Working Guide to Process Equipment, Third Edition
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Working Guide to Process Equipment, Fourth Edition
by: Norman Lieberman, Elizabeth Lieberman
Abstract: 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.
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Table of Contents
- A. Foreword
- B. Preface to Third Edition
- C. Preface to Second Edition
- D. Preface to First Edition
- E. Introduction
- F. Acknowledgments
- 1. Process Equipment Fundamentals
- 2. Basic Terms and Conditions
- 3. How Trays Work: Flooding
- 4. How Trays Work: Dumping
- 5. Why Control Tower Pressure
- 6. What Drives Distillation Towers
- 7. How Reboilers Work
- 8. Inspecting Tower Internals
- 9. How Instruments Work
- 10. Packed Towers: Better than Trays?
- 11. Steam and Condensate Systems
- 12. Bubble Point and Dew Point
- 13. Steam Strippers
- 14. Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics
- 15. Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows
- 16. Condensers and Tower Pressure Control
- 17. Air Coolers
- 18. Deaerators and Steam Systems
- 19. Vacuum Systems: Steam Jet Ejectors
- 20. Steam Turbines
- 21. Surface Condensers
- 22. Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
- 23. Heat Exchanger Innovations
- 24. Fired Heaters: Fire- and Flue-Gas Side
- 25. Fired Heaters: Process Side
- 26. Refrigeration Systems
- 27. Cooling Water Systems
- 28. Catalytic Effects: Equilibrium and Kinetics
- 29. Centrifugal Pumps: Fundamentals of Operation
- 30. Centrifugal Pumps: Driver Limits
- 31. Centrifugal Pumps: Suction Pressure Limits
- 32. Control Valves
- 33. Separators: Vapor-Hydrocarbon-Water
- 34. Gas Compression: The Basic Idea
- 35. Centrifugal Compressors and Surge
- 36. Reciprocating Compressors
- 37. Compressor Efficiency
- 38. Safety Concerns
- 39. Corrosion—Process Units
- 40. Fluid Flow in Pipes
- 41. Super-Fractionation Separation Stage
- 42. Computer Modeling and Control
- 43. Field Troubleshooting Process Problems
- A. Glossary
- B. The Norm Lieberman Video Library of Troubleshooting Process Operations
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Expanded Table of Contents
- A. Foreword
- B. Preface to Third Edition
- C. Preface to Second Edition
- D. Preface to First Edition
- E. Introduction
- F. Acknowledgments
- 1. Process Equipment Fundamentals
- 2. Basic Terms and Conditions
- 3. How Trays Work: Flooding
- 4. How Trays Work: Dumping
- 5. Why Control Tower Pressure
- 6. What Drives Distillation Towers
- 7. How Reboilers Work
- 8. Inspecting Tower Internals
- 9. How Instruments Work
- 10. Packed Towers: Better than Trays?
- 11. Steam and Condensate Systems
- 12. Bubble Point and Dew Point
- 13. Steam Strippers
- 14. Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics
- 15. Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows
- 16. Condensers and Tower Pressure Control
- 17. Air Coolers
- 18. Deaerators and Steam Systems
- 19. Vacuum Systems: Steam Jet Ejectors
- 20. Steam Turbines
- 21. Surface Condensers
- 22. Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
- 23. Heat Exchanger Innovations
- 24. Fired Heaters: Fire- and Flue-Gas Side
- 25. Fired Heaters: Process Side
- 26. Refrigeration Systems
- 27. Cooling Water Systems
- 28. Catalytic Effects: Equilibrium and Kinetics
- 29. Centrifugal Pumps: Fundamentals of Operation
- 30. Centrifugal Pumps: Driver Limits
- 31. Centrifugal Pumps: Suction Pressure Limits
- 32. Control Valves
- 33. Separators: Vapor-Hydrocarbon-Water
- 34. Gas Compression: The Basic Idea
- 35. Centrifugal Compressors and Surge
- 36. Reciprocating Compressors
- 37. Compressor Efficiency
- 38. Safety Concerns
- 39. Corrosion—Process Units
- 40. Fluid Flow in Pipes
- Field Engineer’s Method for Estimating Pipe Flow
- Field Pressure Drop Survey
- Line Sizing for Low-Viscosity and Turbulent Flow
- Frictional Pressure Loss in Rough and Smooth Pipe
- Special Case for Laminar Flow
- Smooth Pipes and Turbulent Flow
- Very Rough Pipes and Very Turbulent Flow
- Non-Newtonian Fluids
- Some Types of Flow Behavior
- Viscoelastic Fluids
- Identifying the Type of Flow Behavior
- Apparent and Effective Viscosity of Non-newtonian Liquids
- The Power Law or Ostwald de Waele Model
- Generalized Reynolds Numbers
- 41. Super-Fractionation Separation Stage
- 42. Computer Modeling and Control
- 43. Field Troubleshooting Process Problems
- A. Glossary
- B. The Norm Lieberman Video Library of Troubleshooting Process Operations
Book Details
Title: Working Guide to Process Equipment, Third Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, San Juan, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ISBN: 9780071496742
Authors:
Norman Lieberman is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Elizabeth Lieberman is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Description: 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.
