Chemical Process Equipment: Selection and Design

by James R. Couper, Stanley M. Walas

Comprehensive and practical guide to the selection and design of a wide range of chemical process equipment. Emphasis is placed on real-world process design and performance of equipment. Provides examples of successful applications, with numerous drawings, graphs, and tables to show the functioning and performance of the equipment. Equipment rating forms and manufacturers' questionnaires are collected to illustrate the data essential to process design. Includes a chapter on equipment cost and addresses economic concerns.

840 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1988

Reviews

[Niche · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty nice overall breakdown of what goes into pieces of equipment in chemical processing. The parts, sizing, selection, and correlations. It has a number of external references for further reading. It's organized by different types of equipment and does give a nice summary of them. My biggest complaint is probably how far tables, charts, and diagrams are from the text referencing them. It's only a handful of pages, but it makes for moving between them a bit annoying. It could be a grass is always greener, I can't say for sure if would have been nicer to have the figures and tables grouped at the end of each chapter or not. Being based off of a print copy, space would definitely be at a premium.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

read chapters 9&12 for a course

[Ajit Deshmukh · Rating 4 out of 5]

THis is great book