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Norman P. Lieberman - Process Engineering for a Small Planet: How to Reuse, Re-Purpose, and Retrofit Existing Process Equipment - 9780470587942 - V9780470587942
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Process Engineering for a Small Planet: How to Reuse, Re-Purpose, and Retrofit Existing Process Equipment

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Description for Process Engineering for a Small Planet: How to Reuse, Re-Purpose, and Retrofit Existing Process Equipment Hardcover. * Teaches the reader to retrofit process facilities to re-use existing process equipment in alternate services, save energy, and expand plant capacity without installing new equipment or building new plants in order to help the environment. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Methods for more planet-friendly process engineering

Our earth is just one big, complex Process Facility with limited air, water, and mineral resources. It responds to a number of process variables—among them, humanity and the environmental effects of our carbon consumption. What can professionals in the Hydrocarbon Process Industry do to retard environmental degradation? Rather than looking to exotic technology for solutions, Process Engineering for a Small Planet details ready-at-hand methods that the process engineer can employ to help combat the environmental crisis.

Drawing from the author's professional experience working with petroleum refineries petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, and natural gas wells, ... Read more

  • Reuse existing process equipment
  • Save energy
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  • Expand plant capacity without installing new equipment
  • Reduce corrosion and equipment failures

Covering topics from expanding fractionator and compressor capacity and vacuum tower heater expansion to minimizing process water consumption and increasing centrifugal pump capacity, Process Engineering for a Small Planet offers big ideas for saving our small planet.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470587942
SKU
V9780470587942
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Norman P. Lieberman
NORMAN P. LIEBERMAN is an independent process design engineer and field troubleshooter. His clients are refineries and petrochemical plants. He is well known in the process industry for his seminar "Troubleshooting Process Operations," which has been presented to over 16,000 engineers and plant operators.

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