Easy Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency
Alan Rossiter, Veerasamy Venkatesan
Managing the energy consumption of a process does not need to be complicated. This article presents some examples of less-complicated strategies.
Chemical Engineering Practice
Distillation in Practice
This course covers all essential distillation concepts likely to be faced by process support, operations, and design engineering personnel. It covers vapor liquid equilibrium, process design, column operation, and simulation issues, along with specification and selection of hardware.
Control System Techniques in Equipment Design and Operations
A high level of automation and sophistication is required to control process parameters and detect equipment faults in today’s petrochemical plants. Join control system expert A.S. Rangwala and learn automatic control theory methods that enhance efficiency and provide operational safety by ensuring process parameters do not exceed design capability.
Industrial Chemical Process Design
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Addendum to Realistically Predict Capacity and Pressure Drop for Packed Columns -- Original Paper as presented at the 2007 Spring National Meeting
GPDC Interpolation: Use, Misuse and Updates
Properly Clean Out Your Organic Heat-Transfer Fluid System
Ander Beain, Jay Heidari, Conrad Gamble
Follow these guidelines for applying side-stream filtration to on-line cleaning, and chemical or mechanical cleaning to equipment that has been drained of fluid.
Quarter Turn vs. Rising Stem: Who is in Control?
Bill Lyons, James W. Noel
Check out the valve choices that are available and make an informed decision on which one is right for your application.
Follow These Best Practices in Steam System Management
David Jaber, Fred L. Hart, Gilbert A. McCoy
These tips on how to improve steam generation, distribution and recovery can help a plant to increase its steam system efficiency by as much as 20-30%.
Reshaping Process Safety Regulations
Walter L. Frank
Changes to OSHA's PSM rule and EPA's RMP programs are underway, due to pressures from various groups and the need for greater security.
Numerical Simulation of Reciprocating Pumps and Air-Operated Motors
Stephen D. Able
Simulation can help to ensure proper design and performance. Checks can be made for possible problems such as cavitation, and the pump and system can be modified to prevent trouble.
Applying Bus Technologies in Process Control
Ed Smigo
Fieldbus technologies have become increasingly popular in process control applications. This article highlights the practical applications and economics of various buses, so that an engineer can choose the best one for his or her process.
Optimize Power Consumption in Aerobic Fermenters
Gregory T. Benz
By performing the necessary pilot work, and rigorously calculating the full-scale performance instead of using simple rules-of-thumb, significant energy savings can be achieved in fermenters.
Matching Your Process Constraints Using Dynamic Simulation
Iban Grau, Jose J. Macias-Hernandez, Miquel A. Alos
A rigorous dynamic process simulator can be used to evaluate alternative control strategies for an exothermic reacting process in order to improve its safety and product quality.
Sizing Relief Systems for High-Viscosity, Two-Phase Flow
Qualify your design methods for high-viscosity two-phase relief systems against these simple benchmarks. GeorgesMelhem-
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.
Maintaining Piping and Support Systems
Gerry May
With proper pipe support design, installation and maintenance, pipe damage should normally not develop for decades.
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