Page 6 - Process Equipment and Plant Design Principles and Practices by Subhabrata Ray Gargi Das

Preface

A course on plant and equipment design would be incomplete without a perspective of the relevant
process system. Thus, the design of a distillation column must include at least the broad details of
the associated heat exchangers, piping, safety arrangements and instrumentation. The book is based
on this approach e to include the auxiliaries of a system, be it any specific equipment or a process.
Another specific feature of the book is a separate section on process utilities, instrumentation and
controls and engineered safety of plants. Ideas about these systems, although essential, have tradition-
ally received less prominence.
The last section of the book discusses design of the complete plant e the process packages with
design examples. It summarises the concepts and practices discussed in previous sections and demon-
strates their applications in practice. This section is meant specifically to provide an idea of the
capstone projects that the undergraduates may take up as part of their course curriculum.
To expose the learner to the industrial standards and practices, the importance of relevant industrial
codes and practices has been emphasised and referred to wherever necessary, albeit in a limited way.
It is felt that the rookie engineers in industry may find this useful as a resource that covers the basic
concepts along with industrial practices in processes and equipment designs.
The way the book is structured, the user may start with Section I and cover Sections II, III and IV in
any order. One may go through Section V as per one’s interest or as a part of a formal design course.

Subhabrata Ray and Gargi Das
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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