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Rules of thumb for chemical engineers / Stephen Hall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Stephen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical engineering--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Chemical engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2018.
- Summary:
- "[T]he most complete guide for chemical and process engineers who need reliable and authoritative solutions to on-the-job problems. The text has been comprehensively revised and updated with new data and formulas. This book will help solve process design problems quickly, accurately, and safely, with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts, and calculations. Its concise sections detail the steps needed to answer critical design questions and challenges. The book discusses physical properties for proprietary materials, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, process design, closed-loop heat transfer systems, heat exchangers, packed columns, and structured packings"-- Back cover.
- Contents:
- Safety
- Process evaluation
- Process modeling
- Fluid flow
- Vessels
- Blending and agitation
- Pumps
- Fans, blowers, and compressors
- Vacuum systems
- Pneumatic conveying
- Filtration
- Heat exchangers
- Closed-loop heat transfer systems
- Fractionators
- Absorbers
- Controls
- Biopharmaceutical systems
- Bioprocessing
- Energy conservation
- Drivers
- Boilers
- Cooling towers
- Refrigeration
- Reliability
- Metallurgy
- Troubleshooting
- Startup
- Conversion factors and constants
- Properties.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-12-811038-4
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