Chemical Process Equipment
eBook - PDF

Chemical Process Equipment

Selection and Design

  1. 776 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Chemical Process Equipment

Selection and Design

About this book

Comprehensive and practical guide to the selection and design of a wide range of chemical process equipment. Emphasis is placed on real-world process design and performance of equipment. Provides examples of successful applications, with numerous drawings, graphs, and tables to show the functioning and performance of the equipment. Equipment rating forms and manufacturers' questionnaires are collected to illustrate the data essential to process design. Includes a chapter on equipment cost and addresses economic concerns. - Practical guide to the selection and design of a wide range of chemical process equipment. Examples of successful, real-world applications are provided - Fully revised and updated with valuable shortcut methods, rules of thumb, and equipment rating forms and manufacturers' questionnaires have been collected to demonstrate the design process. Many line drawings, graphs, and tables illustrate performance data - Chapter 19 has been expanded to cover new information on membrane separation. Approximately 100 worked examples are included. End of chapter references also are provided

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Yes, you can access Chemical Process Equipment by James R. Couper,W Roy Penney,James R. Fair,Stanley M. Walas,W. Roy Penney in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Chemical & Biochemical Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. front cover
  2. copyright
  3. table of contents
  4. front matter
  5. Preface to the second edition
  6. Preface to the first edition
  7. Contributors
  8. 0. RULES OF THUMB: SUMMARY
  9. body
  10. 1. INTRODUCTION
  11. 2. FLOWSHEETS
  12. 3. PROCESS CONTROL
  13. 4. DRIVERS FOR MOVING EQUIPMENT
  14. 5. TRANSFER OF SOLIDS
  15. 6. FLOW OF FLUIDS
  16. 7. FLUID TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
  17. 8. HEAT TRANSFER AND HEAT EXCHANGERS
  18. 9. DRYERS AND COOLING TOWERS
  19. 10. MIXING AND AGITATION
  20. 11. SOLID–LIQUID SEPARATION
  21. 12. DISINTEGRATION, AGGLOMERATION, AND SIZE SEPARATION OF PARTICULATE SOLIDS
  22. 13. DISTILLATION AND GAS ABSORPTION
  23. 14. EXTRACTION AND LEACHING
  24. 15. ADSORPTION AND ION EXCHANGE
  25. 16. CRYSTALLIZATION FROM SOLUTIONS AND MELTS
  26. 17. CHEMICAL REACTORS
  27. 18. PROCESS VESSELS
  28. 19. MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS
  29. 20. GAS-SOLID SEPARATIONS
  30. 21. COSTS OF INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT
  31. back matter
  32. Appendix A: UNITS, NOTATION, AND GENERAL DATA
  33. Appendix B: EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION FORMS
  34. QUESTIONNAIRES OF EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS
  35. Index