A Practical Guide to Compressor Technology - Hardcover

Bloch, Heinz P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070059373 ISBN 13: 9780070059375

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1995

Synopsis

Select, operate, and maintain optimal-cost, high-quality compression equipment that works at peak efficiency with minimum downtime

This incredible process gas compressor guide arms you with field-tested techniques for operating, selecting, and maintaining the full range of positive displacement and dynamic compressor operating characteristics, application ranges, efficiencies, reliability, and more.

You get complete details on the arrangements, materials composition, and basic laws governing compressor design; expert guidance on operating various types of heavy process industry equipment; tips for selecting optimum compressor configurations, controls, components, and auxiliaries; and much more.

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From the Back Cover

Let one of industry's leading authorities on machinery reliability show you how to select, operate, and maintain optimal-cost, high-quality compression equipment that works at peak efficiency with minimum downtime. This indispensable "quick-reference" guide offers you authoritative information on the operating characteristics...efficiencies...design features...reliability...and maintenance of positive displacement and dynamic compressors. A Practical Guide to Compressor Technology features: the latest design and manufacturing details incorporated in positive displacement and dynamic compressors. A Practical Guide to Compressor Technology features: the latest design and manufacturing details incorporated in positive displacement and dynamic compressors manufactured in the United States and Europe; complete guidance on the various types of machines available for the heavy process industries; details on the arrangements, material composition, and basic laws governing the design of all important process gas compressors; tips on selecting optimum compressor configurations, controls, and components and auxiliaries for reliability-conscious equipment owners. Essential for mechanical and chemical engineers as well as plant operations personnel, this comprehensive, practical sourcebook will give you the expertise required to capitalize on the newest process gas compressor innovations--and improve our plant's efficiency, maintainability, uptime, and profitability!

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070059373
• ISBN 13: 9780070059375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 518