A working guide to process equipment Print resource] /
by Norman P. Lieberman, Elizabeth T. Lieberman.
- 3rd ed.
- New York, Ill. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC, c 2008.
- (xxix, 591 p.) : ill., figs., tables.
- McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering .
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Third edition"-- Cover Previous edition: 2008. Previous ed.: published as by Norman P. Lieberman and Elizabeth T. Lieberman. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
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Applicable to a broad range of technicians and industries and fully updated throughout, A Working Guide to Process Equipment, Fourth Edition, explains how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and correct problems with chemical and petroleum refining process equipment. Nine new chapters cover: • Tray design details • Shell-and-tube heat exchanger design details • Relief valve system design • Vapor lock and exchanger flooding in steam systems • Steam generation operating and design details • Wastewater strippers • Thermodynamics–how it applies to process equipment • Centrifugal pumps–reducing seal and bearing failures • Hand calculations for distillation towers • Vapor–liquid equilibrium, absorption, and stripping calculations Filled with examples and illustrations, this practical resource demonstrates how theory applies to solving real-world plant operation problems. Selected hand calculation methods are also provided.
9780071496742
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Process equipment
Chemical engineering--Equipment and supplies. Production engineering--Equipment and supplies. Chemical plants--Equipment and supplies.