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This Dictionary of Chemical Engineering Practice is the most comprehensive guide to the jargon of the chemical engineering profession. It defines and where necessary disambiguates more than 10,000 terms and includes short discussions of the various meanings of the most contested terms. Written by a highly experienced practitioner and drawing on the input of over two hundred other chemical engineering practitioners, it represents the most complete, current consensus on the language of chemical engineering.
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Eur Ing Dr Sean Moran CEng is a practising chemical engineer with over thirty years of experience in process design, commissioning, and troubleshooting. He started his career with international process engineering contractors before setting up his own consultancy in 1996, specializing in process and hydraulic design for water, sewage and industrial effluent treatment plants. Sean spent several years in academia, where he held positions including a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professorship, and is a strong advocate for the overhaul of traditional university chemical engineering curricula. He is the author of three textbooks and many articles on process plant design and layout, and has an international portfolio of design and forensic engineering projects.
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A comprehensive practitioner's guide to the language of the chemical engineering profession
Key Features
Defines key words and phrases as used by professional chemical engineers
Explains sector-specific differences in terminology
References key codes and standards
What is a squing? How about a schoepentoeter? Do you know the difference between a roughneck and a roustabout? A silo and a hopper? Slips and dogs? How many 'colors' of hydrogen have you heard of? How many definitions of the word color? What's the difference between clean, hygienic and sanitary? Or between availability, dependability, and reliability? And, if you think that you already know, are you aware of how meanings vary between - and even within- industry sectors? How many of the 140+ formal definitions of "risk" are you aware of?
All of these terms - and around 10,000 others - are defined in "A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering Practice", the most comprehensive lexicon of the profession of chemical engineering. Referencing key codes and standards and drawing on the input of over 200 chemical engineering practitioners, "A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering Practice" is an invaluable reference for all chemical engineering practitioners, but especially for those early in their careers, or working across different industries.
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