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Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers, Fifth Edition , provides solutions, common sense techniques, shortcuts, and calculations to help chemical and process engineers deal with practical on-the-job problems. It discusses physical properties for proprietary materials, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, and process design, along with closed-loop heat transfer systems, heat exchangers, packed columns, and structured packings.
Organized into 27 chapters, the book begins with an overview of formulae and data for sizing piping systems for incompressible and compressible flow. It then moves to a discussion of design recommendations for heat exchangers, practical equations for solving fractionation problems, along with design of reactive absorption processes. It also considers different types of pumps and presents narrative as well as tabular comparisons and application notes for various types of fans, blowers, and compressors. The book also walks the reader through the general rules of thumb for vessels, how cooling towers are sized based on parameters such as return temperature and supply temperature, and specifications of refrigeration systems. Other chapters focus on pneumatic conveying, blending and agitation, energy conservation, and process modeling. Online calculation tools, Excel workbooks, guidelines for hazardous materials and processes, and a searchable Rules of Thumb library are included.
Chemical engineers faced with fluid flow problems will find this book extremely useful.
Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers brings together solutions, information and work-arounds that engineers in the process industry need to get their job done.
New material in the Fifth Edition includes physical properties for proprietary materials, six new chapters, including pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, process design with simulation software, and guidelines for hazardous materials and processes
Now includes SI units throughout alongside imperial, and now accompanied by online calculation tools and a searchable Rules of Thumb library
List of contents
1 Fluid Flow
2 Heat Exchangers
3 Fractionators
4 Absorbers
5 Pumps
6 Compressors
7 Drivers
8 Vessels
9 Boilers
10 Cooling Towers
11 Refrigeration
12 Closed Loop Heat Transfer Systems
13 Biopharmaceutical Systems
14 Vacuum Systems
15 Pneumatic Conveying
16 Blending and Agitation
17 Process Evaluation
18 Reliability
19 Metallurgy
20 Safety
21 Controls
22 Troubleshooting
23 Startup
24 Energy Conservation
25 Process Modeling
26 Approximate Conversion Factors
27 Properties
Appendix
About the author
Carl R. Branan has more than 40 years of worldwide experience in process design and troubleshooting in oil, chemicals, fibers, polymers, coal, natural gas, and LNG. Before retiring from El Paso Natural Gas, he served a process engineer, plant engineer, and project engineer. Mr. Branan is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and is the author of several books on process engineering and fractionators, including Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers.
Summary
Suitable for chemical and process engineers, this title solves process design problems quickly, accurately and safely, with hundreds of techniques, shortcuts and calculations. It brings together solutions, information and work-around that engineers in the process industry need to get their job done.
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"Branan's useful and convenient handbook for chemical and process engineers (at a bargain price) will be much appreciated by students and practitioners..."
American Reference Books Annual
"...this book is a handy reference tool for preliminary designs, and has some very useful information on several aspects of plant operation." Chemical Engineering
"Carl Branan's book provides a huge amount of valuable information on a wide variety of chemical engineering applications from sizing pipelines to economic evaluation of process options."
IChemE: Institute of Chemical Engineers
