Chemical process equipment : selection and design

Chemical Process Equipment is a results-oriented reference for engineers who specify, design, maintain or run chemical and process plant. This book delivers information on the selection, sizing and operation of process equipment in a format that enables quick and accurate decision making on standard...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Couper, James R.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012.
Edition3rd ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780123972361
0123972361
9780123969590
012396959X
Physical Description1 online resource (xx, 838 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Flowsheets
  • Process control
  • Drivers for moving equipment
  • Transfer of solids
  • Flow of fluids
  • Fluid transport equipment
  • Heat transfer and heat exchangers
  • Dryers and cooling towers
  • Mixing and agitation
  • Solid-liquid separation
  • Disintegration, agglomeration, and size separation of particulate solids
  • Distillation and gas absorption
  • Extraction and leaching
  • Adsorption and ion exchange
  • Crystallization from solutions and melts
  • Chemical reactors
  • Process vessels
  • Membrane separations
  • Gas-solid separations
  • Costs of individual equipment.