Troubleshooting Process Operations

Name: Troubleshooting Process Operations
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ISBN: 9781593701765

ISBN-10: 1593701764

ISBN-13: 9781593701765

Edition: 4th 2009

Authors: Norman Lieberman

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Drawing on his passion, training, and experience, Lieberman presents problems and troubleshooting techniques that are associated with specific processes, systems, and equipment, leading novice and practiced troubleshooters alike to the crux of malfunctions and failures. The fourth edition updates troubleshooting and design techniques, and adds seven new chapters with information on turbines, motors, heat exchangers, and environmentally friendly operations. Norm Lieberman sprinkles his troubleshooting guide with insightful and humorous anecdotes from 45 years in the petrochemical and refining industry. Features: * Nitty-gritty descriptions of common refinery and chemical plant problems and…

Book details

List price: $167.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: PennWell Books, LLC
Publication date: 6/30/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 706
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English



Preface to Fourth Edition


Preface to Third Edition


Preface to Second Edition


Preface to First Edition


Introduction



Specific Processes



Crude Distillation



Delayed Coking Cycles



Delayed Coking Process



Amine Regeneration and Scrubbing



Sulfur Recovery



Alkylation



Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units



Fccu Product Fractionation



Saving Energy at Reduced Feed Rates



Process Equipment



Refrigeration Systems



Centrifugal Pumps



Distillation Towers



Vacuum Towers



Treating Liquid Hydrocarbons



Process Heaters



Water Coolers



Alarms and Trips



Practical Problems



Additional Distillation Problems



Fouled Trays



Dehydrating Light-Ends Towers



Vapor-Liquid Separation



Refinery Metallurgy for Novices



Unusual Noises and Vibrations



Gas Drying and Compression



Natural Gas Drying



Gas Compression-Centrifugal and Reciprocating



The Process Engineer's Job



Suggestions for New Process Operating Engineers



Planning a Performance Test



Understanding Control Board Instruments



How to Make Field Measurements



Turbines, Expanders and Variable Speed Motors



Forced Draft Air Coolers



Advances in Heat Exchanger Design



Positive Feedback Loops



Troubleshooting Control Loops



Texas City-BP Refinery Fire



Environmentally Friendly Process Concepts



The People Problem


Appendix-Tray ï¿½P, Water Dew Pt., Bubble Pt. Calculations


Index