Compressors and modern process applications
Gas compressors are used in applications from jet engines to refrigeration, to turbomachinery. Compressors and Modern Process Applications describes the main features of over 300 petrochemical and refining schematics and associated process descriptions that involve compressors and expanders in moder...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0470047208 |
Summary: |
Gas compressors are used in applications from jet engines to refrigeration, to turbomachinery. Compressors and Modern Process Applications describes the main features of over 300 petrochemical and refining schematics and associated process descriptions that involve compressors and expanders in modern industry. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 339 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-330) and index. |
ISBN: |
047172792X 9780471727927 0470047186 9780470047187 0470047208 9780470047200 9781615832668 1615832661 |
Index Number: | TJ990 |
CLC: | TH45 |
Contents: | Positive-displacement compressors -- Rotary compressors as a category -- Understanding centrifugal process gas compressors -- Power transmission and advanced bearing technology -- Centrifugal compressor performance -- Testing -- Application considerations -- Using API-617 as a purchase specification for centrifugal compressors -- Gas processing -- Refining processes -- Petrochemical processes. |