Improving Operability & Reliability Volume 1: Equipment Systems - electronic book

• Engineering guidance for plant operability and reliability across major equipment types
• Practical strategies for troubleshooting, maintenance, and cost reduction
• Tips for proper equipment selection, monitoring, and operational safety
• Improved understanding of process design, operation, and control methodologies
• Delivered in a detailed PDF format with comprehensive coverage

• Process and chemical engineers
• Plant operations and maintenance engineers
• Design engineers responsible for equipment and process reliability
• Technical managers in chemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries

Articles Include

• Advanced Control Methods for Combustion
• Hot-oil Heat-Tracing Systems
• Heat Exchanger Standards for Shell-and-Tube Equipment
• A Primer on Compressor Design
• Control Engineering for Chemical Engineers
• Particle Impact Problems in Pneumatic Conveying
• Crossflow Membrane Filtration Essentials
• Infrared Temperature Measurement
• Thermowell Installation
• Pressure Measurement Considerations
• Maximizing Fan Efficiency
• Optimization of a Steam Network
• Design Underground Piping For Safety
• Evaluate Heat-Exchanger Tube-Rupture Scenarios Using Dynamic Simulation
• The Impact of Off-BEP Pump Operation
• Gas Turbines: Design and Operating Considerations
• Valve-Selection Best Practices
• Maximizing Performance in Size Reduction
• Combining the use of Rupture Discs with Relief Valves
• Filtration and Separation During Chemical Process Operations: Avoid Common Errors
• Why Bad Things Happen to Good Steam Equipment
• Rotating Machinery: What You Should Know About Operational Problems
• Steel Corrosion
• Five Steps to Replacing Aged Heat-Transfer Fluid
• Compressors: Pursuing Lowest Cost of Ownership
• Piping-System Leak Detection and Monitoring for the CPI
• Reliable Operation and Sealing of Agitators
• Proper Use of Conventional PRV Discharge Coefficients
• Industrial Insulation Systems: Material Selection Factors
• Pressure Transmitter Basics: Selection Guidelines
• Pneumatic Conveying: Optimal System Design, Operation and Control
• Pipe Insulation: Finding the Optimal Thickness
• Industrial Adsorbents
• Piping Codes: What the CPI Engineer Should Know
• Vacuum Systems: Recommendations For Safe Operation
• Improve Rotary Equipment Reliability with Checklists
• Mechanical Seals Update: Pharmaceutical and Food Applications
• Troubleshooting Tube-Deterioration Mechanisms in Direct-Fired Heaters

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