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Process Equipment Procurement in the Chemical and Related Industries

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Kiran Golwalkar

    1. Consulting Chemical Engineer, Nagpur, India

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  • Provides students and engineers just entering industry good practical knowledge of equipment and machinery before they assume responsibilities in chemical plants

  • Maximizes readers’ understanding to pose the best inquiries to engineers, plant managers, and product vendors when acquiring industrial equipment and supplies

  • Facilitates plant QA officers’ conversance with the lifecycles of a plant’s equipment and maintenance intervals

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Process Equipment Procurement: Need and Options

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 1-15

  3. Classification of Equipment, Inquiry Document and Instructions to Vendors

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 17-23

  4. Solid Material Feeding Equipments for Process Units

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 25-37

  5. Equipments/Accessories for Handling of Fluids

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 39-53

  6. Procurement of Raw Materials and Catalysts

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 55-61

  7. Process Reactors

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 63-75

  8. Pressure Vessels, Glass Vessels and Glass-lined Vessels

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 77-88

  9. Mechanical Screening and Filtration Equipment

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 89-99

  10. Heat Exchangers

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 101-116

  11. Air Pollution Control Equipment

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 117-133

  12. Heat Recovery Equipments

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 135-147

  13. Instruments

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 149-171

  14. Utilities

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 173-197

  15. Effluent Treatment Plants

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 199-209

  16. Protective Linings

    • Kiran Golwalkar
    Pages 211-220

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 221-259
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About this book

This concise volume explains when to procure new equipment, how to prepare specifications for floating inquiries, and guidelines for detailed technical discussions with vendors in the chemical and related industries. It covers the common equipment and supplies used in chemical plants, refineries-please delete reference to refineries, and effluent treatment facilities such as pumps, blowers, reactors, heat exchangers, waste heat recovery boilers, heat and acid resistant lining etc. The book serves as a checklist to the plant managements for procurement of the correct equipment in the most efficient timeframe insuring that projects are not delayed due to long time required for procurement of new equipment.

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  • Consulting Chemical Engineer, Nagpur, India

    Kiran Golwalkar

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Kiran Golwalkar is a Consulting Chemical Engineer.

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