Books for Chem Engineers
Books for Chem Engineers
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Hello All,
can someone advise the books for the chem Engineers (not like Crane, GPSA, Perry) where it's good to read of the process design and resolving of the daily plant problems.
thanks,
Joisy
can someone advise the books for the chem Engineers (not like Crane, GPSA, Perry) where it's good to read of the process design and resolving of the daily plant problems.
thanks,
Joisy





RE: Books for Chem Engineers
RE: Books for Chem Engineers
RE: Books for Chem Engineers
Kister, "Distillation Operation", McGraw-Hill. Especially Distillation Operation is an excellent book for troubleshooting distillation columns.
Trevor Kletz, "What went wrong?"
RE: Books for Chem Engineers
"Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants", volumes 1 - 3, Ernest E. Ludwig, Gulf Publishing
These books cover most unit .
"Process Heat Transfer", Donald Q. Kern, McGraw-Hill
This book focuses on heat transfer and exchanger .
A word of caution though, be sure you check the math when looking over any example problem.
RE: Books for Chem Engineers
can be recommended;
"Petroleum Refining; Crude Oil, Petroleum products, Process
flowsheets" edited by Jean Pierre Wauquier(IFP)
This book covers the very upfront of the petroleum refining.
If you'd like to have more general information on refining processes, then take look at "Handbook of petroleum refining processes" edited by Robert A. Meyers.