A Working Guide to Process Equipment (McGraw-Hill Professional Engineering) - Hardcover

Lieberman, Norman; Lieberman, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071390871 ISBN 13: 9780071390873

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2003

Synopsis

Working Guide to Process Equipment, 2nd Ed. carefully and clearly explains all the basic technical issues that you need to know to trouble-shoot most process equipment problems. This guide contains a wealth of useful diagnostic tips, worked-out calculations, practical examples, and informative illustrations to help you quickly pinpoint trouble and repair typical malfunctions in: Trayed and packed distillation towers; Natural and forced reboilers; Partial and total condensers; Steam systems and deaerators; Vaccuum systems; Fired heaters; Shell and tube heat exchangers; Centrifugal compressors; Gas turbines and reciprocating engines; Centrifugal pumps and motor drivers.

In no time at all, this essential problem-solving manual will become your most trusted on-the-job tool for dealing effectively wtih costly equipment malfunctions.

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From the Back Cover

UNDERSTAND HOW PROCESS EQUIPMENT WORKS – AND IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AT A GLANCE

This Second Edition of what has become a classic in the field carefully and clearly explains everything you need to know to fully understand how process equipment works and effectively troubleshoot even the most complex process equipment problem.

Drawing upon their decades of experience, the authors shed light on the inner workings of continuous process equipment for a broad range of technicians and industries, including plant operators and supervisors and service engineers in chemical, refining, pharmaceutical, and fertilizer plants. Here, in one resource, is a wealth of useful diagnostic tips, practical examples, and illuminating illustrations to help you quickly pinpoint trouble and repair typical malfunctions in:
* Trayed and packed distillation towers
* Natural and forced reboilers
* Partial and total condensers
* Steam systems and deaerators
* Vacuum systems
* Fired heaters
* Shell and tube heat exchanges
* Centrifugal compressors
* Gas turbines and reciprocating engines
* Centrifugal pumps and motor drivers

The new Second Edition includes new and expanded coverage of:
* Fluid flow and non-newtonian fluids
* Field troubleshooting problems
* Corrosion and metallurgy
* Computer modeling and control

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071390871
• ISBN 13: 9780071390873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 527