Successful Trouble Shooting for Process Engineers A Complete Course in Case Studies

Chemical production processes consist of many complex apparatuses involving both moving and static parts as well as interconnecting pipes, control mechanisms and electronics, mechanical and thermal stages, heat exchangers, waste and side product processing units, power ducts and many others. Bringing such a complicated unit online and ensuring its continued productivity requires substantial skill at anticipating, detecting and solving acute problems. Acquiring it requires good training and teaching, and the author's profound experience makes this book the professional's and student's bet means of entering to the fascinating and important world of trouble shooting in chemical, pharmaceutical and other production processes. By means of 52 exemplary cases, the mental problem solving process, rules of thumb for trouble shooting processes and equipment malfunction, data gathering, and interpersonal skills are taught in detail. The CD contains appendices, a self test, feedback on the exemplary cases, coded answers for the case questions, and further helpful supplementary material in pdf format. A complementary volume by the same author, Rules of Thumb in Engineering Practice, will also be published by Wiley-VCH.Woods, Donald R. is the author of 'Successful Trouble Shooting for Process Engineers A Complete Course in Case Studies', published 2006 under ISBN 9783527311637 and ISBN 3527311637.