Process Engineering Problem Solving

Avoid wasting time and money on recurring plant process problems by applying the practical, five-step solution in Process Engineering Problem Solving: Avoiding "The Problem Went Away, but it Came Back" Syndrome. Combine cause and effect problem solving with the formulation of theoretically correct working hypotheses and find a structural and pragmatic way to solve real-world issues that tend to be chronic or that require an engineering analysis. Utilize the fundamentals of chemical engineering to develop technically correct working hypotheses that are key to successful problem solving. Preface.

Chapter 1: Introduction.

Chapter 2: Limitations to Plant Problem Solving.

Chapter 3: Successful Plant Problem Solving.

Chapter 4: Examples of Plant Problem Solving.

Chapter 5: Formulation of Working Hypotheses.

Chapter 6: Application to Prime Movers.

Chapter 7: Application to Plate Processes

Chapter 8: Application to Kinetically Limited Processes.

Chapter 9: Application to Unsteady State.

Chapter 10: Verification of Data.

Chapter 11: Successful Plant Tests.

Chapter 12: Utilization of Manual Computations.

Chapter 13: Putting it altogether.

Chapter 14: Final Words.

Joe M. Bonem has drawn on more than forty years of experience to write this book. He worked more than thirty years in polymer manufacturing and process development with Exxon Chemical and was a consultant for over ten years. He has taught numerous short courses in plant problem solving to both process engineers and process operators.

A rapid, effective problem-solving approach for your plant

In many modern plants, lots of time and money is spent addressing recurring problems. This guide gives you a structured, practical way to solve real-world plant processing problems, focusing on those that tend to be chronic or that require an engineering analysis. Written by an experienced professional who has felt, firsthand, the pressure to get complicated systems working quickly and correctly, Process Engineering Problem Solving:

• Gives you a systematic, practical, five-step approach developed specifically to solve process engineering problems

• Details a step-by-step method based on actual, in-plant experience rather than on abstract theory

• Presents chemical engineering fundamentals from the perspective of the problem solver

• Shows you how to use these chemical engineering fundamentals as a basis for developing technically correct working hypotheses

• Includes real-world example problems to illustrate the concepts, techniques, and calculations

If you have a good understanding of the equipment and the specific technology involved, this systematic, methodical reasoning approach will help you quickly analyze and solve problems in your plant. It's a great reference for chemical engineers, industrial engineers, and industrial managers who are looking for techniques to improve their problem-solving skills within their organizations. It helps nonchemical engineers with some experience in the process industry and process operators with some understanding of unit operations to streamline process engineering problem solving.