(BQ) Part 1 book "Rules of thumb for chemica engineers" has contents: Heat exchangers, separators accumulators, cooling towers, pneumatic conveying, vaccum systems, gas treating, process evaluation, blending. | l V 3 N O I L L I ~ H I Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers RULES OF THUMB FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS A manual of quick, accurate solutions to everyday process engineering problems Third Edition Carl R. Branan, Editor Gulf Professional Publishing an imprint of Elsevier Science Amsterdam London New York Oxford Paris Tokyo Boston San Diego San Francisco Singapore Sydney To my five grandchildren: Katherine, Alex, Richard, Matthew and Joseph Gulf Professional Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier. Copyright by Elsevier (). All rights reserved. Originally published by Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, TX No part of this publication ma!; 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. ,-. - Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier's Science & Technology Rights Department in Osford, UK: phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions~,elsei,. may also complete You your request on-line via the Elsevier Science homepage (), by selecting 'Customer Support' and then 'Obtaining Permissions'. E' This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rules of thumb for chemical engineers: a manual of quick, accurate solutions to eievday process engineering problernsiCar1R. Branan, ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7506-7567-5 (pbk.: akpaper) 1. Chemical engineering-Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Branan, Carl. 2002 660-dc2 1 2002071157 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibrarJ The publisher offers special discounts on bulk orders of this book. For information, please contact: Manager of Special Sales Elsevier Science 200 Wheeler Road Burlington, MA 01803 Tel: 781-3 13-4700 Fax: 781-313-4802 For information .