Understanding Process Equipment for Operators and Engineers
- 1st Edition - May 16, 2019
- Latest edition
- Author: Norman Lieberman
- Language: English
Understanding Process Equipment for Operators and Engineers explains how process equipment functions. As problems often arise in plants that must be solved by unit engineers… Read more
Understanding Process Equipment for Operators and Engineers explains how process equipment functions. As problems often arise in plants that must be solved by unit engineers, this book offers successful solutions and methods for their implementation. The concepts explained are based on Norm Lieberman’s personal, hands-on experience. Like you, Norm attended a university and was exposed to technical seminars which did not always provide the needed solutions. In this text, you will learn the functioning of a variety of equipment types, including Fired Heater Draft, Centrifugal Pump Head, Distillation Tray Efficiency, Vacuum Jets, Recip Compressors, Steam Turbines, Thermosyphon Circulation Reboilers and Air Cooler.
- Includes methods and procedures on how to make field measurements
- Outlines fire heater principles and operation and how they develop draft
- Describes distillation column operation and methods to increase their efficiency
- Includes computer modeling and provides use case examples
Practicing chemical engineers; Instrument and control engineers; Plant operators and technicians; Refinery supervisors; Environmental engineers; Managers of petrochemical plants and refineries; Plant maintenance engineers
1. Enthalpy vs. Entropy2. Water Hammer in Piping Systems3. Hydraulic Surge4. Fired Heater Draft and Excess O25. Distillation Tray Efficiency6. Distillation Tray Capacity7. Pressure Drop in Pipes – Friction Losses8. Thermosyphon Circulation in Reboilers9. NPSH in Pumps – Starting and Running10. Steam Turbines and Hand Valves11. Heat Exchangers and Fouling12. Centrifugal Compressors and Surge13. Reciprocating Compressor Efficiency14. Positive Feedback Loops15. Control Valves Performance16. Centrifugal Pump Seals17. Making Field Measurements18. How to Make a Technical Presentation
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 16, 2019
- Language: English
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Norman Lieberman
Norman Lieberman is a chemical engineer with 53 years of experience in process plant operations, design, and field troubleshooting. Over 19,000 engineers and operators have attended his process equipment troubleshooting seminar. Lieberman has authored nine books. Having been in the industry for 53 years, he is still an active refinery troubleshooter, having learned from long experience that process problems cannot be solved from the office, but only by getting close up to the process equipment.
Affiliations and expertise
Process Improvement Engineering/Process Chemicals Inc., Louisiana, USARead Understanding Process Equipment for Operators and Engineers on ScienceDirect