Heat pumps in chemical process industry / / Anton A. Kiss, Carlos A. Infante Ferreira

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136140903321
• Autore: Kiss Anton Alexandru
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-4987-1903-1; 1-315-37103-0; 1-4987-1901-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (443 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 621.402/5
• Soggetti: Chemical plants - Equipment and supplies; Chemical engineering - Equipment and supplies; Heat pumps
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Thermodynamics of heat pump cycles -- Entropy production and exergy analysis -- Pinch analysis and process integration -- Selection of heat pumps -- Mechanically driven heat pumps -- Thermally driven heat pumps -- Solid-state heat pumps -- Industrial applications of heat pumps -- Case studies.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of heat pump technology applied in the chemical process industry, covering both theoretical and practical aspects: working principle, applied thermodynamics, theoretical background, numerical examples, and case studies, as well as practical applications in the chemical process industry. The worked-out examples instruct the students, engineers, and process designers on how to design various heat pumps used in the chemical process industry.