This 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
Author(s): Ernest E. Ludwig (Eds.)
Series: Applied Process Design for Chemical & Petrochemical Plants 1
Edition: 3
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 1-630
Content:
Preface to the third edition
Pages viii-ix
Chapter 1 Process planning, scheduling and flowsheet design Original Research Article
Pages 1-51
Chapter 2 Fluid flow Original Research Article
Pages 52-159
Chapter 3 Pumping of liquids Original Research Article
Pages 160-223
Chapter 4 Mechanical separations Original Research Article
Pages 224-287
Chapter 5 Mixing of liquids Original Research Article
Pages 288-342
Chapter 6 Ejectors and mechanical vacuum systems Original Research Article
Pages 343-398
Chapter 7 Process safety and pressure-relieving devices Original Research Article
Pages 399-546
Appendix
Pages 547-625
Index
Pages 626-630
