N. Lieberman – A Working Guide to Process Equipment (4th edition)

Автор: N. Lieberman
Название книги: A Working Guide to Process Equipment (4th edition)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Химия
Страницы: 785
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

The latest methods for troubleshooting and maintaining process equipment
Applicable to a broad range of technicians and industries and fully updated throughout, A Working Guide to Process Equipment, Fourth Edition, explains how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and correct problems with chemical and petroleum refining process equipment. Nine new chapters cover:

Tray design details
Shell-and-tube heat exchanger design details
Relief valve system design
Vapor lock and exchanger flooding in steam systems
Steam generation operating and design details
Wastewater strippers
Thermodynamics — how it applies to process equipment
Centrifugal pumps — reducing seal and bearing failures
Hand calculations for distillation towers
Vapor — liquid equilibrium, absorption, and stripping calculations
Filled with examples and illustrations, this practical resource demonstrates how theory applies to solving real-world plant operation problems. Selected hand calculation methods are also provided.

Buried deep in our genetic heritage, hidden in an obscure string
of DNA, is coding for Process Equipment Operations. An
instinctive desire to apply energy to transmute the properties
of naturally occurring materials into other, more useful forms. Like
cooking food; or fusing clay into ceramic pots; or reacting sulfur with
air to produce sulfuric acid; or transmuting lead to gold.
Looking back on 50 years as a process engineer, the most satisfying
period of my career was devoted to converting gas oil into viscous
polypropylene via cracking reactions and refrigeration.
The gene that codes for operation and design of process equipment,
such as distillation columns and fired heaters, is a recessive
gene. Only one out of 40 individuals have inherited this genetic code
for process equipment operations as a dominant trait.
Should you wish to determine if your child has inherited this
genetic makeup for process equipment operations, observe if the
child:
· Is fascinated by fire
· Tries to dam and divert little streams
· Is attracted by boiling water
· Asks what makes a windmill turn
Thus, only one out of 40 people have the potential to evolve into
process engineers or operators. The rest will become Directors of
Human Resources or Maintenance Superintendents.
My older sister often asks, “Norman. You’re over 72. When are
you going to retire? You’re too old to be climbing distillation towers.
You’ll fall off one of these days.”
“Arline,” I explain, “I can’t retire. It’s in my blood.”