Evaluating Cooling Tower Upgrades
Tom Dendy
When considering improvements to cooling towers, it's important to perform an economic analysis of the options.
Plant Operations
Estimating Rates of Spreading and Evaporation of Volatile Liquids
John Barry
Follow these guidelines to calculate how fast a pool of spilled liquid will spread across a surface, vaporize and possibly form a flammable mixture with air.
Improve Flange Joint Reliability
John Ludman, Mike Emery, Thomas Sandbrook
Proper design, installation, and maintenance of flanged connection systems can prevent loss of containment and process interruptions. Follow this seven-step approach to ensure reliability of this critical process equipment.
Estimate the Capacity of Simple Batch Processes
James L. Manganaro
Finding the throughput of a multiple-unit, multiple-step operation, even when it is relatively uncomplicated, is not always an easy matter. Several equations and graphical aids are provided to help determine yearly capacity.
Troubleshoot and Optimize Chiller Performance
Guy Levy
Use these guidelines to improve the performance of steam jet water chillers and find hidden savings in your plant.
Evaluating and Documenting Tower Performance
Daniel R. Summers
A good performance evaluation can lead to a significant improvement in column performance and establish a basis for future tower evaluations. <br>
Air Heater Cleaning Simplified
Brad Buecker
This high-pressure water washing technique can be used to clean Ljungstrom-type air heaters.
A Six Sigma Approach to Evaluating Vacuum Filtration Technologies
Barry A. Perlmutter
The appropriate testing procedures help direct the selection of vacuum filtration equipment and ensure optimum equipment operation.
Choose the Right Electric Motors for Hazardous Locations
Uriah Van Amerom
Risks associated with operating an electric motor in hazardous areas range from production downtime to injury and death. Learn how to assess the operating environment and select the appropriate motor.
Increase Capacity and Decrease Energy for Existing Refinery Distillation Columns
Mamdouh Gadalla, Megan Jobson, Robin Smith
This method optimizes the existing distillation system and its heat-exchanger network simultaneously, lowering energy consumption and freeing up capacity at a minimum capital investment.
Principles and Case Studies of Simultaneous Design
September, 2011
There are many comprehensive design books, but none of them provide a significant number of detailed economic design examples of typically complex industrial processes. Most of the current design books cover a wide variety of topics associated with process design. In addition to discussing...
Pump Wisdom: Problem Solving for Operators and Specialists
April, 2011
An accessible guide to the main reasons pumps fail—and what can be done about it Workhorses in many different industries, including the oil industry, water industry, chemical industry, food industry, and pharmaceutical industry to name a few, pumps are a vital contributor to maintaining and...
Problem Solving for Process Operators and Specialists
April, 2011
This book provides methods to train process operators to solve challenging problems. The book is split into two parts. The first part consists of two parts; first developing a daily monitoring system and second providing a structured 5 step problem solving approach that combines cause and effect...
LNG Risk Based Safety: Modeling and Consequence Analysis
March, 2010
The expert, all-inclusive guide on LNG risk based safety. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is the condensed form of natural gas achieved by cryogenic chilling. This process reduces gas to a liquid 600 times smaller in volume than it is in its original state, making it suitable for economical global...
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