Process Centrifugal Compressors
Subtitle: Basics, Function, Operation, Design, Application
By: by Klaus H. Lüdtke
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9783642073304; 9783662094495
Subjects: Engineering; Chemistry; Chemical engineering; Hydraulic engineering
Description: This book provides a comprehensive look at industrial compressors. Readers can find a great deal of information based on long industrial experience, on a clear and well-founded approach to real-gas handling, and on solutions to many practical problems. "Process Centrifugal Compressors" supplies engineering contractors and users of industrial compressors with a better insight into the "how" and "why" of different design features, thus providing a solid basis for dealing with manufacturers. It also reveals the limitations and requirements of practical applications and economics by casting light on the day-by-day design practice. By combining a mathematical approach with practical experience and many examples, it fills in the gap between academic textbooks and volumes, offering encyclopaedic descriptions of fluid flow machines.
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Table of contents: title: Basics of Compressor Aerodynamics; title: Thermodynamics of Real Gases; title: Aero Components - Functions and Features; title: Compressor Design Constraints; title: Compressor Off-Design Operation; title: Aerodynamic Compressor Design: Case Study; title: Application Example; title: Improving Efficiency and Operating Range; title: Rerate of Process Centrifugal Compressors; title: Standardization of Compressor Components.