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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherElsevier Science & Technology Books
ISBN-100884151441
ISBN-139780884151449
eBay Product ID (ePID)1165870
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChemical Engineer's Condensed Encyclopedia of Process Equipment
Publication Year1999
SubjectChemical & Biochemical, Chemistry / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science
AuthorNicholas P. Cheremisinoff
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight29.5 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN99-029947
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal660/.283/03
Table Of ContentA SUBJECTS: Abrasive blast cleaning equipment. Absorption equipment. Adorption. Afterburners. Air slides (fluidized solids transport). B SUBJECTS: Bins (storing of granular and powered products). Blowdown drums. Blowers. Blow Molding. Burning pit-flares. C SUBJECTS: Catalytic cracking reactor. Centrifugal pumps. Chemical treatment. Compressors. Condensers. Cooling towers. Crystallizers. Cyclone Separators. D SUBJECTS: Dies (for blow molding). Disc bowl centrifuge. Distillation equipment. Dry cooling towers. Drying equipment. E SUBJECTS: Equipment venting and drainage. Evaporators. Extruders (for plastics and rubbers). F SUBJECTS: Fabric filters. Fans. Fan assisted hyperbolic cooling towers. Feeders and dischargers (for bulk solids handling). Flare systems. Flotation. Flow measuring devices. Fluidized beds. G SUBJECTS: Gas compression. Gravity separation. H SUBJECTS: Heat exchangers (air cooled designs). Heat exchangers (shell and tube type). Heat exchangers (spiral-plate design). I SUBJECTS: Incinerators. Injection molding. M SUBJECTS: Mechanical draft cooling towers. Mixing equipment. P SUBJECTS: Positive displacement pumps. Pressure and safety relief devices. R SUBJECTS: Rapid sand filtration. Reactors, petroleum industry. Refinery applications. Refinery equipment. Refineries, Fuels products. Refineries, fuels products with specialties. Refinery operations. Refineries, types. Refractories. Reverse osmosis. Rotary drum filters. Rubber compounding equipment. Rupture Disc. T SUBJECTS: Thermal conductivity (petroleum products). Tubular bowl centrifuges. Twin screw extruders. V SUBJECTS: Venturi scrubbers. Viscometers. Vulcanization. Index.
SynopsisThis is a reference which provides chemical and industrial engineers and technicians concise, accurate descriptions of process equipment. This handy source provides fingertip access to the details and definitions of hundreds of major types of machinery and equipment. In addition to explaining and illustrating the technology, it defines engineering terminology and includes typical applications, operating limits and variables, and overviews of design and operating principles.