Process Technology Equipment and Systems

Unmatched Expertise: Process technology's leading authority delivers PROCESS TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, 4th Edition with the depth of knowledge and experience students and apprentices want.

Meticulous Coverage: Topics addressed include everything from equipment and components to systems and safety considerations, for a complete perspective of this dynamic and growing field.

Appealing Graphics: Stimulating color photos and art guide students through the material, and give visual punch to this already reader-friendly text.

Industry-Tested Methods: PROCESS TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, 4th Edition ensures relevant skill mastery and uniform training for new technicians in apprentice training programs everywhere.

Flexible Design: Standalone chapters enable instructors to teach with a standard approach, or adjust according to individual program needs.

Better Starts: More startup and shutdown information better prepares readers for work with heat exchangers, cooling towers, steam generation, furnaces, reactors, and distillation.

Focused Distillation: Extra information and a new series of graphics better illustrate vapor-liquid phase diagrams, the bubble point and dew-point curve, mole fractions, the reflux-ratio, the McCabe-Thiele method, column loading, entrainment, and much more.

Succinct Science: More detailed descriptions and new photos of science and engineering materials add depth to equipment and system chapters, while simplifying concepts for learners.

Expanded Reactors: New additions to the reactor chapter include the reactor classification system, new reaction processes, ammonia reaction, calcium carbonate reaction, fluid catalytic cracking, reformers, and the use of reactors in power generation.

Advanced Topics: The 4th Edition's new coverage of more advanced topics helps novice technicians and apprentices understand wider applications within the field of process technology.