Pinch Technology: Energy Recycling in Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Industrial Processes (De Gruyter Textbook)

__Pinch Technology__ explains the principles of process integration, the use of pinch technology as well as energy recycling in oil, gas, petrochemical and industrial processes. It gives an complete overview of all relevant and similar references in the fi eld of energy recovery in oil, gas and petrochemicals. * Provides the right basic information for all students interested in energy industry and its technical, process and operational topics. * Guides in developing future applicable plans for the energy savings in oil, gas and downstream industries. Preface Contents Foreword About the Authors 1 Overview on the History of Integration and Fundamental Concept 2 Composite Curve 3 Cascade Diagram 4 Heat Exchanger Network Design with Maximum Energy Recovery 5 Heat Exchanger Network Design with Minimum Heat Transfer Unit 6 Estimating the Number of Shells and Heat Transfer Area of Heat Exchanger Network 7 Estimating the Cost of Heat Exchanger Network 8 Furnaces, Heat Engines, Heat Pumps and Distillation Tower References Index This book presents the principles of process integration, the use of pinch technology as well as energy recycling in and oil, gas, petrochemical and industrial processes. It provides a complete overview of all relevant and similar references by considering standards and the way of performing heat exchangers network and implementing the EPC projects for optimizing them via latest process modeling