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Ludwig's Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants Incorporating Process Safety Incidents

Volume 2

  • 5th Edition - February 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Author: A. Kayode Coker
  • Language: English

Ludwig's Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants is ever evolving starting with the first edition some 60 years ago. The volumes in this fifth edition pr… Read more

Description

Ludwig's Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants is ever evolving starting with the first edition some 60 years ago. The volumes in this fifth edition provide improved techniques and fundamental designs methodologies to guide the practicing engineer in designing process equipment and applying chemical processes to the properly detailed hardware. Like its predecessor, this new edition continues to present updated information for achieving optimum operational and process conditions and to avoid problems caused by inadequate sizing and lack of internally detailed hardware.

The volumes provide both fundamental theories where applicable and direct application of these theories to applied equations essential in the design effort. This approach in presenting design information is essential for troubleshooting process equipment and in executing system performance analysis.

Volume 2 covers distillation, packed towers, petroleum fractionation, gas processing and dehydration, and liquid-liquid extraction. It focuses on distillation and packed towers and presents the methods and fundamentals of plant design along with supplemental mechanical and related data, nomographs, data charts and heuristics. The revision covers new content on divided wall column, and liquid-liquid extraction / design that ensure readers can analyze problems and find practical design methods and solutions to accomplish their process design objectives.

Key features

  • A true application-driven book, providing clarity and easy access to essential process plant data and design information
  • Covers a complete range of basic day-to-day petrochemical operation topics
  • Extensively revised with new material added on divided wall columns, liquid-liquid extraction/design, mechanical designs for tray performance, and packed towers
  • Supplemented with website that hosts simulation design software (UniSim Design) and Excel spreadsheet / developed computer programs
  • Includes case studies on process safety incidents, guidance for troubleshooting and checklists

Readership

Chemical Engineers, Petrochemical Process Engineers, Industrial Engineers, Process/Chemical Engineering Managers, Senior Process/Chemical Engineers, Scientists and Researchers

Table of contents

13. Distillation Process Performance

14. Petroleum, Complex-Mixture Fractionating, Gas Processing, Dehydration, Hydrocarbon Absorption and Stripping

15. Enhanced Distillation Types/Divided Wall Column

16. Liquid-liquid Extraction/Design

17. Mechanical Designs for Tray Performance

18. Packed Towers

19. Application of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Advanced Process Control in the Design, Heat Integration, and Simulation of Distillation, Packed Towers, and Liquid–Liquid Extraction Systems.

Appendices

  • List of Engineering Process Flow Diagrams and Process Data Sheets
  • Ethics in the Engineering Profession
  • Physical Properties of Liquids and Gases
  • Alphabetical Conversion Factors
  • Process Description of Light Arabian Crude
  • Natural gas stream processed in a refrigeration system to remove the heavier hydrocarbons.
  • Manufacture of methyl acetate
  • Reactive distillation of methyl acetate
  • Production of methyl acetate from the reaction between methanol and acetic acid, using simulation software

Review quotes

Review of the previous edition:
"Each chapter provides high-level nuggets of background information supported by reference charts and easy-to-follow examples…. As an arsenal of distillation design and problem-solving tools, this edition is a recommended reference manual for practicing engineers, and a good resource for new graduates entering the industry."—CEP

"The book serves as an excellent resource for distillation unit operations that are crucial to the gas-processing, chemical and petrochemical industries."—Chemical Engineering

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the author

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A. Kayode Coker

A. Kayode Coker PhD, is Engineering Consultant for AKC Technology, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, U.K., a former Engineering Coordinator at Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company (SASREF) and Chairman of the department of Chemical Engineering Technology at Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia. He has been a chartered chemical engineer for more than 30 years. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK (C. Eng., FIChemE), and a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He holds a B.Sc. honors degree in Chemical Engineering, a Master of Science degree in Process Analysis and Development and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, all from Aston University, Birmingham, UK, and a Teacher’s Certificate in Education at the University of London, UK. He has directed and conducted short courses extremely throughout the world and has been a lecturer at the university level. His articles have been published in several international journals. He is an author of ten books in chemical and petroleum engineering, a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Vol. 61, and a certified train – the mentor trainer. A Technical Report Assessor and Interviewer for chartered chemical engineers (IChemE) in the UK. He is a member of the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, UK (IBC) as Leading Engineers of the World for 2008. Also, he is a member of International Who’s Who for ProfessionalsTM and Madison Who’s Who in the US.
Affiliations and expertise
Engineering Coordinator, Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company, Saudi Arabia