Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers, Sixth Edition, is the most complete guide for chemical and process engineers who need reliable and authoritative solutions to on-the-job problems. The text is comprehensively revised and updated with new data and formulas. The book helps solve process design problems quickly, accurately and safely, with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts and calculations. Its concise sections detail the steps needed to answer critical design questions and challenges. The book discusses physical properties for proprietary materials, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, process design, closed-loop heat transfer systems, heat exchangers, packed columns and structured packings.
This book will help you: save time you no longer have to spend on theory or derivations; improve accuracy by exploiting well tested and accepted methods culled from industry experts; and save money by reducing reliance on consultants. The book brings together solutions, information and work-arounds from engineers in the process industry.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. xiii 6. Chapter 1: Safety - p. xiii 7. Chapter 2: Process Evaluation - p. 16 8. Chapter 3: Process Modeling - p. 35 9. Chapter 4: Fluid Flow - p. 45 10. Chapter 5: Vessels - p. 78 11. Chapter 6: Blending and Agitation - p. 97 12. Chapter 7: Pumps - p. 124 13. Chapter 8: Fans, Blowers, and Compressors - p. 142 14. Chapter 9: Vacuum Systems - p. 159 15. Chapter 10: Pneumatic Conveying - p. 171 16. Chapter 11: Filtration - p. 185 17. Chapter 12: Heat Exchangers - p. 195 18. Chapter 13: Closed-Loop Heat Transfer Systems - p. 230 19. Chapter 14: Fractionators - p. 250 20. Chapter 15: Absorbers - p. 292 21. Chapter 16: Controls - p. 303 22. Chapter 17: Biopharmaceutical Systems - p. 315 23. Chapter 18: Bioprocessing - p. 328 24. Chapter 19: Energy Conservation - p. 343 25. Chapter 20: Drivers - p. 354 26. Chapter 21: Boilers - p. 369 27. Chapter 22: Cooling Towers - p. 386 28. Chapter 23: Refrigeration - p. 395 29. Chapter 24: Reliability - p. 411 30. Chapter 25: Metallurgy - p. 416 31. Chapter 26: Troubleshooting - p. 430 32. Chapter 27: Startup - p. 447 33. Chapter 28: Conversion Factors and Constants - p. 458 34. Chapter 29: Properties - p. 461 35. Appendix A: Resources - p. 484 36. Appendix B: Tank Cleaning - p. 491 37. Index - p. 497
Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers, Sixth Edition, is the most complete guide for chemical and process engineers who need reliable and authoritative solutions to on-the-job problems. The text is comprehensively revised and updated with new data and formulas. The book helps solve process design problems quickly, accurately and safely, with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts and calculations. Its concise sections detail the steps needed to answer critical design questions and challenges. The book discusses physical properties for proprietary materials, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, process design, closed-loop heat transfer systems, heat exchangers, packed columns and structured packings.
This book will help you: save time you no longer have to spend on theory or derivations; improve accuracy by exploiting well tested and accepted methods culled from industry experts; and save money by reducing reliance on consultants. The book brings together solutions, information and work-arounds from engineers in the process industry.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. xiii 6. Chapter 1: Safety - p. xiii 7. Chapter 2: Process Evaluation - p. 16 8. Chapter 3: Process Modeling - p. 35 9. Chapter 4: Fluid Flow - p. 45 10. Chapter 5: Vessels - p. 78 11. Chapter 6: Blending and Agitation - p. 97 12. Chapter 7: Pumps - p. 124 13. Chapter 8: Fans, Blowers, and Compressors - p. 142 14. Chapter 9: Vacuum Systems - p. 159 15. Chapter 10: Pneumatic Conveying - p. 171 16. Chapter 11: Filtration - p. 185 17. Chapter 12: Heat Exchangers - p. 195 18. Chapter 13: Closed-Loop Heat Transfer Systems - p. 230 19. Chapter 14: Fractionators - p. 250 20. Chapter 15: Absorbers - p. 292 21. Chapter 16: Controls - p. 303 22. Chapter 17: Biopharmaceutical Systems - p. 315 23. Chapter 18: Bioprocessing - p. 328 24. Chapter 19: Energy Conservation - p. 343 25. Chapter 20: Drivers - p. 354 26. Chapter 21: Boilers - p. 369 27. Chapter 22: Cooling Towers - p. 386 28. Chapter 23: Refrigeration - p. 395 29. Chapter 24: Reliability - p. 411 30. Chapter 25: Metallurgy - p. 416 31. Chapter 26: Troubleshooting - p. 430 32. Chapter 27: Startup - p. 447 33. Chapter 28: Conversion Factors and Constants - p. 458 34. Chapter 29: Properties - p. 461 35. Appendix A: Resources - p. 484 36. Appendix B: Tank Cleaning - p. 491 37. Index - p. 497
