A Working Guide to Process Equipment, Fourth Edition

<h4>Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality,&#160;<span> </span>authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.</h4><br><br><h4>The latest methods for troubleshooting and maintaining process equipment</h4><p>Applicable to a broad range of technicians and industries and fully updated throughout, <i>A Working Guide to Process Equipment</i>, Fourth Edition, explains how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and correct problems with chemical and petroleum refining process equipment. Nine new chapters cover:</p><ul><li>Tray design details</li><li>Shell-and-tube heat exchanger design details</li><li>Relief valve system design</li><li>Vapor lock and exchanger flooding in steam systems</li><li>Steam generation operating and design details</li><li>Wastewater strippers</li><li>Thermodynamics -- how it applies to process equipment</li><li>Centrifugal pumps -- reducing seal and bearing failures</li><li>Hand calculations for distillation towers</li><li>Vapor -- liquid equilibrium, absorption, and stripping calculations</li></ul><p></p><p>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.</p><p><b>Comprehensive coverage includes:</b><br>Distillation Tower Trays * Tower Pressure Control * Distillation Towers * Reboilers * Tower Internals * Instruments * Packed Towers * Steam and Condensate Systems * Bubble Point and Dew Point * Steam Strippers * Draw-Off Nozzle Hydraulics * Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows * Condensers and Tower Pressure Control * Air Coolers * Deaerators and Steam Systems * Steam Generation * Wastewater Strippers * Vacuum Systems * Steam Turbines* Surface Condensers * Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers * Fired Heaters * Refrigeration Systems * Cooling Water Systems * Catalytic Effects * Centrifugal Pumps * Control Valves * Separators * Centrifugal Compressors and Surge * Reciprocating Compressors * Corrosion * Fluid Flow in Pipes * Super-Fractionation Stage * Computer Control * Field Troubleshooting</p>