Troubleshooting Process Operations
Third Edition
by Norman P. Lieberman

Troubleshooting refinery process equpment is a challenge for engineers and operators!

Norman Lieberman draws from his 30 years of experience in solving process equipment and operating problems and details specific steps when troubleshooting process operations.

The approach is rooted in practical experience and not in theoretical concepts. Forget complex math—this is a text for people working to solve refinery field problems.

Troubleshooting Process Operations has been the refinery industry standard for field troubleshooting operations since it's first edition in 1980 and is grounded in common refinery malfunctions and failures—the sort that we must confront daily.

Each chapter concludes with a valuable troubleshooting checklist.

Contents

• Crude distillation
• Vacuum distillation
• Delayed coking
• Light ends fractionation
• Fluid cracking
• Amine systems
• Sulfur recovery
• Alkylation
• Sweetening
• Mercaptain extraction
• Fired heaters
• Vacuum jets
• Centrifugal pumps
• Compressors
• Reboilers
• Condensers
• Energy conservation
• Control strategies
• Shell and tube exchangers
• How to run a performance test and many other subjects critical to refinery operations and field troubleshooting

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