Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers

by Stephen M Hall

Overview

This new edition of the most complete handbook for chemical and process engineers incorporates the latest information for engineers and practitioners who depend on it as a working tool. New material explores the recent trends and updates of gas treating and fractionator computer solutions analysis. Substantial additions to this edition include a new section on gasification that reflects the many new trends and techniques in the field and a treatment on compressible fluid flow.This convenient volume provides engineers with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts, and calculations to quickly and accurately solve day-to-day design, operations, and equipment problems. Here, in a compact, easy-to-use format, are practical tips, handy formulas, correlations, curves, charts, tables, and shortcut methods that will save engineers valuable time and effort.

• The standard handbook for chemical and process engineers
• All new material on pinch point analysis on networks of heat exchangers and updates on gas treating in process design and heat transfer
• Hundreds of common sense techniques and calculations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080456447
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/31/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	35 MB
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About the Author

Carl R. Branan has more than 40 years of worldwide experience in process design and troubleshooting in oil, chemicals, fibers, polymers, coal, natural gas, and LNG. Before retiring from El Paso Natural Gas, he served a process engineer, plant engineer, and project engineer. Mr. Branan is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and is the author of several books on process engineering and fractionators, including Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers.

Table of Contents

Section One: Equipment Design1. Fluid Flow2. Heat Exchangers3. Fractionators4. Absorbers5. Pumps6. Compressors7. Drivers8. Separators/Accumulators9. Boilers10. Cooling Towers

Section Two: Process Design11. Refrigeration12. Gasification (by Chris Higman)13. Gas Treating (updated by Chris Higman)14. Vacuum Systems15. Pneumatic Conveying16. Blending

Section Three: Plant Design17. Process Evaluation18. Reliability19. Metallurgy20. Safety21. Controls

Section Four: Operations22. Troubleshooting23. Startup24. Energy Conservation25. Shortcut Methods for Decisions26. Process Modelling Using Linear Programming 27. Properties28. Approximate Conversion FactorsAppendix1: Shortcut Equipment Design Methods – Overview2: Geographic Information Systems3: Archimedes’ Method Goes Modern4: Process Safety Management5 Do-it-Yourself Shortcut Methods6: Overview for Engineering Students7: Guidelines for Equipment Decisions8: Process Specification Sheets

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

For over 15 years chemical engineers have reached for Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers to answer their process engineering problems and to help them get on with the job.

Editorial Reviews

"Branan's useful and convenient handbook for chemical and process engineers (at a bargain price) will be much appreciated by students and practitioners..." —American Reference Books Annual

"...this book is a handy reference tool for preliminary designs, and has some very useful information on several aspects of plant operation." —Chemical Engineering"Carl Branan's book provides a huge amount of valuable information on a wide variety of chemical engineering applications from sizing pipelines to economic evaluation of process options." —IChemE: Institute of Chemical Engineers)

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