Forsthoffer's Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery
Published on 1. June 2011
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-0-08-096676-2 (ISBN)
Description
Optimize plant asset safety and reliability while minimizing operating costs with this invaluable guide to the engineering, operation and maintenance of rotating equipment
Based upon his multi-volume Rotating Equipment Handbooks, Forsthoffer's Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery summarises, expands and updates the content from these previous books in a convenient all-in-one volume. Offering comprehensive technical coverage and insider information on best practices derived from lessons learned in the engineering, operation and maintenance of a wide array of rotating equipment, this new title presents:
A unique "Best Practice" and "Lessons Learned" chapter framework, providing bite-sized, troubleshooting instruction on complex operation and maintenance issues across a wide array of industrial rotating machinery.
Five chapters of completely new material combined with updated material from earlier volumes, making this the most comprehensive and up-to-date handbook for rotary equipment currently available.
Intended for maintenance, engineering, operation and management, Forsthoffer's Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery is a one-stop resource, packed with a lifetime's rotating machinery experience, to help you improve efficiency, safety, reliability and cost.
Based upon his multi-volume Rotating Equipment Handbooks, Forsthoffer's Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery summarises, expands and updates the content from these previous books in a convenient all-in-one volume. Offering comprehensive technical coverage and insider information on best practices derived from lessons learned in the engineering, operation and maintenance of a wide array of rotating equipment, this new title presents:
A unique "Best Practice" and "Lessons Learned" chapter framework, providing bite-sized, troubleshooting instruction on complex operation and maintenance issues across a wide array of industrial rotating machinery.
Five chapters of completely new material combined with updated material from earlier volumes, making this the most comprehensive and up-to-date handbook for rotary equipment currently available.
Intended for maintenance, engineering, operation and management, Forsthoffer's Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery is a one-stop resource, packed with a lifetime's rotating machinery experience, to help you improve efficiency, safety, reliability and cost.
Reviews / Votes
"Plant engineers, operators, millwrights, and anyone associated with the safe and reliable operation of rotating machinery in a plant will find this book to be a very useful reference. The listing of best practices, lessons learned, and supporting materials obtained by the author over a 48-year time span during which he worked as a designer, end user, and consultant in the rotating machinery industry will be invaluable to those mentioned above." --IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, March/AprilMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Operators, maintenance engineers and technicians, especially in gas, oil, water, mining, chemical, power and other process industries. Middle managers will appreciate the "best practices" framework of this book, which allows for quick and easy reference of tested and proven best practices in global equipment.
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1840 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-08-096676-2 (9780080966762)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
W. E. Forsthoffer | William E. Forsthoffer
Forsthoffer's Best Practice Handbook for Rotating Machinery
E-Book
05/2014
Butterworth-Heinemann
€236.00
Available for download
Person
President of Forsthoffer and Associates USA. Bill has authored 6 successful books at Elsevier, including Machinery Best Practices in 2011. He has 60 years' experience in the Rotating Machinery Industry as a rotating machinery designer, project leader and trouble-shooter and has visited over 500 Plants Globally. Bill has had the opportunity to be involved with all types of rotating machinery: pumps, compressors, gears, mixers, extruders, melt pumps, steam turbines gas turbines, centrifuges, spin dryers and their associated components (Rotors, Bearings, Seals and Support Systems). His involvement has consisted of total component and system centrifugal compressor design for De Laval (Siemens), specification writing for ExxonMobil, selection of all types of rotating equipment for all major vendors, design audits, shop testing, start-up and troubleshooting for all major gas processing chemical and refining companies world-wide.
Content
Chapter 1 Project Best Practices
Chapter 2 Pump Best Practices
Chapter 3 Compressor Best Practices
Chapter 4 Gear and Coupling Best Practices
Chapter 5 Steam Turbine Best Practices
Chapter 6 Gas Turbine Best Practices
Chapter 7 Lube, Seal & Control Oil System Best Practices
Chapter 8 Pump Mechanical Seal Flush Best Practices
Chapter 9 Dry Gas Seal Best Practices
Chapter 10 The Post Shipment Phase: Installation, Pre- Commissioning, Commissioning & Start-up Best Practices
Chapter 11 Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Best Practices
Chapter 12 Implementation and Communication Best Practices
Chapter 2 Pump Best Practices
Chapter 3 Compressor Best Practices
Chapter 4 Gear and Coupling Best Practices
Chapter 5 Steam Turbine Best Practices
Chapter 6 Gas Turbine Best Practices
Chapter 7 Lube, Seal & Control Oil System Best Practices
Chapter 8 Pump Mechanical Seal Flush Best Practices
Chapter 9 Dry Gas Seal Best Practices
Chapter 10 The Post Shipment Phase: Installation, Pre- Commissioning, Commissioning & Start-up Best Practices
Chapter 11 Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Best Practices
Chapter 12 Implementation and Communication Best Practices