Ludwig's Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants

4th Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-7506-8524-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 1296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 230 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 2790 g

The fourth edition of Ludwig's Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Volume Three is a core reference for chemical, plant, and process engineers and provides an unrivalled reference on methods, process fundamentals, and supporting design data. New to this edition are expanded chapters on heat transfer plus additional chapters focused on the design of shell and tube heat exchangers, double pipe heat exchangers and air coolers. Heat tracer requirements for pipelines and heat loss from insulated pipelines are covered in this new edition, along with batch heating and cooling of process fluids, process integration, and industrial reactors. The book also looks at the troubleshooting of process equipment and corrosion and metallurgy.

Zielgruppe

Process Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Petrochemical Engineers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coker, A Kayode

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Chemische Verfahrenstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

15. Heat Transfer
16. Process Integration and Heat Exchanger Networks
17. Refrigeration Systems
18. Compression Equipment (Including Fans)
19. Reciprocating Compression, Surge Drums
20. Mechanical Drivers
21. Industrial and Laboratory Reactors - Chemical Reaction Hazards and Process Integration of Reactors
22. Metallurgy - Corrosion

Über Autor(innen)

Coker, A Kayode
A. Kayode Coker PhD, is Engineering Consultant for AKC Technology, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, U.K., a former Engineering Coordinator at Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company (SASREF) and Chairman of the department of Chemical Engineering Technology at Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia. He has been a chartered chemical engineer for more than 30 years. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK (C. Eng., FIChemE), and a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He holds a B.Sc. honors degree in Chemical Engineering, a Master of Science degree in Process Analysis and Development and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, all from Aston University, Birmingham, UK, and a Teacher's Certificate in Education at the University of London, UK. He has directed and conducted short courses extremely throughout the world and has been a lecturer at the university level. His articles have been published in several international journals. He is an author of ten books in chemical and petroleum engineering, a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Vol. 61, and a certified train - the mentor trainer. A Technical Report Assessor and Interviewer for chartered chemical engineers (IChemE) in the UK. He is a member of the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, UK (IBC) as Leading Engineers of the World for 2008. Also, he is a member of International Who's Who for ProfessionalsTM and Madison Who's Who in the US.