Abstract
Many operations in chemical engineering involve fluids, either liquids or gases. It is therefore important to know the different options that allow transport equipment and conditioning fluid within a process. In any process plant there are pumps and piping networks gas compression systems. Fluid handling has a variety of applications, from water injection into an oil well to the steam distribution and other services in a chemical plant. Fundamental knowledge of fluid mechanics is important to understand the design of systems and equipment mentioned above, since they depend on the operation of the other processes, and similarly ensures that the flow and pressure are appropriate. It is also important to know the required power to carry out transport operations, since this information not only affects the operation from the technical point of view; it translates directly into associated costs within the operation. Process simulation is relevant for these systems. For this reason, this chapter will illustrate the various options that have simulators to calculate fluid handling equipment.
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Chaves, I.D.G., López, J.R.G., Zapata, J.L.G., Robayo, A.L., Niño, G.R. (2016). Fluid Handling Equipment. In: Process Analysis and Simulation in Chemical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14812-0_3
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