Chemical process equipment : selection and design / James R. Couper, W. Roy Penney, James R. Fair, Stanley M. Walas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couper, James R.

Contributor:

Penney, W. Roy.

Fair, James R.

Walas, Stanley M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical processes--Equipment and supplies.

Chemical processes.

Chemical engineering--Equipment and supplies.

Chemical engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (831 p.)

Edition:

Rev. 2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA ; London : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A facility is only as efficient and profitable as the equipment that is in it. This highly influential book is a powerful resource for chemical, process, or plant engineers who need to select, design or configure plant successfully and profitably. Written by some of the most experienced and well-known chemical and process engineers in the industry today, this information-packed volume gives the chemical or process engineer or engineering student all of the guidelines for the design and selection of chemical process equipment. Comprehensive and practical, its scope and emphasis on rea

Contents:

Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 0 RULES OF THUMB: SUMMARY; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1. Process Design; 1.2. Equipment; 1.3. Categories of Engineering Practice; 1.4. Sources of Information for Process Design; 1.5. Codes, Standards, and Recommended Practices; 1.6. Material and Energy Balances; 1.7.Economic Balance; 1.8. Design Safety Factors; 1.9. Safety of Plant and Environment; 1.10. Steam and Power Supply; 1.11. Design Basis; 1.12. Laboratory and Pilot Plant Work

ReferencesCHAPTER 2 FLOWSHEETS; 2.1. Block Flowsheets; 2.2. Process Flowsheets; 2.3. Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID); 2.4. Utility Flowsheets; 2.5. Drawing of Flowsheets; References; CHAPTER 3 PROCESS CONTROL; 3.1. The Feedback Control Loop; 3.2. Control Loop Performance and Tuning Procedures; 3.3. Single Stream Control; 3.4. Unit Operation Control; References; CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS FOR MOVING EQUIPMENT; 4.1. Motors; 4.2. Steam Turbines and Gas Expanders; 4.3. Combustion Gas Turbines and Engines; References; CHAPTER 5 TRANSFER OF SOLIDS; 5.1. Slurry Transport; 5.2. Pneumatic Conveying

5.3. Mechanical Conveyors and Elevators5.4. Chutes; 5.5. Solids Feeders; References; CHAPTER 6 FLOW OF FLUIDS; 6.1. Properties and Units; 6.2. Energy Balance of a Flowing Fluid; 6.3. Liquids; 6.4. Pipeline Networks; 6.5. Optimum Pipe Diameter; 6.6. Non-Newtonian Liquids; 6.7. Gases; 6.8. Liquid-Gas Flow in Pipelines; 6.9. Granular and Packed Beds; 6.10. Gas-Solid Transfer; 6.11. Fluidization of Beds of Particles with Gases; References; CHAPTER 7 FLUID TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; 7.1. Piping; 7.2. Pump Theory; 7.3. Pump Characteristics; 7.4. Criteria for Selection of Pumps

7.5. Equipment for Gas Transport7.6. Theory and Calculations of Gas Compression; 7.7. Ejector and Vacuum Systems; References; CHAPTER 8 HEAT TRANSFER AND HEAT EXCHANGERS; 8.1. Conduction of Heat; 8.2. Mean Temperature Difference; 8.3. Heat Transfer Coefficients; 8.4. Data of Heat Transfer Coefficients; 8.5. Pressure Drop in Heat Exchangers; 8.6. Types of Heat Exchangers; 8.7. Shell-And-Tube Heat Exchangers; 8.8 Condensers; 8.9. Reboilers; 8.10. Evaporators; 8.11. Fired Heaters; 8.12. Insulation of Equipment; 8.13. Refrigeration; References; CHAPTER 9 DRYERS AND COOLING TOWERS

9.1. Interaction of Air and Water9.2. Rate of Drying; 9.3. Classification and General Characteristics of Dryers; 9.4. Batch Dryers; 9.5. Continuous Tray and Conveyor Belt Dryers; 9.6. Rotary Cylindrical Dryers; 9.7. Drum Dryers for Solutions and Slurries; 9.8. Pneumatic Conveying Dryers; 9.9. Flash and Ring Dryers; 9.10. Fluidized Bed Dryers; 9.11. Spray Dryers; 9.12. Cooling Towers; References; CHAPTER 10 MIXING AND AGITATION; 10.1. A Basic Stirred Tank Design; 10.2. Vessel Flow Patterns; 10.3. Agitator Power Requirements; 10.4. Impeller Pumping; 10.5. Tank Blending; 10.6. Heat Transfer

10.7. Vortex Depth

Notes:

Previous ed.: London: Elsevier, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-30912-9

9786612309120

0-08-091972-3

OCLC:

524984733