Working Guide to Process Equipment, Third Edition
- 9h 19m
- Norman P. Lieberman
- McGraw-Hill
- 2008
Diagnose and Troubleshoot Problems in Chemical Process Equipment with This Updated Classic!
Chemical engineers and plant operators can rely on the Third Edition of A Working Guide to Process Equipment for the latest diagnostic tips, practical examples, and detailed illustrations for pinpointing trouble and correcting problems in chemical process equipment. This updated classic contains new chapters on Control Valves, Cooling Towers, Waste Heat Boilers, Catalytic Effects, Fundamental Concepts of Process Equipment, and Process Safety.
Filled with worked-out calculations, the book examines everything from trays, reboilers, instruments, air coolers, and steam turbines…to fired heaters, refrigeration systems, centrifugal pumps, separators, and compressors. The authors simplify complex issues and explain the technical issues needed to solve all kinds of equipment problems. Comprehensive and clear, the Third Edition of A Working Guide to Process Equipment features:
- Guidance on diagnosing and troubleshooting process equipment problems
- Explanations of how theory applies to real-world equipment operations
- Many useful tips, examples, illustrations, and worked-out calculations
- New to this edition: Control Valves, Cooling Towers, Waste Heat Boilers, Catalytic Effects, and Process Safety
Inside this Renowned Guide to Solving Process Equipment Problems
• Trays • Tower Pressure • Distillation Towers • Reboilers • Instruments • Packed Towers • Steam and Condensate Systems • Bubble Point and Dew Point • Steam Strippers • Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics • Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows • Condensers and Tower Pressure Control • Air Coolers • Deaerators and Steam Systems • Vacuum Systems • Steam Turbines • Surface Condensers • Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers • Fire Heaters • Refrigeration Systems • Centrifugal Pumps • Separators • Compressors • Safety • Corrosion • Fluid Flow • Computer Modeling and Control • Field Troubleshooting Process Problems
In this Book
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Process Equipment Fundamentals
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Basic Terms and Conditions
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How Trays Work: Flooding—Downcomer Backup
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How Trays Work: Dumping—Weeping through Tray Decks
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Why Control Tower Pressure—Options for Optimizing Tower Operating Pressure
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What Drives Distillation Towers—Reboiler Function
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How Reboilers Work—Thermosyphon, Gravity Feed, and Forced
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Inspecting Tower Internals
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How Instruments Work—Levels, Pressures, Flows, and Temperatures
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Packed Towers: Better than Trays?—Packed-Bed Vapor and Liquid Distribution
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Steam and Condensate Systems—Water Hammer and Condensate Backup Steam-Side Reboiler Control
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Bubble Point and Dew Point—Equilibrium Concepts in Vapor-Liquid Mixtures
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Steam Strippers—Source of Latent Heat of Vaporization
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Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics—Nozzle Cavitation Due to Lack of Hydrostatic Head
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Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows—Closing the Tower Enthalpy Balance
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Condensers and Tower Pressure Control—Hot-Vapor Bypass: Flooded Condenser Control
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Air Coolers—Fin-Fan Coolers
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Deaerators and Steam Systems—Generating Steam in Boilers and BFW Preparation
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Vacuum Systems: Steam Jet Ejectors—Steam Jet Ejectors
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Steam Turbines—Use of Horsepower Valves and Correct Speed Control
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Surface Condensers—The Condensing Steam Turbine
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Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers—Heat-Transfer Fouling Resistance
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Heat Exchanger Innovations
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Fired Heaters: Fire- and Flue-Gas Side—Draft and Afterburn; Optimizing Excess Air
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Fired Heaters: Process Side—Coking Furnace Tubes and Tube Failures
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Refrigeration Systems—An Introduction to Centrifugal Compressors
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Cooling Water Systems
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Catalytic Effects: Equilibrium and Kinetics
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Centrifugal Pumps: Fundamentals of Operation—Head, Flow, and Pressure
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Centrifugal Pumps: Driver Limits—Electric Motors and Steam Turbines
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Centrifugal Pumps: Suction Pressure Limits—Cavitation and Net Positive Suction Head
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Control Valves
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Separators: Vapor-Hydrocarbon-Water—Liquid Settling Rates
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Gas Compression: The Basic Idea—The Second Law of Thermodynamics Made Easy
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Centrifugal Compressors and Surge—Overamping the Motor Driver
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Reciprocating Compressors—The Carnot Cycle; Use of Indicator Card
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Compressor Efficiency—Effect on Driver Load
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Safety Concerns—Relief Valves, Corrosion, and Safety Trips
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Corrosion—Process Units
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Fluid Flow in Pipes—Basic Ideas to Evaluate Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Flow
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Super-Fractionation Separation Stage
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Computer Modeling and Control
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Field Troubleshooting Process Problems
