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The approaches to the design of process plants described in this work, lead to process designs which require 30-40% less capital. The text discusses design philosophies and provides a structured approach for the implementation of planned and existing plants. There are also numerous examples to illustrate what simple design can create. As this text illustrates how to apply these new approaches to achieve competitive processes it should be of interest to students, as well as experienced engineers read more US List Price: $145.00
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This is part of a 12-volume set. Volume B covers boilers and ancillary plant including boiler unit thermal and pressure parts design and dust extraction, draught systems and gas desulpherization. The text reflects the cumulation of experience gained in the design, manufacture and operation of large coal- and oil-fired boilers in the last 20 years. The introduction of 500 MW boilers was not without its problems and this led to the analysis of boiler plant in all its aspects - combustion, furnace heat tranfer, the design of superheaters and reheaters operating in the creep range, boiler tube corrosion and its interaction with creep life, the control of slagging and fouling and the maintenance of boiler efficiency. This volume presents a review of modern practice in the design and operation of large boiler plant covering all aspects including the characteristics and selection of major auxiliaries and the control of gaseous and particulate emissions.

Intended primarily for undergraduate chemical-engineering students, this book also includes material which bridges the gap between undergraduate and graduate requirements. The introduction contains a listing of the principal types of reactors employed in the chemical industry, with diagrams and examples of their use. There is then a brief exploration of the concepts employed in later sections for modelling and sizing reactors, followed by basic information on stoichiometry and thermodynamics, and the kinetics of homogeneous and catalyzed reactions. Subsequent chapters are devoted to reactor sizing and modelling in some simple situations, and more detailed coverage of the design and operation of the principal reactor types

With hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts and calculations, this text helps solve field-engineering problems. Also included are practical tips, formulas, correlations, curves, charts and tables that should save engineers valuable time and effort. It includes added material on fluid flow, long pipe, fractionators, separators and accumulators, cooling towers, gas treating, blending, troubleshooting field cases, gas solubility, and density of irregular solids, supported by conversion tables and a new appendix, "Shortcut Equipment Design Methods".

This guide offers explanations of the inner workings of equipment in petroleum refineries, chemical and pharmeceutical plants, fertilizer plants and other continuous process facilities.

This handbook on chemical engineering includes topics such as biochemical engineering, waste management, plant safety and analysis of plant performance, expert systems, and material and energy balances. The accompanying CD-ROM version features problem-solving capabilities.

This book has profiles of 80 Gases. Each profiles include Physical Properties; Description; Specifications; Uses; Toxicity; First Aid; Precautions in Handling and Storage; Leak Detection and Control; Disposal of Leaking Cylinders; Analytical Detection; Fire Prevention and Control; Materials of Construction; Cylinder and Valve Description; Safety Devices; Recommended Controls (Automatic Pressure Regulators; Flowmeters; Electronic Mass Flow Controllers); Shipping Regulations; Commercial... read more

A study of petrochemical reactions and products, process technology, and polymer synthesis. The book reviews and describes the reactions and processes involved in transforming petroleum-based hydrocarbons into the myriad chemicals that form the basis of the multi-billion dollar petrochemical industry. In addition, there is information on new process developments for the production of raw materials and intermediates for petrochemicals that have surfaced since the book's first edition.

A study of applied process design for chemical and petrochemical plants. This is the third volume in the series, and is revised and expanded in this third edition by more than 200 pages to include technological and process developments in heat transfer, refrigeration, compression and compression surge drums, and mechanical drivers. Like the other volumes in the series, it emphasizes how to apply techniques of process design and how to interpret results into mechanical equipment details. It focuses on the applied aspects of chemical engineering design to aid the design and/or project engineers in rating process requirements, specifying for purchasing purposes, and interpreting and selecting the mechanical equipment needed to satisfy the process functions. Process chemical engineering and mechanical hydraulics are included in the design procedures.

There is no other single source which provides the information contained in this book - a must for industry!

Industry has invested substantial funds in computational flow modeling which will pay off only if it can be used to realize significant performance enhancement in chemical reactors.

This book describes how modelling fluid flow in chemical reactors may offer solutions that improve design, operation, and performance of reactors. Computational Flow Modeling for Chemical Reactor Engineering will show the reactor engineer how to define the specific roles of computational flow modelling, select appropriate tools, and apply these tools to link reactor hardware to reactor performance. Overall methodology is illustrated with numerous case studies.

This book focuses on the chemistry and processes for conversion and utilization of carbon dioxide. Topics include CO2 utilization, its conversion to industrial chemicals and fuels, its coversion via synthesis gas, and new catalysts and chemical processes for conversion.

Whether called upon to select or improve a catalyst, design a process, diagnose operating problems, or improve existing processes, this handbook seeks to provide the information needed to form a basis for the task. It offers a starting point by presenting a broad overview of 150 major commercial processes and the heterogeneous catalyst used for each. The author has arranged them according to specific reaction or reaction type, and supplies reference citations for deeper research. He offers insights - based on chemistry, thermodynamics, and surface science - that provide a framework for rational reasoning about catalyst performance. Each entry is cross-referenced by reaction, product, and catalyst.

Process control lore includes tales of multi-million dollar plants that never operated. Though individual controls were well designed, they simply did not work together. This book the first to offer a practical, plantwide approach to preventing such catastrophes. Written by three respected experts and verified in real-life implementations, this book helps you develop effective basic regulator control systems for plants on the drawing board, being revamped, or in full operation. Four realistic case studies (Tennessee-Eastman, isomerization, vinyl acetate, and HDA processes) contribute to making this guide a process control classic.

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The aim of this text is to help chemical engineering students and professionals develop effective control structures for chemical and petroleum plants. It suggests that control strategies can be applied to existing plants, not just those that have been newly constructed.

Now in an expanded second edition, this book provides a practical approach to solving everyday chemical engineering problems, giving clear, detailed procedures for performing calculations, accompanied by fully worked-out examples. It details solutions to problems in: estimating physical and chemical properties; stoichiometry; phase equilibrium; chemical-reaction equilibrium; chemical-reaction kinetics; flow of fluids and solids; heat transfer; and distillation. New to the second edition are sections on drying, evaporation, absorption and environmental engineering in the process plant, as well as a new emphasis on operations-related problems

You can maximize industrial profitability by choosing the right separation process with this authoritative guide. This book will help engineers, chemists, managers, and technicians in the chemical, petroleum, pharaceutical, food, and paper industries maximize profitability by optimizing performance of separation processes. Focusing on the latest distillation, extraction, adsorption, and membrane processes, this up-to-the-minute guide helps you select a cost-effective process; choose a cost-cutting configuration; keep up with cutting-edge technology; and follow up on your choices. Written by two of the leading separation process chemical engineers in the world, this handbook is truly worth its weight in gold to anyone involved in separation process technology.

This guide aims to help readers to tackle and overcome the toughest computational challenges found in chemical engineering on a day-to-day basis. Whether the problem is in liquid, liquid extraction, process operations or plant design, this book sets out to help you have the job planned and underway quickly and accurately. Specific answers are provided to specific problems. The book contains all of the standardized chemical tables and formulas typically needed by professionals and students. This book provides the necessary information in a quick and concise manner for the various chemical properties and chemical processes of industrial operations. It presents data that can be applied to chemical processing of raw materials into useable products, as well as provide information for chemical-process operations and the design of the equipment. "Standard Tables and Formulae for Chemical Engineers" provides a single comprehensive source data that can be used for designing chemical processes and equipment.

This compact desk reference is the new single-volume abridgment of the world-renowned "bible" of chemical technology, the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemcial Technology. Masterfully distilling the essence of this larger work into a useful daily tool, it makes the parent Encyclopedia's comprehensive, authoraitative, and lucidly-written data instantly available in an extremely convenient and user-friendly form.

Like it's predecesor, this indispensible A-to-Z reference features over 1,000 lucidly written entries spanning the entire field of chemical technology and all the important chemical industries. Coverage includes biotechnology, analytical techniques, environmental concerns, fuels, solid-state chemistry, materials, process development and design, regulations, patents and licensing, marketing and economic data and more

Offers a complete treatise on all aspects of adsorptive processes. The text covers all fundamental principles as well as process design and simulation of gas adsorption processes for separation and purification.

A consultant for chemical companies involved in oilfield technology explains the physical chemical problems associated with petroleum byproducts that cause equipment failure, plug pipelines, and decrease throughput, and describes some of the new technologies for dealing with the problems. Considers

Reactors are the basic equipment in any chemical plant. This collection of solved problems in elementary chemical reaction kinetics describes their process design from an engineer's point of view. Each chapter begins with a brief statement of definition and theory accompanied by original problems and others modified from existing literature. The book covers numerical techniques, analysis of rate data, sizes and performances of ideal reactors, residence time distributions and performance of non-ideal models, solid catalysed reactions, behaviour of porous catalysts, and reactions between multiple phases including biochemical processes. The problems, numbering over 1000, are classified into 54 categories. Solutions are mostly presented as graphs or tables with some key theoretical developments given in problem form.

In chemical, petroleum, air-conditioning and refrigeration engineering, the engineer often encounters systems where gases and condensing vapours co-exist. Key data describing the behaviour of such mixtures can be obtained by consulting an appropriate psychometric chart. This book brings together over 270 such charts, covering most of the systems likely to be encountered by chemical, petroleum, air-conditioning and refrigeration engineers. The condition of a mixture of a gas and a condensing vapour can be represented by a single point on an appropriate psychrometric chart. This point can usually be fixed using two pieces of data and, once defined, the chart can be used to determine other information concerning the gas mixture. For example, if a point is defined using the dry bulb temperature of a mixture and its relative humidity, a range of other properties, such as dew point, specific volume, specific enthalpy, absolute humidity and adiabatic saturation temperature can easily be found without recourse to lengthy calculation. In this book, following an introductory chapter on the construction and use of the charts, over 270 charts covering a wide range of systems at various temperatures and pressures are presented. These charts are based on a model characterizing the behaviour of the vapour phase using the Virial Equation of State and take into account the solubility of gas components in the condensed vapour. In use they offer the engineer rapid access to accurate, concise and otherwise difficult to obtain data. This book should be of interest to: chemical and environmental engineers in private consulting firms and government agencies; mechanical and petroleum engineers in similar firms; and lecturers in chemical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering and air conditioning engineering.

A major revision of McGraw-Hill's classic handbook that provides practical data and know-how on the design, application, specification, purchase, operation, troublshooting, and maintenance of pumps of every type. It is an essential working tool for engineers in a wide variety of industries all those who are pump specialists, in addition to those who need to acquaint themselves with pump technology. Contributed to by over 75 distinguished professionals and specialists in each and every area of practical pump technology.

This second edition contains the complete definitions and descriptions of all ANSI and API piping materials. Flanges, fittings, bolts and gaskets are explained clearly, with photographs and tables presenting visual answers for pipe fitting problems. New information is included on pipeline pigs, pig launchers and pig receivers, with illustrations of the various types available. New tabular information in the first section of the book gives suggested materials for use in different line services temperatures, and a section on unit conversion has been added.

Distillation is the most widely used industrial method of separating liquid mixtures and represents one of the most important processes conducted in chemical and petroleum plants. Written by experts in the field, this title is the most complete source of information on distillation ever published

A text/reference for a production facility design course in petroleum engineering programs, presenting basic concepts and techniques in designing, specifying, and managing oil field surface production facilities. Describes equipment and processes commonly used in oil-water separating and treating

A supplement for "Pipe Drafting and Design", this student workbook contains a brief description of the problems in the text, as well as instructions necessary to satisfactorily solve the problems using both manual and AutoCAD methods. Included are problems relating to fitting, flange and valve sizing, assembled piping configurations, piping isometrics; dimensioning of piping isometrics, fraction-to-decimal and decimal-to-fraction conversions, right-triangle calculations, rolling offset development and dimensioning and a comprehensive flow diagram and piping plan project. A computer disk containing AutoCAD problems is also included.

This is a complete, practical, up-to-the-minute guide to the use of subsurface mapping and cross-section techniques in the search for oil and gas deposits. Daniel Tearpock - one of the fields leading consultants - offers systematic coverage of the fields key principles and newest advances. The book will be invaluable to every engineer involved in exploration and exploitation - and will be especially useful in the "detailed second look" applications that can identify large new reserves in areas that are maturely developed.

KEY TOPICS- This thoroughly updated and expanded Second Edition brings together a wealth of information from the published literature, as well as significant material never before published. Tearpock introduces key subsurface mapping and cross section techniques applicable to all four major petroleum-related tectonic settings- extensional, compressional, diapiric salt, and strike-slip tectonics. He also reflects significant improvements in the understanding and use of computer-based log correlation, cross section construction, and 3D seismic interpretation. The books techniques for correctly mapping well data and structural balancing are exceptionally well suited for "detailed second looks" at fields that have already been exploited.

MARKET- For all geologists, geophysicists, petroleum engineers, and chemical engineers who prepare subsurface geological maps in connection with oil and gas exploration; and for supervisors, managers, technical assistants, and others who rely on those maps.

This new edition contains chapters on process synthesis, computer-aided design and design of chemical reactors. The economic analysis has been updated. Numerous real examples include computer or hand solutions, with an increased emphasis on computer use in design, economic evaluation and optimization. Concepts, strategies and approaches to computer use are featured. These are not tied to particular software programs and therefore apply to a wide range of applications software.

This revised edition covers the technical performance and mechanical details of converting the chemical and petrochemical process into appropriate hardware for distillation and packed towers. It incorporates recent advances and several major innovations in distillation and contracting devices and new generations of packing. In addition, this edition reflects the significant progress that has been made in process design techniques in recent years. As with previous editions, this version enhances its practicality by adding example calculation techniques for preparing preliminary and final rating designs. Although in some instances it includes manufacturers' procedures (with permission), notes clearly indicate when manufacturers should verify results. Throughout the text, illustrations and rating charts contribute to the book's utility, providing the process designer/engineer greater latitude in evaluating processes and selecting hardware for various applications. In addition, it includes findings from recent literature to provide alternate design methods that give the designer new ways to verify calculations.

This work unites the gap between the theory and practice of what is arguably the most common stimulation/well completion technique in petroleum production--fracturing. Even more important, the book takes a central position in what is the most critical link in the sequence of events in this type of well stimulation, the sizing and the design of hydraulic fracture treatments.

~Bernt S. Aadony
Gulf Publishing
Hardcover - 1 July, 1997
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This thoroughly updated edition of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook provides practical information on the design, operation, troubleshooting, and optimization of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) facilities. Based on the author’s years of field experience, this expanded, second edition covers the latest technologies to improve the profitability and reliability of the FCC units, and provides several “no-to-low-cost†practical recommendations. A new chapter supplies valuable recommendations for debottlenecking and optimizing the performance of cat cracker operations.

A new edition of the standard text/reference for analysis and design of petrochemical process equipment, revised to reflect current practice. Covers the theory of plates and shells and its industrial applications, and provides background for some of the design equations in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII. This Second Edition offers a new chapter on design of power boilers, and existing chapters have been expanded to cover new topics such as toughness criteria, design of expansion joints, and tube-to-tubesheet parameters. Also provides revised coverage of design of water tanks, heat tube exchangers, and noncircular vessels. Appendixes contain extensive data for quick reference.

One of the most important commodity chemicals today, ammonia is extensively used in fertilizers, general chemical processing, explosives, solvents, nylons and other polymers, polyurethanes, foam rubber, aluminum etching, cleaning agents, pharmaceuticals, and more. Written by a well-known industry expert, this book provides a detailed overview of the industry--including the historical perspective through industrial processes, the setup and revamping of ammonia production plants, storage and shipping, environmental and economic considerations, and future trends.

Ammonia is one of the 10 largest commodity chemicals produced. The editor, Anders Nielsen, is research director with one of the largest industrial catalyst producers. He has compiled a complete reference on all aspects of catalytical ammonia production in industry, from thermodynamics and kinetics to reactor and plant design. One chapter deals with safety aspects of ammonia handling and storage.

After the excellent works by Fairlie (prewar)and Duecker and West (pre DCDA)an equally authentic and authoratitive reference, updating the information and knowledge and state of the art, was gravely missed by industry. This book has impeccable credentials- both for authencity and depth- written as it is by experts from Lurgi, and published by British Sulphur, the most reverred and authoritative sources for information on Sulphuric Acid. Concern for a cleaner environment, maximising the energy recovery, and built-in reliability are the key issues in Sulphuric Acid industry. The authors have provided intensive data and information on all these aspects, making this work the most reverred source for those having anything to do with Sulphuric Acid production and plant design.

Dr. R. Peter King covers the field of quantitative modeling of mineral processing equipment and the use of these models to simulate the actual behaviour of ore dressing and coal washing as they are configured to work in industrial practice.

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“… The Organic Synthesis Workbook is an ideal compilation of state-of-the-art modern synthesis which wonderfully showcases the latest advances in synthetic chemistry in combination with fundamentals in a question-and-answer format. The structure of the book is such that the reader can appreciate the intricacies of strategic planning, reagent tailoring, and structural analysis within the context of the individual synthetic chemistry... read more

Provides information on the application of analytical techniques, such as GC, LC, IR, and XRF for analysing and measuring water, solid and atmospheric samples and for monitoring environmental pollutants. * Emphasizes Field Analysis, reflecting the growing application of this technique

* Information on sampling strategies - reflecting growth in this area * Includes sections on solid and liquid extraction techniques * Ideal as a self-study aid or as a taught course