Practical Guidelines for the Chemical Industry

Kiran Golwalkar is a consulting chemical engineer in private practice in India. He worked for many years for commissioning, operating, modernizing, and diversifying of chemical plants in India, Kenya, Thailand and Indonesia. He has also served as a visiting faculty member in chemical engineering Institutes at Mumbai, Nagpur, and Pune in India. Dr. Rashmi Kumar is Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (D J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai) and has a long teaching experience of about 25 years.

• 1. Management Functions.- 2. Hazid, Hazop and Ensuring Safety.- 3. Material of Construction.- 4. Pressure Vessels.- 5. Piping Design and Pumping Systems.- 6. Cooling and Heating Systems.- 7. Co-generation of Steam, Power, Steam Traps and Heat Exchangers.- 8. Process Control and Instrumentation.- 9. Practical Considerations and Guidelines.

“This book is a well-structured approach to the chemical industry. It incorporates all the relevant information required to use as a guide towards preparing, commissioning and maintaining a chemical plant. … This is definitely a useful book to have on your shelf as a chemical engineer to reference from time to time. It will also help those who are new to the industry.” (Mahmud Juned, Johnson Matthey Technology Review, Vol. 67 (3), 2023)