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Tables of Contents for Handbook of Chemical Process Equipment
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
About the Author
ix
Heat Exchange Equipment
1
64
Introduction
1
3
General Concepts of Heat Transfer
4
8
Air Cooled Heat Exchangers
12
12
Shell and Tube Type Heat Exchangers
24
12
Spiral-Plate Heat Exchangers
36
5
Plate-and-Frame Exchangers
41
4
Heat Exchanger Tube Rupture
45
7
Condensers
52
8
Steam-Driven Absorption Cooling
60
1
Closure
61
1
Nomenclature
61
1
Suggested Readings
62
3
Evaporative Cooling Equipment
65
29
Introduction
65
1
Thermal Characteristics
65
5
Design Configurations
70
6
Components and Materials of Construction
76
4
Use of Fans, Motors, and Drives
80
6
Water Treatment Services
86
3
Glossary of Terms
89
4
Suggested Readings
93
1
Evaporating and Drying Equipment
94
68
Introduction
94
1
Evaporators
94
30
Drying Equipment
124
30
Crystallization
154
7
Suggested Readings
161
1
Distillation Equipment
162
82
Introduction
162
1
Overview of Distillation
163
18
General Properties of Hydrocarbons
181
21
Refinery Operations
202
20
Products from Petroleum
222
17
Spirits Production
239
2
Closure and Recommended Web Sites
241
3
Mass Separation Equipment
244
90
Introduction
244
1
Absorption Equipment
245
31
Adsorption Equipment
276
44
Solvent Extraction
320
6
Reverse Osmosis
326
4
Suggested Readings
330
4
Mechanical Separation Equipment
334
101
Introduction
334
1
Filtration Equipment
335
63
Sedimentation Equipment
398
18
Centrifugal Separation Equipment
416
18
Suggested Readings
434
1
Mixing Equipment
435
54
Introduction
435
1
Mechanical Mixing Equipment
436
17
Design Practices
453
23
Gas-Solids Contacting
476
11
Suggested Readings
487
1
Recommended Web Sites
488
1
Calculations for Select Operations
489
38
Introduction
489
1
Heat Capacity Ratios for Real Gases
489
1
Sizing of Vapor-Liquid Separators
489
1
Overall Efficiency of a Combination Boiler
490
1
Pump Horsepower Calculations
490
1
Pump Efficiency Calculation
491
1
Lime Kiln Precoat Filter Estimation
491
2
Steam Savings in Multiple Effect Evaporators
493
1
Temperature and Latent Heat Estimation for Saturated Steam
494
1
Estimating Condensate for Flash Tanks
494
2
Linear Velocity of Air Through Ducts
496
1
Thermal Conductivities of Gases
496
4
Determining Pseudocritical Properties
500
1
Estimating Heat Exchanger Temperatures
501
2
Estimating the Viscosity of Gases
503
3
Estimate for Mechanical Desuperheaters
506
1
Estimating Pump Head with Negative Suction Pressure
507
1
Calculations for Back-Pressure Turbines
508
2
Tubeside Fouling Rates in Heat Exchangers
510
1
Calculations for Pipe Flows
511
6
Recovery in Multicomponent Distillation
517
1
Estimating Equilibrium Curves
518
1
Estimating Evaporation Losses from Liquified Gases
518
1
Combustion Air Calculations
518
1
Estimating Temperature Profiles in Agitated Tanks
519
1
Generalized Equations for Compressors
520
4
Batch Distillation: Application of the Rayleigh Equation
524
3
Index
527