Handbook of Chemical Processing Equipment

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
About the Author......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 14
1 General Concepts of Heat Transfer......Page 17
1 Air Cooled Heat Exchangers......Page 25
1 Shell and Tube Type Heat Exchangers......Page 37
1 Spiral-Plate Heat Exchangers......Page 49
1 Plate-and-Frame Exchangers......Page 54
1 Heat Exchanger Tube Rupture......Page 58
1 Condensers......Page 65
1 Steam-Driven Absorption Cooling......Page 73
1 Nomenclature......Page 74
1 Suggested Readings......Page 75
2 Thermal Characteristics......Page 78
2 Design Configurations......Page 83
2 Components and Materials of Construction......Page 89
2 Use of Fans, Motors, and Drives......Page 93
2 Water Treatment Services......Page 99
2 Glossary of Terms......Page 102
2 Suggested Readings......Page 106
3 Evaporators......Page 107
3 Drying Equipment......Page 137
3 Crystallization......Page 167
3 Suggested Readings......Page 174
4 Introduction......Page 175
4 Overview of Distillation......Page 176
4 General Properties of Hydrocarbons......Page 194
4 Refinery Operations......Page 215
4 Products from Petroleum......Page 235
4 Spirits Production......Page 252
4 Closure and Recommended Web Sites......Page 254
5 Introduction......Page 257
5 Absorption Equipment......Page 258
5 Adsorption......Page 289
5 Solvent Extraction......Page 333
5 Reverse Osmosis......Page 339
5 Suggested Readings......Page 343
6 Introduction......Page 347
6 Filtration Equipment......Page 348
6 Sedimentation Equipment......Page 411
6 Centrifugal Separation Equipment......Page 429
6 Suggested Readings......Page 447
7 Introduction......Page 448
7 Mechanical Mixing Equipment......Page 449
7 Design Practices......Page 466
7 Gas-Solids Contacting......Page 489
7 Suggested Readings......Page 500
7 Recommended Web Sites......Page 501
8 Sizing of Vapor-Liquid Separators......Page 502
8 Pump Horsepower Calculations......Page 503
8 Lime Kiln Precoat Filter Estimation......Page 504
8 Steam Savings in Multiple Effect Evaporators......Page 506
8 Estimating Condensate for Flash Tanks......Page 507
8 Thermal Conductivities of Gases......Page 509
8 Determining Pseudocritical Properties......Page 513
8 Estimating Heat Exchanger Temperatures......Page 514
8 Estimating the Viscosity of Gases......Page 516
8 Estimate for Mechanical Desuperheaters......Page 519
8 Estimating Pump Head with Negative Suction Pressure......Page 520
8 Calculations for Back-Pressure Turbines......Page 521
8 Tubeside Fouling Rates in Heat Exchangers......Page 523
8 Calculations for Pipe Flows......Page 524
8 Recovery in Multicomponent Distillation......Page 530
8 Combustion Air Calculations......Page 531
8 Estimating Temperature Profiles in Agitated Tanks......Page 532
8 Generalized Equations for Compressors......Page 533
8 Batch Distillation: Application of the Rayleigh Equation......Page 537
Index......Page 540
Back Cover......Page 558