Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers, Sixth Edition, is the most complete guide for chemical and process engineers who need reliable and authoritative solutions to on-the-job problems. The text is comprehensively revised and updated with new data and formulas. The book helps solve process design problems quickly, accurately and safely, with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts and calculations. Its concise sections detail the steps needed to answer critical design questions and challenges. The book discusses physical properties for proprietary materials, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, process design, closed-loop heat transfer systems, heat exchangers, packed columns and structured packings.
This book will help you: save time you no longer have to spend on theory or derivations; improve accuracy by exploiting well tested and accepted methods culled from industry experts; and save money by reducing reliance on consultants. The book brings together solutions, information and work-arounds from engineers in the process industry.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Fluid Flow
Chapter 2 : Heat Exchangers
Chapter 3 : Fractionators
Chapter 4 : Absorbers
Chapter 5 : Pumps
Chapter 6 : Fans, Blowers and Compressors
Chapter 7 : Drivers
Chapter 8 : Vessels
Chapter 9 : Boilers
Chapter 10 : Cooling Towers
Chapter 11 : Refrigeration
Chapter 12 : Closed Loop Heat Transfer Systems
Chapter 13 : Biopharmaceutical Systems
Chapter 14 : Biotechnology
Chapter 15 : Vacuum Systems
Chapter 16 : Pneumatic Conveying
Chapter 17 : Lending and Agitation
Chapter 18 : Filtration
Chapter 19 : Process Evaluation
Chapter 20 : Reliability
Chapter 21 : Metallurgy
Chapter 22 : Safety
Chapter 23 : Controls
Chapter 24 : Troubleshooting
Chapter 25 : Startup
Chapter 26 : Energy Conservation
Chapter 27 : Process Modeling
Chapter 28 : Conversion Factors and Constants
Chapter 29 : Properties
Index
