Process engineering facts, fiction, and fables

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lieberman, Norman P., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Beverly, Massachusetts : Wiley 2017.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849132306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER
  • TITLE PAGE
  • COPYRIGHT PAGE
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I
  • CHAPTER ONE PROCESS OPERATIONS &amp
  • DESIGN
  • INCREASING COOLING WATER FLOW THRU AN ELEVATED CONDENSER OR COOLER
  • HOT VAPOR BY-PASS PRESSURE CONTROL
  • STALLING A THERMOSYPHON REBOILER
  • OPTIMIZING FRACTIONATOR PRESSURE
  • ADJUSTING STEAM TURBINE SPEED TO MINIMIZE STEAM CONSUMPTION
  • STEAM CONDENSATE DRAINAGE FROM REBOILERS BLOWING CONDENSATE SEAL
  • EFFECT OF REFLUX ON FRACTIONATOR TOP TEMPERATURE
  • CENTRIFUGAL PUMP HEAD VS. FLOW PERFORMANCE CURVES
  • CONDENSATE BACK-UP IN CONDENSERS-THE EFFECT OF SUB-COOLING
  • DISTILLATION TRAY DOWNCOMER BACK-UP AND LIQUID FLOODING
  • EFFECT OF FOAM ON LEVEL INDICATION IN DISTILLATION TOWERS
  • SPLIT LIQUID LEVELS IN VERTICAL VAPOR LIQUID SEPARATORS
  • OPTIMIZING EXCESS AIR IN A FIRED HEATER TO MINIMIZE FUEL CONSUMPTION
  • DISTILLATION TRAY DUMPING OR WEEPING WITH VALVE CAP TRAY DECKS
  • FIRED HEATER TUBE FAILURES
  • LOW AIR FLOW IN A FIN FAN FORCED DRAFT AIR COOLER
  • MEASURING AIR FLOW FOR AN AERIAL FIN FAN AERIAL COOLER
  • MEASURING COOLING TOWER EFFICIENCY APPROACH TO WET BULB TEMPERATURE
  • ADJUSTING HEATER STACK DAMPER FOR OPTIMUM ENERGY EFFICIENCY
  • PREVENTING TRAY DUMPING BY USE OF BUBBLE CAP TRAYS
  • DEMISTER FOULING IN VAPOR-LIQUID SEPERATOR VESSELS
  • EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON LIQUID LEVEL INDICATION
  • DRAW-OFF NOZZLE CAPACITY LIMITS
  • ON-STREAM REPAIR OF TUBE LEAKS IN SURFACE CONDENSER
  • WHEN ARE VORTEX BREAKERS REQUIRED?
  • NAPHTHA INJECTION TO CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR
  • INTERNAL OVERFLOW FROM TOTAL TRAP-OUT CHIMNEY TRAY
  • VACUUM EJECTOR - LOOSE STEAM NOZZLE
  • EFFECT OF TRAMP AIR LEAKS ON HEATER EFFICIENCY
  • EFFECT OF A SINGLE FOULED TRAY
  • STEAM TURBINE - SURFACE CONDENSER OUTLET TEMPERATURE
  • WATER ACCUMULATION IN TURBINE CASE
  • CHAPTER TWO CRUDE DISTILLATION
  • HOW TO ADJUST PUMPAROUND FLOWS.
  • HOW TOP REFLUX RATE AFFECTS FLOODING ON TOP TRAYS
  • DESALTER ADJUSTING MIX VALVE PRESSURE DROP
  • CAUSES OF TRAY DECK FOULING
  • MINIMIZING FLASH ZONE PRESSURE
  • HOW TO ADJUST BOTTOMS STRIPPING STEAM RATE
  • OVERHEAD CONDENSER CORROSION
  • ON-LINE SPALLING OF CRUDE PRE-HEAT EXCHANGERS
  • EFFECT OF REFLUX ON OVERHEAD ACCUMULATOR TEMPERATURE
  • REMOVING TRAYS FROM PRE-FLASH TOWERS
  • TOTAL TRAP-OUT CHIMNEY TRAY
  • SIDE DRAW-OFF LIMITATIONS
  • PACKED TOWERS
  • RULES OF THUMB FOR PACKED TOWERS
  • CONTROLLING AGO DRAW-OFF RATE
  • FILMING AMINE PLUGS OVERHEAD VAPOR LINE
  • STRIPPING TRAY PRESSURE DROP PROFILE
  • PROTECTING CRUDE TOWER STRIPPING TRAYS FROM DAMAGE DUE TO WATER IN STEAM
  • CHAPTER THREE ENGINEERING BASICS
  • DRAFT IN FIRED HEATERS
  • TURBINE EXHAUST SURFACE CONDENSER OUTLET TEMPERATURE
  • ADJUSTING STEAM TURBINE TO SAVE STEAM
  • DISTILLATION TRAY DOWNCOMER SEAL
  • BERNOULLI'S EQUATION
  • PROPERTIES OF STEAM
  • MEASURING FLOWS
  • HEAD LOSS IN PIPELINES
  • IRENE EXPLAINS HORSEPOWER
  • REFRIGERATION
  • PACKED TOWERS VS. TRAYED TOWERS
  • CONDENSING STEAM TURBINE EXHAUST
  • MAXIMIZING LMTD IN HEAT EXCHANGERS
  • CHAPTER FOUR ROUTINE REFINERY OPERATING PROBLEMS
  • PUMP BEARINGS LUBRICATION
  • PRESSURE MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS IN VAPOR LINES
  • NEGATIVE PRESSURE DROPS
  • COKED-UP THERMOWELLS
  • CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR SURGING
  • COMMISIONING STEAM TURBINE
  • REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
  • SEAL PAN DRAIN HOLE
  • MEASURING STEAM FLOW WITHOUT A STEAM METER
  • AIR LEAK ON SUCTION OF COOLING WATER PUMP
  • CHAPTER FIVE REFINERY SAFETY
  • AUTO-IGNITION OF HYDROCARBONS
  • FAILURE OF MECHANICAL PUMP SEALS
  • SAMPLING TAR SAFELY
  • DANGERS OF IRON SULFIDES
  • H2S FATALITIES
  • FIRED HEATER - POSITIVE PRESSURE
  • REFINERY EXPLOSIONS &amp
  • FIRES
  • FLOODING FIRE BOX WITH FUEL
  • ROUTING RELIEF VALVES TO THE FLARE
  • ISOLATING EQUIPMENT WITH GATE VALVES.
  • EXPLOSIVE LIMIT OF HYDROGEN
  • CLIMATE CHANGE
  • DANGER OF CARBON STEEL PIPING SPOOL PIECES
  • SCREWED CONNECTIONS
  • DANGERS OF STEAM DEAERATORS
  • CONNECTING STEAM HOSE TO HYDROCARBON SYSTEM
  • PROCESS VESSEL COLLAPSE UNDER VACUUM DURING START-UP
  • ACID GAS K.O. DRUM
  • SAFETY NOTE
  • PART II
  • CHAPTER SIX PITFALLS IN COMPUTER MODELING
  • BASIS FOR PROCESS ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS
  • UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS IN DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGY
  • TRAY FRACTIONATION EFFICIENCY
  • HEAT EXCHANGER TRAIN PERFORMANCE
  • HEAT EXCHANGER PRESSURE DROP
  • PACKED TOWERS
  • AIR COOLERS
  • FIRED EQUIPMENT
  • PIPING SYSTEMS
  • CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS - NPSH
  • ROTATING EQUIPMENT
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • Value of a Chemical Engineering Degree to the Process Engineer in a Refinery
  • CHAPTER SEVEN LATENT HEAT TRANSFER
  • PROPANE-BUTANE SPLITTER REBOILER
  • HEAT FLUX LIMITATIONS
  • CHAPTER EIGHT HYDRAULICS
  • FLUIDS OTHER THAN WATER
  • ROTATIONAL ENERGY
  • PRESSURE DROP THROUGH AN ORIFICE
  • EFFECT OF FLUID DENSITY ON ORIFICE PRESSURE DROP
  • HEAD LOSS IN PIPING
  • FACTOR AFFECTING ORIFICE COEFFICIENTS
  • COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS
  • CHAPTER NINE AIR COOLERS
  • MEASURING AIR FLOW
  • AIR RECIRCULATION
  • VANE TIP CLEARANCE PROBLEMS
  • CLEANING TUBE BUNDLE
  • EFFECT OF FOULING ON REVERSE AIR FLOW
  • EFFECT OF ADDING ROWS OF TUBES
  • CHANGING FAN BLADE TIPS &amp
  • SPEED
  • SLIPPING BELTS
  • AIR HUMIDIFICATION
  • INDUCED DRAFT FANS
  • CHAPTER TEN EXTRACTING WORK FROM STEAM
  • AN ISENTROPIC EXPANSION
  • STEAM TURBINES
  • THE POTENTIAL ENERGY OF STEAM
  • CONDENSING STEAM AT LOW PRESSURE
  • THE MEANING OF ENTROPY
  • INDEX
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