Is Perry's Useful for the Practicing Engineer?
Is Perry's Useful for the Practicing Engineer?
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Hi guys. Just wondering how useful you all, as practicing ChE's, find Perry's. As an ME, I have a Marks and I crack it, oh, once every two years, and even then it's only marginally useful. So before I plonk down the hundred-plus bones for a Perry's, I thought I'd ask you guys if you find it practical as a useful desktop tool for the practicing engineer in the process industries. I am doing a lot more ChE stuff these days, and I do frequently find the need for such information. I can usually find what I need in my other stuff but it's not as in-depth and it takes longer to get there. For example, I was looking recently for a method to estimate overall U for a flat plate-type hot water immersion coil used for tank heating. Thanks guys! Pete





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I used the spanish version of the 6 th edition to help me in translation of technical terms.
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Another option is to build your own "Perry" by compilating articles, photocopying chapters of interest from several different handbook and classify them in a folder. That's what i do and i find it far most effective as i have to analyse the material before archiving it.
"We don't believe things because they are true, things are true because we believe them."
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Good luck,
Latexman
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but Perry's is still good. i still prefer my 5th edn. to the 6th. plus i have a Mark's 7th edn.
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Crane TP-410 is probably the highest concentration of extremely useful information ever crammed into a booklet less than half an inch thick. A simply brilliant publication.
I am surprised nobody mentioned GPSA Volumes I and II. Some amazingly useful things in there as well.
Regards,
SNORGY.
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David
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Seriously, I used that more than any other reference during my test.