Lieberman, Norman P.

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 . - McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering. .

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

R-33362


Process equipment


Chemical engineering--Equipment and supplies.
Production engineering--Equipment and supplies.
Chemical plants--Equipment and supplies.

TP181.L53 / .L53

TP181.L53 / .L53