This book results from the author's teaching of hydrocarbon process safety over many years and is a companion text to the recently-published Hydrocarbon Process Safety. It contains 90 detailed numerical problems in heat transfer which vary in difficulty. All of them appertain to hydrocarbon safety but what distinguishes the book from others in the same subject area is that the worked solutions to some of the more advanced questions are only provisional. The author has presented solutions, but there will often be scope for refinement or for reworking a problem by a different approach. In other words, even when the 'correct' answer (that is, the one given in the text) has been obtained by the reader there is still scope for discussion, thus creating a valuable teaching/learning tool.
General introduction; Temperature regulation in reactors and pipes; Buried tanks and pipes; Heat transfer coefficients at plant surfaces; Boiling, condensation and refrigeration; Radiation heat transfer in chemical plant; Electrical heating; Response of structures to heat; Heat exchangers; Heat transfer effects in temperature measurement and control; Miscellaneous; Postscript.
The book will be of particular use to students, practising engineers and consultants in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, petroleum/offshore engineering, plant and production engineering, energy engineering and in any course dealing with hydrocarbon processing/industrial health and safety.
'...the book is a very valuable contribution to both engineering students and practising engineers. Indeed ...others who work in the industrial area will also find the book to be of value...'
'...the book is deemed to provide a useful text for students in the application of basic heat transfer principles to the safety of hydrocarbon operations. ...will find use within tutorial sessions... ...it will complement its companion book, Hydrocarbon Process Safety...' Process Safety and Environmental Protection
'...The book is a useful source of problems for use in a graduate level course on process safety, either in conjunction with the authors previous book, or in process safety courses...' Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
