Handbook of Membrane Separations

Handbook of Membrane Separations: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food, and Biotechnological Applications
By Anil K. Pabby, Syed S.H. Rizvi, Ana Maria Sastre


Description:

The Handbook of Membrane Separations: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnological Applications provides detailed information on membrane separation technologies as they have evolved over the past decades. To provide a basic understanding of membrane technology, this book documents the developments dealing with these technologies. It explores chemical, pharmaceutical, food processing and biotechnological applications of membrane processes ranging from selective separation to solvent and material recovery. This text also presents in-depth knowledge of membrane separation mechanisms, transport models, membrane permeability computations, membrane types and modules, as well as membrane reactors.

Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing

Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing
by: Chang S. Hsu; Paul R. Robinson Volume 1

Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing
by: Chang S. Hsu; Paul R. Robinson Volume 2


Description:

Want to know how to make ULSD? Formulate a lube base stock? Clean up an oil spill? Optimize an entire refinery? From oil production to product blending, Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing provides general overviews and in-depth reference material on these topics and scores of others. When you want information on the chemistry and technology of oil refining, look here first. Even if you don?t find what you need in this book, most likely it will lead you to the answer you need; our 50 contributors from 8 different countries in North America, Europe and Asia have provided hundreds of useful references. They represent oil companies, universities, catalyst vendors, process licensors, consultants and engineering contractors.



The breadth of this two-volume book is unique. It covers areas seldom found in other works on petroleum processing. These include refinery economics, model-predictive control, process modeling, online optimization, safety! , and environmental protection.

Thermal and Catalytic Processes in Petroleum Refining
By Serge Raseev

Book Description:

This text examines the thermal and catalytic processes involved in the refining of petroleum including visbreaking, coking, pyrolysis, catalytic cracking, oligomerization, alkylation, hydrofining, hydroisomerization, hydrocracking, and catalytic reforming. It analyses the thermodynamics, reaction mechanisms, and kinetics of each process, as well as the effects of operating conditions and reactor design on process performance and product quality. This is a valuable resource for chemists who wish to improve their knowledge of some of the real world issues that must be addressed in hydrocarbon conversion. Topics include processes on metallic catalysts, processes using bifunctional catalysts, and catalytic reforming.

Petroleum Refining: Technology and Economics

Petroleum Refining: Technology and Economics
By James H. Gary, Glenn E. Handwerk

Description:

Continuing the high standards set by earlier editions, Petroleum Refining, Fourth Edition summarizes recent developments in oil refining processes, addressing topics ranging from basic applications to the implementation of viable operations that meet environmental and economic requirements. The authors maintain the clear, systematic style that made previous editions so popular. This edition reviews petroleum-refining technology and refining processes, incorporates recent statistics on utility data, investment, and operating costs, and considers environmental factors, the place of reformulated fuels in product distribution, and uses for heavier crude oils and those with higher sulfur and metal.

Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes

Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes, 3rd Edition, 2003-10
by: Robert A. Meyers

Description

MASTER THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES POWERING THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY! If staying on top of the latest developments in the petroleum refining process industry is part of your work, here's the one-stop resource you need. Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes delivers comprehensive coverage of how major players like UOP, KBR, STRATCO, Belco, Stone Webster, Foster Wheeler, Chevron Lummus Global, ConocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco, and Shell, are taking these processes to new heights through technology. Thoroughly revised and expanded this new edition of the Handbook of Petroleum Processes features new chapters that focus on the technological, pollution-control, and economic aspects of 61 petroleum refining processes as created by a host of industry powerhouses. Technologies covered include: * Alkylation and Polymerization * Base Aromatics Production Processes * Catalytic Cracking * Catalytic Reforming * Dehydrogenation * Hydrogen Production * Hydrocracking * Hydrotreating * Isomerization * Separation Processes * Sulfur Compound Extraction and Sweetening * Visbreaking and Coking * Oxygenates Production Technologies * Hydrogen Processing * Gas to Liquids Technologies Estimates of capital and operating costs are provided, along with information on the design of additions to existing refineries and the construction of new ones.

Chemical Process Safety: Learning from Case Histories

Chemical Process Safety: Learning from Case Histories, 3rd edition (October 20, 2004)
by: Roy E Sanders

Description:

In this easy-to-understand book, the author, drawing on his many years of practical experience, addresses the problems experienced with management of change in chemical plants. He cites examples of the consequences of the insufficient review of changes implemented to solve one problem, which then create another. Illustrated with many case histories this book highlights the incidents of unforeseen, undesirable consequences of unwise change within chemical and petrochemical plants and petroleum refineries.

Handbook of Chemical Technology and Pollution Control

Handbook of Chemical Technology and Pollution Control, 3rd Edition, Third Edition
by: Martin B. B. Hocking

Book Description:

The Handbook of Chemical Technology and Pollution Control (3rd Edition) provides a detailed review of the chemistry and operating conditions of many of the present large-scale chemical processes important to our economy and high standards of living. The processes that could lead to emissions affecting our air, soil, and water are considered, together with ways in which it may be possible to reduce or eliminate these pollutants. Focusing on cleaner production concepts without neglecting 'end of pipe' measures. With an increase in the awareness of corporate and social responsibility among business and industry leaders, the pressure to reduce harmful emissions and the desire to increase efficiencies and energy utilization, this book provides an essential resource. Suitable for researchers, practitioners and postgraduate students in the fields of chemical and biochemical engineering and environmental science, as well as government monitoring and regulatory agencies and industry leaders who want to stay one step ahead, this book will be a valuable addition to any library.

* Integrated treatment of chemical technology with emission control chemistry
* Introductory outline of the causes and effects of air and water pollution chemistry
* Outline of the operating features and efficiency of basic emission control devices
* Historical background of developments in industrial chemistry to 2004 in a single volume
* Organized for easy access to chemical technology, new developments, or emission control details
* Referenced to current additional sources of information in each area covered
* Review questions provide working experience with the material provided

Handbook of Storage Tank Systems: Codes: Regulations, and Designs

Handbook of Storage Tank Systems: Codes: Regulations, and Designs
by:GEYER


A survey of manufacturing and installation methods, standards, and specifications of factory-made steel storage tanks and appurtenances for petroleum, chemicals, hydrocarbons, and other flammable or combustible liquids. It chronicles the trends towards aboveground storage tanks, secondary containment, and corrosion-resistant underground steel storage systems.

Process Engineering Economics (Chemical Industries)
by: James Couper

Description

This reference outlines the fundamental concepts and strategies for economic assessments for informed management decisions in industry. The book illustrates how to prepare capital cost and operating expense estimates, profitability analyses, and feasibility studies, and execute sensitivity and uncertainty assessments. From financial reports to opportunity costs and engineering trade-offs, Process Engineering Economics considers a wide range of alternatives for profitable investing and for projecting outcomes in various chemical and engineering fields and monitors costs, finances, and economic limitations at every stage of chemical project design, preparation, and evaluation.

Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers (Mcgraw Hill Chemical Engineering Series)
By Max Stone Peters, Klaus D. Timmerhaus

Book Description:

A revision of the classic text-reference for the chemical engineering "design" course usually offered to all Chemical Engineers at the junior/senior level. This new edition contains the latest cost data as well as new emphasis on safety and H42OPS and a new chapter on Computer-Aided Design. The book nicely balances both economics (cost estimating and cost data) and process equipment design in one text.

General Contents:

Process Design Development General Design Considerations Computer-Aided Design Cost and Asset Accounting Cost Estimation Interest and Investment Costs Taxes and Insurance Depreciation Profitaility, Alternative Investments and Replacements Optimum Design and Design Strategy Materials Selection and Equipment Fabrication The Design Report Materials Transfer, Handling and Treatment Equipment-Design and Costs Heat-Transfer Equipment-Design and Costs Mass-Transfer and Reactor Equipment-Design and Costs Statistical Analysis in Design Appendixes - The International System of Units - Auxiliary, Utility and Chemical Cost Data - Design Problems - Tables of Physical Properties and Constants

Process Equipment Design

Process Equipment Design
by: Lloyd E. Brownell, Edwin H. Young -Part1
Process Equipment Design
by: Lloyd E. Brownell, Edwin H. Young -Part2


Description

"Process Equipment Design" focuses on the mechanical design of vessels used in the chemical processing industry.
By addressing an area where chemical engineers are typically weak, this book will be an extremely useful reference for engineers with a "less than structured" mechanical support team and for those you do have good mechanical support at work, this book will help you understand the mechanical limitations of the equipment that you specify.
The book is divided into the following main sections:

Factors Influencing the Design of Vessels
Criteria in Vessel Design
Design of Shells for Flat-Bottomed Cylindrical Vessels
Design of Bottoms and Roofs for Flat-Bottomed Cylindrical Vessels
Proportioning and Head Selection for Cylindrical Vessels with Formed Closures
Stress Considerations in the Selection of Flat-Plate and Conical Closures for Cylindrical Vessels
Stress Considerations in the Selection of Elliptical, Torispherical, and Hemispherical Dished Closure for Cylindrical Vessels
Design of Cylindrical Vessels with Formed Closures Operating under External Pressure
Design of Tall Vertical Vessels
Design of Supports for Vertical Vessels
Design of Horizontal Vessels with Saddle Supports
Design of Flanges
Design of Pressure Vessels to Code Specifications
High-Pressure Monobloc Vessels
Multilayer Vessels
References
Appendix A: Design Conventions
Appendix B: Welding Conventions
Appendix C: Pricing of Steel Plates
Appendix D: Allowable Stresses
Appendix E: Typical Tank Sizes and Capacities
Appendix F: Shell Accessories
Appendix G: Properties of Selected Rolled Structural Members
Appendix H: Values of Constant C of Eq. 13.27
Appendix I: Charts for Determining Shell Thickness of Cylindrical and Spherical Vessels under External Pressure
Appendix J: Properties of Various Sections and Beam Formulas
Appendix K: Properties of Pipe
Appendix L: Strength of Materials

Layout: The book is organized is way that takes the reader through the learning process step by step. We particularily liked how the authors sectioned the book based on the type of vessel being designed. The use of equations followed by easy-to-use charts was very nice to see.

Modeling in Transport Phenomena,A Conceptual Approach

Modeling in Transport Phenomena, Second Edition: A Conceptual Approach
by: Ismail Tosun

Book Description:

Modeling in Transport Phenomena, Second Edition presents and clearly explains with example problems the basic concepts and their applications to fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer, chemical reaction engineering and thermodynamics. A balanced approach is presented between analysis and synthesis, students will understand how to use the solution in engineering analysis. Systematic derivations of the equations and the physical significance of each term are given in detail, for students to easily understand and follow up the material.

There is a strong incentive in science and engineering to understand why a phenomenon behaves the way it does. For this purpose, a complicated real-life problem is transformed into a mathematically tractable problem while preserving the essential features of it. Such a process, known as mathematical modeling, requires understanding of the basic concepts. This book teaches students these basic concepts and shows the similarities between them. Answers to all problems are provided allowing students to check their solutions. Emphasis is on how to get the model equation representing a physical phenomenon and not on exploiting various numerical techniques to solve mathematical equations.

* A balanced approach is presented between analysis and synthesis, students will understand how to use the solution in engineering analysis.
* Systematic derivations of the equations as well as the physical significance of each term are given in detail
* Many more problems and examples are given than in the first edition - answers provided

Transport Phenomena for Chemical Reactor Design

Transport Phenomena for Chemical Reactor Design
by: Laurence A. Belfiore


Description:

Laurence Belfiore’s unique treatment meshes two mainstream subject areas in chemical engineering: transport phenomena and chemical reactor design. Expressly intended as an extension of Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot’s classic Transport Phenomena, and Froment and Bischoff’s Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, Second Edition, Belfiore’s unprecedented text explores the synthesis of these two disciplines in a manner the upper undergraduate or graduate reader can readily grasp.

Transport Phenomena for Chemical Reactor Design approaches the design of chemical reactors from microscopic heat and mass transfer principles. It includes simultaneous consideration of kinetics and heat transfer, both critical to the performance of real chemical reactors. Complementary topics in transport phenomena and thermodynamics that provide support for chemical reactor analysis are covered, including:
Fluid dynamics in the creeping and potential flow regimes around solid spheres and gas bubbles
The corresponding mass transfer problems that employ velocity profiles, derived in the book’s fluid dynamics chapter, to calculate interphase heat and mass transfer coefficients
Heat capacities of ideal gases via statistical thermodynamics to calculate Prandtl numbers
Thermodynamic stability criteria for homogeneous mixtures that reveal that binary molecular diffusion coefficients must be positive

In addition to its comprehensive treatment, the text also contains 484 problems and ninety-six detailed solutions to assist in the exploration of the subject. Graduate and advanced undergraduate chemical engineering students, professors, and researchers will appreciate the vision, innovation, and practical application of Laurence Belfiore’s Transport Phenomena for Chemical Reactor Design.

Transport Phenomena

Transport Phenomena, 2nd Edition
by: R. Byron Bird


Description

Transport Phenomenon by Bird, Stewart and Lightfoot is one of the most useful chemical engineering textbook ever written. For nearly five decades now, many chemical engineers have lived by what they learned first through this book. The revised edition makes the book current, though 1960 edition is great introduction to the mass, heat and energy and/or momentum transfer problems.

The basis idea of the book is simple: list the equations useful for a system of problems, say in mass transfer; provide set of assumptions used to arrive at those; suggest possible solutions to the differential equations for practical industry conditions; use correlations derived by researchers where real time data is unavailable and lastly, learn how to adapt solutions for different set of conditions. The book attempts to make problem solving into a set of instructions to be followed, and by sticking to the fundamental assumptions and equations allows one to attack a range of problems relevant to fields as diverse as diffusion transport, biochemical processes, condensation problems for atmospheric physics, chemical kinetics, heat conduction, petroleum extraction and flow of fluids relevant to many processing industries.

We often hailed it as the Bible of Chemical Engineering. Every now and then, (nearly a decade after we first read it) I still hear people say: this problem, or something like it, was in BSL, (the acronym awarded to the book after its authors). Be it Transport texts by Deen or Middleman typically used for graduate school courses, or Incompressible Flow by Patton, the recourse to understanding problems first hand through BSL is always rewarding.

The book comes with a number of solved and unsolved problems. There is no short-cut to becoming a good chemical engineer, except by mastering the art and science of attacking problems. By going through the book meticulously right in your first course, (for in most cases, this is the first chemical engineering text encountered), you can ensure that you will do well in your whole education as chemical engineer.

Recommended reference for all chemical engineers.