Process Engineering for a Small Planet

Methods for more planet-friendly process engineering Our earth is just one big, complex Process Facility with limitedair, water, and mineral resources. It responds to a number ofprocess variables--among them, humanity and the environmentaleffects of our carbon consumption. What can professionals in theHydrocarbon Process Industry do to retard environmentaldegradation? Rather than looking to exotic technology forsolutions, Process Engineering for a Small Planet detailsready-at-hand methods that the process engineer can employ to helpcombat the environmental crisis. Drawing from the author's professional experience working withpetroleum refineries petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants,and natural gas wells, this handbook explains how to operate andretrofit process facilities to: * Reuse existing process equipment * Save energy * Reduce greenhouse gas emissions * Expand plant capacity without installing new equipment * Reduce corrosion and equipment failures Covering topics from expanding fractionator and compressorcapacity and vacuum tower heater expansion to minimizing processwater consumption and increasing centrifugal pump capacity,Process Engineering for a Small Planet offers big ideas forsaving our small planet.