Feature Reports Compilation Guidebook - 2018 - electronic book

• Step-by-step, how-to engineering guidance
• Coverage of solids handling, distillation, steam systems, and rotating equipment
• Insights on corrosion prevention and asset integrity
• Best practices for commissioning, startup, and process safety
• Practical tools for pump sizing, cost estimation, and equipment maintenance

• Chemical engineers
• Process engineers
• Plant operators and maintenance managers
• Project managers and commissioning teams
• Reliability and safety engineers in CPI facilities

Articles Include

• Taking Representative Samples in Solids-Handling Processes
• Preventing Flow Stoppages in Powder Handling Processes
• Effective Agitator Operation and Maintenance
• Maintaining Heat-Transfer-Fluid Quality
• PVDF: A Fluoropolymer for Chemical Challenges
• Integrity of Aging Assets: Using Corrosion Data to Stave Off Extinction
• Recent Air Regulations: Impact on Turnaround Vapor Deinventory Strategies
• Pitfalls to Avoid When Generating Cost Estimates
• Distillation, Part 1: Experimental Validation of Column Simulations
• Distillation, Part 2: Bubble-Cap Tray Vapor Turndown
• Single-Use Gloves: Problems and Solutions
• Process Commercialization: The Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award
• The Road to Commercialization: Best Practices
• Enclosed Combustion Equipment and Technology
• Pump Sizing and Selection Made Easy
• Photochemical Processes in Stirred Tank Reactors
• Performance Prediction for Industrial Boilers
• Steam Balancing: The First Step in Steam Optimization
• Rotating Machines: Digital Technologies to Enable Predictive Maintenance
• Guidelines for Designing a Compressed Air System
• Pressure-Relief System Design: Developments and Deficiencies
• Sizing Pressure-Relief Valves for Two-Phases
• Precision Grouting: Setting the Foundation for Equipment Reliability
• Torque Limiter Technologies for Rotating Machinery
• Best Practices in Capital Equipment Commissioning
• Commissioning and Startup: Increase Certainty Through Advanced Planning
• Wireless Monitoring for Pressure Relief Systems
• How to Troubleshoot and Maintain Pressure Regulators
• Experimental Methodologies to Verify Distillation Simulations
• Avoid Common Mistakes When Specifying Burner Management Systems
• Reduce Risk and Cost with a Lifecycle Approach to Process Safety
• Treating Boiler Feedwater for Reliable Operation
• Microbial Control in Cooling Water

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