Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants: Volume 1, Volume 1This expanded edition introduces new design methods and is packed with examples, design charts, tables, and performance diagrams to add to the practical understanding of how selected equipment can be expected to perform in the process situation. A major addition is the comprehensive chapter on process safety design considerations, ranging from new devices and components to updated venting requirements for low-pressure storage tanks to the latest NFPA methods for sizing rupture disks and bursting panels, and more. *Completely revised and updated throughout *The definative guide for process engineers and designers *Covers a complete range of basic day-to-day operation topics |
Contents
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Pumping of Liquids | 160 |
Mechanical Separations | 224 |
Mixing of Liquids | 288 |
Ejectors and Mechanical Vacuum Systems | 343 |
Common terms and phrases
American Petroleum Institute ASME atmospheric back pressure baffles Bleves brake horsepower burst pressure calculated capacity Carbon Steel centipoise Centrifugal Pumps Chem Chemical Code coefficient condenser Crane Co Cubic curve deflagration diameter discharge dust efficiency ejector entrainment equation equipment explosion factor Fauske feet Figure flammable flanges flow rate flowsheet fluid Friction Losses ft/sec Gallon gases head Head loss heat transfer horsepower Hydrocarbon impeller inches inlet inside dia lbs/hr liquid manufacturer maximum mesh meters microns mixer mixing mixture nomographs nozzle NPSH operating orifice overpressure P₁ particles permission pipe plant pressure drop pressure relief Prog psia psig ratio Reynolds number rupture disk seal selection set pressure shaft specific specific gravity speed standard steam Steel Stuffing Box suction surface Table tank temperature tion Turbine two-phase flow unit vacuum vapor velocity vent vessel viscosity volume