Reference Book on Chemical Engineering: v. 1

Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
1. Fertilisers......Page 12
2. Heat Transfer......Page 36
3. Pulp and Paper......Page 48
4. Chlor Alkali Industry......Page 56
5. Cellulosic Fibres (Rayon)......Page 61
6. Selected Process Equipment Design......Page 64
7. Petroleum Refinery......Page 81
8. Active Carbon......Page 86
9. Refrigeration......Page 89
10. Coal Tar Chemicals......Page 107
11. Refractory Bricks......Page 114
12. Explosives and Detonators......Page 118
13. Water Treatment......Page 122
14. Metal Cleaning Process......Page 139
15. Manganese Dioxide......Page 141
16. Wind Turbine for Power Generation......Page 144
17. Centrifugal Pumps......Page 146
18. Industrial and Town Gases......Page 154
19. LNG Production......Page 170
20. Products Manufactured from Benzene, Ethyl Benzene, Ethylene, Ethylene Oxide, Ethanol and Others......Page 173
21. Synthetic Iron Oxide Pigment......Page 178
22. Dyes, Intermediates and Dyeing......Page 181
23. Flourescent or Optical Whitening Agent (FWA)......Page 183
24A. Flame Retardants, Halons, Fire Alarms/Hydrants and Rubber and Expanded Plastics......Page 185
24B. Float Glass, Carbon Black, Electrophoresis, Dry Ice and Technological Development in Iron and Steel Industry and Electrolytic Chlorinator......Page 190
25. Ceramic Colouring Materials......Page 196
26. Glass Fibres for Insulation and Other Uses......Page 198
27. Plastics......Page 201
28. Flocculation......Page 206
29. Phosphoric Acid......Page 209
30. Electroplating Process......Page 218
31. Cooling Towers......Page 223
32. Paints and Painting......Page 228
33. Biogas Plant (Domestic Use)......Page 234
34. Sugars......Page 236
35. Phenols for Disinfection......Page 241
36. Ferrous Alloys......Page 243
37. High Carbon Charge Chrome......Page 245
38. Characteristics of Valves Used in Chemical Process Industry......Page 247
39. Boiler Feed Pumps and Standard Values for Boiler Feed and Circulating Water......Page 248
40. Crystallizer Classification......Page 251
41. Brief on Offshore Oil Exploration and Transportation Pipeline......Page 253
42. Insecticide or Pesticide......Page 254
43. Critical Path Method (CPM)......Page 265
44. Psychrometry......Page 266
45. Glasses and Textile Glass Fibres......Page 269
46. Environment and Pollution Air and Water......Page 271
47. Vegetable Oil Refining......Page 286
48. Furfural......Page 293
49. Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin (Bottle Grade)......Page 296
50. Process Evaluation of A Chemical Plant......Page 299
51. Detail Project Cost Estimation......Page 309
52. Types of Contract......Page 318
53. Project Financial Management......Page 320
54. ISO-9000 Series Quality Assurance System......Page 331
55. Conversion Factors......Page 339
Index
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