Plant and Process Engineering 360 will be the backbone of any plant, chemical, or process engineer's library. This is a broad area in which engineers need to be familiar with a wide array of techniques, technologies and equipment. Its focus on providing a broad introduction to key systems make the book the first point of reference for engineers who are involved with designing, specifying, maintaining or working with plant, process and control technologies in many sectors, including manufacturing, chemical process, and energy. - A single-source of plant and process equipment information for engineers, providing a 360 degree view of the critical equipment engineers encounter - Enables readers to get up to speed with unfamiliar topics quickly with an overview of important but disparate technologies that are specific to plant engineering - Covers the systems and processes that drive effective and efficient plants and processes - Drawn from authoritative Elsevier resources, this book is a 'first port of call' with breadth and depth of content, from leading figures in the field.
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Mike Tooley is a technical author and consultant. He was formerly Vice Principal at Brooklands College in Surrey, England, where he was responsible for the delivery of learning to over 10,000 Further and Higher Education students increasingly by flexible, open and on-line distance learning. Mike is the well-known author of several popular engineering and related text books, including widely adopted course texts for BTEC, GCE A-level and GCSE qualifications in Engineering. Mike's hobbies include astronomy, amateur radio, aviation, computing and electronic circuit design and construction.
Klappentext
Plant and Process Engineering 360 will be the backbone of any plant, chemical, or process engineer's library. This is a broad area in which engineers need to be familiar with a wide array of techniques, technologies and equipment. Its focus on providing a broad introduction to key systems make the book the first point of reference for engineers who are involved with designing, specifying, maintaining or working with plant, process and control technologies in many sectors, including manufacturing, chemical process, and energy.
- A single-source of plant and process equipment information for engineers, providing a 360 degree view of the critical equipment engineers encounter
- Enables readers to get up to speed with unfamiliar topics quickly with an overview of important but disparate technologies that are specific to plant engineering
- Covers the systems and processes that drive effective and efficient plants and processes
- Drawn from authoritative Elsevier resources, this book is a 'first port of call' with breadth and depth of content, from leading figures in the field.
Inhalt
Section One: Introduction
Chapter 1.1: Instrumentation and transducers
Chapter 1.2: Control systems
Chapter 1.3: Programmable controllers
Chapter 1.4: Control systems interfacing
Section Two: Motors and drives
Chapter 2.1: Electromechanical systems
Chapter 2.2: Analysing a drive system
Chapter 2.3: Motors, motor control and drives
Chapter 2.4: Variable speed drives
Chapter 2.5: Induction motors
Section Three: Electronic drive control
Chapter 3.1: Electronic circuits and devices
Chapter 3.2: Electronic converters
Section Four: Power transmission
Chapter 4.1: Power transmission
Chapter 4.2: Gears and gearboxes
Section Five: Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
Chapter 5.1: Hydraulic fundamentals
Chapter 5.2: Pneumatic fundamentals
Chapter 5.3: Pump types and characteristics
Chapter 5.4: Centrifugal pump design
Chapter 5.5: Pump hydraulics
Chapter 5.6: Hydraulic pumps and pressure regulation
Chapter 5.7: Actuators