ThePilotPlantRealBook:AUniqueHandbookfortheChemicalProcessIndustrybyFrancisX.McConvillePublisher:FXMEngineering Design|ISBN:0972176918|edition1st2002OutofPrint|PDF(rawOCR)|312pages|161mbJazzmusiciansrefertoapublishedsourceofallthestandardstheywanttomasterasthe realbook. Collectingfundamentalinformationunearthedfromobscurereferencesandweightyhandbooks,aMassachusetts-basedtechnologytransferconsultantwhohasworkedinthechemicalindustryandrelatedfieldsfor25-plusyearshascompiledauser-friendlymanualforchemists,engineers,andotherdevelopmentandscale-uppersonnelworkinginthechemicalandpharmaceuticalindustries.McConvillecoverspilotplantrolesandbasics;equipment,operations,andinstrumentation;liquidhandling;heattransfer;solvents;compressedgases;chemicaldata;safety;materialsselection;andmiscellaneousotherinformation(e.g.mathformulas,agencyacronyms).Includesdatatables,two-colorgraphics,andarecommendedreadinglistinadditionto271references.Wire-bound.Annotationc.BookNews,Inc.,Portland,ORThePilotPlantRealBookisauniqueandhighlypracticalnewhandbookforprocessdevelopmentchemists,chemicalengineers,kilo-laborpilotplanttechniciansandmanagers,andanyoneinvolvedinchemicalprocessR D.Itispackedwithcountlesstipsandtechniquesforthesafeandeffectivescale-upofnewchemicalprocesses.Well-indexedandillustratedwithover200distinctivegraphs,charts,tablesanddiagrams,itisavaluablereferenceandguidebookforveteransofprocessdevelopmentaswellasnewgraduatesandnon-scientificprofessionalswhomustdealwiththefinechemicalandpharmaindustries.