Plant and Process Engineering 360

Plant and Process Engineering 360 will be the backbone of any plant, chemical, or process engineer’s library. This is a broad area in which engineers need to be familiar with a wide array of techniques, technologies and equipment. Its focus on providing a broad introduction to key systems make the book the first point of reference for engineers who are involved with designing, specifying, maintaining or working with plant, process and control technologies in many sectors, including manufacturing, chemical process, and energy.

A single-source of plant and process equipment information for engineers, providing a 360 degree view of the critical equipment engineers encounterEnables readers to get up to speed with unfamiliar topics quickly with an overview of important but disparate technologies that are specific to plant engineering Covers the systems and processes that drive effective and efficient plants and processesDrawn from authoritative Elsevier resources, this book is a ‘first port of call’ with breadth and depth of content, from leading figures in the field.

Section One: Introduction

Chapter 1.1: Instrumentation and transducers

Chapter 1.2: Control systems

Chapter 1.3: Programmable controllers

Chapter 1.4: Control systems interfacing

Section Two: Motors and drives

Chapter 2.1: Electromechanical systems

Chapter 2.2: Analysing a drive system

Chapter 2.3: Motors, motor control and drives

Chapter 2.4: Variable speed drives

Chapter 2.5: Induction motors

Section Three: Electronic drive control

Chapter 3.1: Electronic circuits and devices

Chapter 3.2: Electronic converters

Section Four: Power transmission

Chapter 4.1: Power transmission

Chapter 4.2: Gears and gearboxes

Section Five: Hydraulic and pneumatic systems

Chapter 5.1: Hydraulic fundamentals

Chapter 5.2: Pneumatic fundamentals

Chapter 5.3: Pump types and characteristics

Chapter 5.4: Centrifugal pump design

Chapter 5.5: Pump hydraulics

Chapter 5.6: Hydraulic pumps and pressure regulation

Chapter 5.7: Actuators