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The Handbook of Chemical Process Equipment is a major reference on process equipment. It provides practical understanding and description of the working principles, intended applications, selection criteria and fundamental design principles for equipment used throughout the process and allied chemical industries.It is an important reference for engineers, and in particular chemical engineers who will use such a volume throughout their studies and careers. Each major unit operation and equipment associated with the operation is described in sufficient detail for the reader to obtain practical knowledge of the equipment's limitations and typical applications. The book contains sufficient working examples and references for the user to refer to more in-depth treatment of individual subject areas.A practical reference for chemical process equipmentCan be used throughout the process and allied chemical industriesUnit operations and equipment described in detail
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Handbook Chemical rocessing Equipment Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff Handbook of Chemical Processing Equipment Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Ph.D. Boston Oxford Auckland Johannesburg Melbourne New Delhi Copyright 0 2000 by Butterworth-Heinemann A member of the Reed Elsevier group All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. @ Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, Butterworth-Heinemann prints its books on acid-free paper whenever possible. & " ' . . , , .G ~ 2 0 Butterworth-Heinemann ~ 1 supports the efforts of American Forests and the Global ReLeaf program in its campaign for the betterment of tree