By Max Stone Peters, K. D. Timmerhaus
ISBN-10: 0070496137
ISBN-13: 9780070496132
ISBN-10: 097100871X
ISBN-13: 9780971008717
A revision of the vintage text-reference for the chemical engineering "design" path often provided to all Chemical Engineers on the junior/senior point. This new version includes the newest rate info in addition to new emphasis on safeguard and H42OPS and a brand new bankruptcy on Computer-Aided layout. The ebook properly balances either economics (cost estimating and price info) and method apparatus layout in a single textual content.
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Safety conditions and environmental-impact factors must also always be taken into account. Construction and Operation When a definite decision to proceed with the construction of a plant is made, there is usually an immediate demand for a quick plant startup. Timing, therefore, is particularly important in plant construction. Long delays may be encountered in the fabrication of major pieces of equipment, and deliveries often lag far behind the date of ordering. These factors must be taken into consideration when developing the final plans and may warrant the use of the Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) or the Critical Path Method (CPM).?
314 lb) FIGURE 2-4 Quantitative flow diagram for the manufacture of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate. around each piece of equipment. Temperature and pressure levels at various key points in the process, particularly at the reactors, serve as guides in making these heat balances. The complete calculations for the material and energy balances for each piece of equipment, because of their length, are not presented in this discussion. Equipment Design and Selection Equipment design for this preliminary process evaluation involves determining the size of the equipment in terms of the volume, flow per unit time, or surface area.
The design of equipment, therefore, is an essential part of a plant design. The engineer developing a process design must accept the responsibility of preparing the specifications for individual pieces of equipment and should be acquainted with methods for fabricating different types of equipment. The importance of choosing appropriate materials of construction in this fabrication must be recognized. Design data must be developed, giving sixes, operating conditions, number and location of openings, types of flanges and heads, codes, variation allowances, and other information.