3 Books a Process Engineer Should Read... 1

• Dec 14, 2006

• #2

pleckner

Chemical

Jan 1, 2003

322

The one and only Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook. It is a must!

I would get a copy of CRANE Technical Paper 410 for fluid hydraulics.

For a third book, I would get a copy of "The Process Engineers Pocket Handbook", by Carl Branan, Gulf Publishing.

 

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• Dec 14, 2006

• #3

25362

Chemical

Jan 5, 2003

4,826

You may add to the above list:

David M. Himmelblau: Basic Engineering and Calculations in Chemical Engineering. Prentice Hall.

Nicholas P. Chopey: Handbook of Chemical Engineering Calculations. McGraw-Hill.

D.S. Jones: Elements of Chemical Process Engineering. Wiley.

 

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• Dec 16, 2006

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• #4

mammut74

Mechanical

Nov 27, 2006

15

Thank you plecker and 25362. Will check them out. . .

Kai

 

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• Dec 19, 2006

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• #5

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Artisi

Mechanical

Jun 11, 2003

6,543

I would also suggest - Camerons Hydraulic Data

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• Dec 19, 2006

• #6

lastone

Chemical

Jul 14, 2003

48

A Working Guide To Process Equipment and Troubleshooting Process Operations, both by Norm Lieberman. Best books I ever read on Process Engineering. I don't think I was ever really a Process Engineer until I read them. Also suggest Perry's, Crane, Cameron's, and anything by Nicholas Chopey and Milton Beychok are also excellent.

 

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• Dec 19, 2006

• #7

hahor

Chemical

Oct 13, 2004

53

Besides the above mentioned books I like "Applied Chemical Process Design" by Frank Aerstin and Gary Street and two German textbooks probably no one knows.

hahor

 

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• Dec 20, 2006

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• #8

mammut74

Mechanical

Nov 27, 2006

15

Hi hahor,

So what are the German texts?
I am spending one year in Europe now- unfortunately I do not read German. But good to know.

Regards.

 

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• Dec 20, 2006

• #9

JLSeagull

Electrical

Feb 19, 2006

2,070

The One Minute Process Engineer.

 

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• Dec 20, 2006

• #10

hahor

Chemical

Oct 13, 2004

53

Hi mammut,

the (East)-German Texts I like are "Grundzüge der Verfahrenstechnik" and Lehrwerk "Verfahrenstechnik" especially "Reaktionstechnik" I and II. All published by Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie Leipzig.

Kind Regards,
hahor

 

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• Dec 21, 2006

• #11

jeap

Chemical

Nov 1, 2006

36

Try these:

R K Sinnott: 'Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering'. Vol 6. Prentice Hall. Butterworth-Heinemann.


Ernest E. Ludwig: Applied Process Design. For Chemical and Petrochemical Plants. Vol.I. Gulf Professional Publishing.

"Process engineering design is the application of chemical, mechanical, petroleum, gas and other engineering talents to the process-related development, planning, designs and decisions required for."

Both collections are very interesting references for general process design but those volumes I mentioned above are 'must-have'.

Regards,

 

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• Jan 11, 2007

• #12

MikeInSWLa

Chemical

Jan 11, 2007

10

I have gotten much use out of "Practical Process Engineering" by Sandler & Luckiewicz. They go into a lot of detail on piping hydraulics, including complex flow, but they also cover many other topics, such as P&ID's , materials of Construction, Heat Exchangers, Pumps, Vacuum equipment, Compressors, Insulation and Tracing, Pressure Vessels, and others.

 

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• Jan 11, 2007

• #13

Milutin

Chemical

Jul 7, 2006

152

For folks interested in distillation, books from Henry Z Kister: Distillation operation & Distillation design.

Regards

 

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• Jan 11, 2007

• #14

hanon

Chemical

Jan 3, 2007

35

Another Lieberman´s great book to add to the list given previously by lastone : "Process Design for Reliable Operations". For me the best book is without any doubt "A Working Guide to Process Equipment" (Lieberman). It is not the tipical "academic" book. Everything is explained in a practical way and many real stories are given to help understanding. I learnt a lot reading it

 

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• Mar 18, 2007

• #15

WaltNiessen

Chemical

Mar 17, 2007

3

I suppose I should not be touting my own book, but if your environmental work includes incineration, I suggest "Combustion and Incineration Processes" . . . 3rd Edition (2002) by Walter Niessen - Marcel Dekker, NY. The book covers basic and applied combustion theory; tables showing the chemical, mechanical and thermal properties of different waste streams; and extensive discussions of the technology applications to burn or gasify municipal, hazardous, and sewage-derived solid wastes, gases and liquids; plus relevant air pollution control and environmental assessment technology. The diskette of computer programs that is included is a real help for heat & material balances, steam properties, waste characterization and other applications.

 

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