Process Engineering and Plant Design

Auteur

Siddhartha Mukherjee has a B.Tech and a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from I.I.T. Kharagpur. He has worked in key positions in two reputed engineering companies in India i.e., Air Liquide Engineering and Construction, New Delhi, and Development Consultants Limited, Kolkata.

He carries an experience of more than 30 years in the design, engineering, pre-commissioning and commissioning of refineries and petrochemicals plants and in general process engineering working on several projects in Air Liquide Engineering and Construction. In addition, he has knowledge in gasification technologies including the complete gasification block for the synthesis of downstream products. He has also worked on several international assignments.

Siddhartha Mukherjee is a life fellow of the Institute of Engineers (India) and the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has several publications in national and international journals and has delivered several invited lectures in various universities and institutions. He had been listed in the Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering. He is also an Air Liquide Group "International Expert".

Texte du rabat

The book provides the whole horizon of process engineering and plant design from concept phase through the execution to commissioning of the plant in real practice. Providing a complete industrial perspective, it covers the pertinent guidelines and standards and how engineering documents are generated using these standards with relevant topics.

Contenu

1. Executing a Process Plant - In a Nutshell, 2. Flow Sheets, 3. Plot Plan and Equipment Layouts, 4. Piping and Piping Components, 5. Fluid Flow - Pumps and Compressors, 6. Vessel and Storage Tanks, 7. Heat Exchangers, 8. Air Coolers and Fired Heaters, 9. Columns, 10. Hazardous Area Classification, 11. Instrumentation and Controls, 12. Safety and Relief Systems in Process Plants, 13. Hazard and Operability Study, 14. Revamp Engineering, 15. Interaction with Detailed Engineering Disciplines, 16. Pre-commissioning and Commissioning, 17. Execution of Large Projects, 18. Cost Estimation, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Appendix 4