in Pipes 48741 Super-Fractionation Separation Stage 51742 Computer Modeling and Control 52743 Field Troubleshooting Process Problems 535Glossary 547Index 559
\ From Barnes & NobleThe Barnes & Noble Review\ The second edition of the Working Guide to Process Equipment is written in down-to-earth language that is very comprehensible. Authors Norman and Elizabeth Lieberman are right-on when noting that no normal person will read this book for fun and relaxation. However, it is, without a doubt, an invaluable tool in the process-engineering world. And, as the skills involved in good process engineering disappear, you will find that these pages of insight from industry experts are worth their weight in gold. \ The authors cover a lot of information, and they point out that if you read it all in sequence, there are threads of logic that tie each component together. In other words, they deliver on the promise that they have gone back to the simplest basis for understanding process equipment. In every chapter you will read about how the equipment behaves in the field (how field trays, control tower pressure, distillation towers, and reboilers work) and why it does. You will also read about how instruments, packed towers and steam, and condensate systems work. The authors will teach you about bubble point and dew point, steam strippers, draw-off nozzle hydraulics, pumparounds, and tower heat flows -- not to mention air coolers. They will also address vacuum systems, surface condensers, fired heaters, and centrifugal pumps. In addition, the authors show you how to do simple technical calculations.\ The guiding idea of this book is that it is better to have a working knowledge of a few simple ideas than a superficial knowledge of many complex theoretical subjects. In other words, you cannot help but gain knowledge and benefit vicariously from the information, experience, and examples these authors deliver. If you work in this field, this book is one you will not want to miss. John Vacca\ John Vacca, the former computer security official (CSO) for NASA's space station program (Freedom), has written 38 books about advanced storage, computer security, and aerospace technology.\ \ \
