Description
Selecting the right pump for the job is a critical yet complex task across all chemical process industries (CPI). This Chemical Engineering Guidebook compiles a range of practical engineering articles on pump selection, operation, and maintenance to help engineers optimize safety, efficiency, and reliability.
The volume covers pump sizing, installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance for various pump types, including vacuum pumps, diaphragm pumps, and magnetically driven pumps. Additional articles address variable-frequency drives, piping system design, process plant layout, lubrication practices, and lifecycle-cost calculations to support informed engineering decisions throughout the pump system’s lifecycle.
Features & Benefits
- Comprehensive Pump Coverage: Practical guidance on vacuum pumps, diaphragm pumps, magnetically driven pumps, and more.
- Design & Safety: Insights into plant layout, piping codes, and process safety for reliable and compliant operations.
- Lifecycle Planning: Methods for lifecycle-cost analysis and performance benchmarking to justify upgrades and investments.
- Troubleshooting & Maintenance: Strategies for pump installation, lubrication, and mandatory maintenance programs.
- Operational Optimization: Coverage of variable-frequency drives, off-BEP operation, vortex breakers, and efficiency improvements.
- Process Integration: Engineering considerations for high-shear mixing, vacuum system design, and pressure relief optimization.
Audience
- Chemical, process, and mechanical engineers
- Plant managers and operations supervisors
- Maintenance and reliability engineers
- Project and design engineers in CPI facilities
- Engineering consultants and EPC contractors
Articles Include
- Cooling Towers: Estimate Evaporation Loss and Makeup Water Requirements
- Vacuum Pumps
- Chemical Process Plants: Plan for Revamps
- Pump Safety: Flirting with Disaster
- Process Plant Layout – Becoming a Lost Art?
- Recommended Fluid Velocities in Pipelines
- Pump Sizing Parameters
- Lubricating Rotating Machinery
- Use Simplified Lifecycle-Cost Computations to Justify Upgrades
- The Impact of Off-BEP Pump Operation
- High-Shear Mixing
- Cost Engineering: Equipment Purchase Costs
- Avoid Safety Pitfalls During Plant Expansion and Modification
- Vortex Breakers in Practice
- Optimizing Pressure Relief Systems
- The Unrecognized Problems of Relocating Laboratories
- Variable Frequency Drives for Centrifugal Pumps
- Commissioning and Startup: Increase Certainty Through Advanced Planning
- Making Pump Maintenance Mandatory
- Piping Codes: What the CPI Engineer Should Know
- Reduce Risk and Cost with a Lifecycle Approach to Process Safety
- Improving the Operability of Process Plants
- Magnetically Coupled Pumps: Structure, Function and Best Practice
- AODD Pumps in Chemical Processes
- An Overview of Vacuum System Design
- Magnetically Driven Pumps: An Overview
Type: PDF Guidebook
Pages: 136
