Chemical Process Retrofitting and Revamping Techniques and Applications [Hardcover]

The proposed book will be divided into three parts. The chapters in Part I provide an overview of certain aspect of process retrofitting. The focus of Part II is on computational techniques for solving process retrofit problems. Finally, Part III addresses  retrofit applications from diverse process industries.

Some chapters in the book are contributed by practitioners whereas others are from academia. Hence, the book includes both new developments from research and also practical considerations. Many chapters include examples with realistic data. All these feature make the book useful to industrial engineers, researchers and students.

List of Contributors xiii

Preface xv

PART I OVERVIEW

1 Introduction 3
G.P. Rangaiah

1.1 Chemical Process Plants 3

1.2 Process Retrofitting and Revamping 4

1.3 Stages in Process Retrofitting/Revamping Projects 6

1.4 Conceptual Process Design for Process Retrofit/Revamp Projects 8

1.5 Research and Development in Process Retrofit/Revamp 9

1.6 Scope and Organization of this Book 12

1.7 Conclusions 16

References 17

2 Project Engineering and Management for Process Retrofitting and Revamping 19
C.C.S. Reddy

2.1 Introduction 19

2.2 Key Differences between Revamp and Grassroots Designs 20

2.3 Revamp Design Methodology 20

2.4 Project/Process Engineering and Management of Revamp Projects 24

2.4.1 Revamp Objectives and Pre-Feasibility Study 24

2.4.2 Conceptual Design (Pre-FEED) 24

2.4.3 FEED (Front End Engineering Design) 31

2.4.4 Detailed EnlS.