Problem Solving for Process Operators and Specialists [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830527103321
• Autore: Bonem J. M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-26811-6; 9786613268112; 0-470-92924-3; 0-470-92945-6; 0-470-93462-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 660.28; 660/.28
• Soggetti: Chemical engineering; Chemical engineering - Problems, exercises, etc; Chemical engineering - Quality control; Chemical engineering --Problems, exercises, etc; Chemical engineering --Quality control; Chemical processes - Mathematical models; Chemical processes --Mathematical models; Engineering mathematics; Engineering mathematics --Formulae; Problem solving; Chemical engineering - Mathematical models; Chemical processes; Chemical & Materials Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Chemical Engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: PROBLEM SOLVING FOR PROCESS OPERATORS AND SPECIALISTS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1: INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS; 2: LIMITATIONS TO ; PLANT PROBLEM SOLVING; 3: SUCCESSFUL PLANT PROBLEM SOLVING; 4: EXAMPLES OF PLANT PROBLEM SOLVING; 5: FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FOR PROCESS OPERATORS; 6: DEVELOPMENT OF WORKING HYPOTHESES; 7: APPLICATION TO PRIME MOVERS; 8: APPLICATION TO PLATE PROCESSES; 9: APPLICATION TO KINETICALLY LIMITED PROCESSES; 10: APPLICATION TO UNSTEADY STATE; 11: VERIFICATION OF PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION DATA; 12: SUCCESSFUL PLANT TESTS; 13: UTILIZATION OF MANUAL COMPUTATION TECHNIQUES; 14: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER15: A FINAL NOTE; APPENDIX: CONVERSION FACTORS; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides methods to train process operators to solve challenging problems. The book is split into two parts. The first part consists of two parts; first developing a daily monitoring system and second providing a structured 5 step problem solving approach that combines cause and effect problem solving thinking with the formulation of theoretically correct hypotheses. The 5 step approach emphasizes the classical problem solving approach (defining the sequence of events) with the addition of the steps of formulating a theoretically correct working hypothesis, providing a means to test