Troubleshooting Process Plant Control: A Practical Guide to Avoiding and Correcting Mistakes - Hardcover

Lieberman, Norman P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1119267765 ISBN 13: 9781119267768

Publisher: Wiley, 2017

Synopsis

Examines real life problems and solutions for operators and engineers running process controls * Expands on the first book with the addition of five new chapters as well as new troubleshooting examples * Written for the working operator and engineer, with straightforward instruction not hinged on complex math * Includes real-life examples of control problems that commonly arise and how to fix them * Emphasizes single and well-established process engineering principles that will help working engineers and operators switch manual control loops to automatic control

About this title

From the Back Cover

Easy-to-implement solutions that don't require complex mathematics

Without resorting to complicated concepts, Troubleshooting Process Plant Control, Second Edition provides readers the skills needed to solve typical problems in process control. It's filled with real-life examples of problems that commonly arise in process control alongside common sense solutions. Moreover, the text is exceptionally easy to understand. While there are many new control concepts presented, they are all solidly based on decades-old technical concepts.

The new edition expands on the first book with the addition of five new chapters as well as new troubleshooting examples throughout the text. It emphasizes well-established process engineering principles that enable engineers and operators to switch from manual control loops to automatic control. Among the new chapters presented are:

• Reboiler, feed preheat, refrigeration unit, and vaporizer control
• Air cooler and shell and tube condenser control
• Boiler plant and de-aerator, condensate recovery, and demineralizer control
• "Inverted" response to a changed process variable
• Controlling catalytic process units

With its straightforward explanations, clear examples, and easy-to-implement solutions, this book is ideal for all plant console operators and process engineers.

About the Author

Norman Lieberman is a practicing Chemical Engineer with 54 years of design, operation, and troubleshooting experience. His clients are refineries and petrochemical plants. He is well known in the process industry for instructing technical process seminars, primarily for refineries and petrochemical plants.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1119267765
• ISBN 13: 9781119267768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336