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Process Plant Machinery provides the mechanical, chemical or plant engineer with the information needed to choose equipment best suited for a particular process, to determine optimum efficiency, and to conduct basic troubleshooting and maintenance procedures. Process Plant Machinery is a unique sing...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Bloch, Heinz P., 1933- (Editor); Soares, Claire. (Editor)
Published: Butterworth-Heinemann,
Publisher Address: Boston :
Publication Dates: 1998.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Chemical plants > Equipment and supplies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.
SCIENCE > Industrial & Technical. > Industrial & Technical.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750670814
Summary: Process Plant Machinery provides the mechanical, chemical or plant engineer with the information needed to choose equipment best suited for a particular process, to determine optimum efficiency, and to conduct basic troubleshooting and maintenance procedures. Process Plant Machinery is a unique single-source reference for engineers, managers and technical personnel who need to acquire an understanding of the machinery used in modern process plants: prime movers and power transmission machines; pumping equipment; gas compression machinery; and mixing, conveying, and separation equipment. Starting with an overview of each class, the book quickly leads the reader through practical applications and size considerations into profusely illustrated component descriptions. Where necessary, standard theory is expertly explained in shortcut formulas and graphs. Maintainability and vulnerability concerns are dealt with as well. Fully updated with all new equipment available Comprehensive Coverage Multi-industry relevance.
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 734 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9780080514949
0080514944
Index Number: TP157
CLC: TQ050
Contents: Electric Motors and Controls; Gear Speed Transmission Equipment; Gas Turbines; Gas Engines; Mechanical Drive Steam Turbines, Turboexpanders; Centrifugal Pumps; Positive Displacement Pumps; Vacuum Pumps; Cooling Water Supply Systems; Centrifugal Compressors; Axial Flow Compressors; Propeller, Axial and Centrifugal Fans, Reciprocating Compressors; Rotating Positive Displacement Compressors; Mixers and Agitators; Internal Mixers: Single- and Twin-Screw Extruders; Conveyor-Based Processing Systems.

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