THE PROCESS ENGINEER’S POCKET HANDBOOK CARL BRANANTo my family—Margaret, Kay, Ann, and Nana—for their patience and understanding during the prepara- tion of this book. THE PROCESS ENGINEER'S POCKET HANDBOOK Copyright© 1976 by Gulf Publishing Company, Hous- ton, Texas. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-1680 ISBN 0-87201-712-5ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | cannot thank Mr. Guy Z. Moore enough for his contributions to not only this book, but to my career as well. A large part of the material herein is based on Guy's ideas and successful plant experience over the years. Keith Claiborne has been a tremendous help over the years, but particularly in my early design years. Jack Hailer also helped me understand what design was all about and contributed the write-up on vacuum condensers. Jimmy Hatten, who has taught me much, contributed part of the heat exchanger fogging write-up, and the write-up on avail- able energy. John Mills encouraged me throughout the preparation of this book, as well as in other areas of self-improvement. Kurt Nauck is to be thanked for helping prepare the worksheet in Chapter 5. John Sterrett acquainted me with several bits of modern tech- nology. Paul Milios helped with various items, particularly Chapter 10. T. C. Li gavo insight into absorbors. Robert Eddy helped in utility areas. Paul F. Schmidt provided contributions on safety relief valves. Leticia Mora deserves special thanks for typing the original manuscript.