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SECTION ONE Equipment Desig

 1: Fluid Flow, 2

  Velocity head

  Piping pressure drop

  Equivalent length

  Recommended velocities

  Two phase flow

  Compzessible flow

  Sonic velocity

  Metering

  Control valves

  Safety relief valves

 2: Heat Exchangers, 19

 TEMA

  Selection guides

  Pressure drop shell and tube

  Temperature difference

  Shell diameter

  Shellside velocity maximum

  Nozzle velocity maximum

  Heat transfer coefficients

  Fouling resistances

  Metal resistances

  Vacuum condensers

  Air-cooled heat exchangers: lbrced vs induced draft

  Aipcooled heat exchangers: pressure drop air side

  Air-cooled heat exchangers: rough rating

 Air-cooled heat exchangers: temperature control

  Miscellaneous rules of thumb

 3: Fractioootors, 49

 Introduction

  Relative volatility

 Minimum reflux

  Minimum stages

 Actual reflux and actual theoretical stages

Reflux to feed ratio

Actual trays

GrapbicaI methods

Tray efficiency

Diameter of bubble cap trays

Diametel of sieve/valve trays (F factor)

Diameter of sieve/valve trays (Smith)

Diameter of sieve/valve trays (Lieberman)

Diameter of ballast trays

Diameter of fl acflonators general

Control schemes

Optimization techniques

Reboilers

Packed columns

 4: Absorbers, 97

hatroduction

Hydrocarbon absorber design

Hydrocarbon absolbers, oplimization

Inorganic type

 5: Pumps, 104

Affinity laws

Horsepower

Efficiency

Minimum Ilow

General suction system

Suction system NPSH available

Suction system NPSH for studies

Suction system NPSH wilh dissolved gas

Larger bnpeller

Construction materials

SECTION TWO Process Design

SECTION THREE Plant Design

SECTION FOUR Operations

Appendixes

Index