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This fully revised and up-dated Second Edition of the highly successful Process Pump Selection eases the daunting task that faces a process industries' engineer employed in the process industries and responsible for the specification, selection, and purchase of process equipment. This volume provides essential guidelines, based on the operational experience of large numbers of plumbing installations over many years on a diverse range of duties and process plants. Process Pump Selection: A Systems Approach will be an invaluable source of information for engineers and others working for user organizations in the process and service sector industries. It will not only be of great assistance to engineers faced with the specification, selection, and procurement of pumps, but will also provide pump manufacturers with a great insight into the problems facing pump users and plant designers. COMPLETE CONTENTS: Pump specification and selection Positive displacement pumps: reciprocating metering Positive displacement pumps: reciprocating special purpose Positive displacement pumps: rotary Centrifugal pumps Centrifugal pumps: special purpose and multistage Common points Sealing considerations Pump and system combined Appendices Index

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Process Fan and Compressor Selection is ideal reference material for engineers, managers and designers in mechanical and chemical engineering, equipment manufacturers, those training to be engineers, and anyone working in the process industries. COMPLETE CONTENTS: Introduction Preliminary choice of fan or compressor type Fans Centrifugal compressors Axial compressors Reciprocating compressors Twin screw compressors – general Oil-free twin screw compressors Oil-injected twin screw compressors Positive displacement blowers Rotary, sliding vane compressors Drives and transmissions Lubrication Seals for rotary machines Inspection and testing Containment safety. The units used throughout this guide are SI units.

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