<h4>The latest methods for troubleshooting and maintaining process equipment</h4> Applicable to a broad range of technicians and industries and fully updated throughout, <i>A Working Guide to Process Equipment</i>, Fourth Edition explains how to diagnose, troubleshoot, and correct problems with chemical and petroleum refining process equipment. This new edition contains five new chapters covering state-of-the-art design and function of process equipment. All chapters in the book are updated with the latest troubleshooting and problem-solving techniques. This practical resource effectively illustrates how theory applies to understanding the root causes of real-world plant operating problems. <p>Revisions include:<ul><li>Effect of perforated tray panel distortion on tray flooding and fractionation efficiency<li>How multi-component fractionation differs from binary fractionation<li>Effect on vapor-liquid tray loads<li>Effect on the reflux drum temperature and pressure<li>Simple calculation methods and the significance of constant condenser duty<li>Current operating experience with shell and tube exchangers using hellical baffles<li>Problems with twisted tube exchangers<li>Where to use spiral heat exchangers<li>Sintered metal tubing for reboilers in pure component, clean hydrocarbon service<li>Current design and operating practices for waste water strippers<li>NH3, H2S, sour water, and Amine systems<li>Recent design and operating problems with steam condensate collection systems<li>Introduction of the concept of the "Point of Optimum Drainabilty"<li>Modern mechanical seal designs for centrifugal pumps<li>Expanded chapters on vacuum system operation, ejector design (both steam and liquids), and surface condenser<li>Section on the importance and design of barometric seal leg including vacuum seal drum design<li>Advantages of indirect combustion air pre-heaters<li>Methods to reduce CO2 emissions as a result improper operations and poorly conceived projects</ul></p>