English | 2024 | EPUB, Converted PDF | 100 MB
Robin Smith, B0CN5B7MHX, 1119689910, 1119689988, 9781119689911, 9781119689980, 9781119690009, 978-1119689911, 978-1119689980, 978-1119690009
An introductory practical guide to process plant design for students of chemical engineering and practicing chemical engineers.
Process
Plant Design provides an introductory practical guide to the subject
for undergraduate and postgraduate students of chemical engineering,
and practicing chemical engineers.
- Process Plant Design
starts by presenting general background from the early stages of
chemical process projects and moves on to deal with the infrastructure
required to support the operation of process plants.
- The
reliability, maintainability and availability issues addressed in the
text are important for process safety, and the avoidance of high
maintenance costs, adverse environmental impact, and unnecessary
process breakdowns that might prevent production targets being
achieved.
- A practical approach is presented for the systematic
synthesis of process control schemes, which has traditionally received
little attention, especially when considering overall process control
systems.
- The development of preliminary piping and
instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) is addressed, which are key
documents in process engineering.
- A guide is presented for the
choice of materials of construction, which affects resistance to
corrosion, mechanical design and the capital cost of equipment.
- Whilst
the final mechanical design of vessels and equipment is normally
carried out by specialist mechanical engineers, it is still necessary
for process designers to have an understanding of mechanical design for
a variety of reasons.
- Finally, Process Plant Design considers
layout, which has important implications for safety, environmental
impact, and capital and operating costs.
To aid reader comprehension, Process Plant Design features worked examples throughout the text.
Process
Plant Design is a valuable resource on the subject for advanced
undergraduate and postgraduate students of chemical engineering, as
well as practicing chemical engineers working in process design. The
text is also useful for industrial disciplines related to chemical
engineering working on the design of chemical processes.
