This definitive bestselling guide for refinery operations and maintenance, delivers unparalleled information to engineers and technicians. Drawing on their training and experience, the author presents problems and troubleshooting techniques that are associated with specific processes, systems, and equipment, leading novice and practiced troubleshooters alike to the crux of malfunctions and failures. This Fourth Edition updates maintenance and design techniques, and adds seven new chapters with the latest information on turbines, motors, heat exchangers and environmentally friendly operations.Content:Front Matter IntroductionPrefaces Table of ContentsSection 1. Specific Processes1. Crude Distillation2. Delayed Coking Cycles3. Delayed Coking Process4. Amine Regeneration and Scrubbing5. Sulfur Recovery6. Alkylation7. Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units8. FCCU Product Fractionation9. Saving Energy at Reduced Feed RatesSection 2. Process Equipment10. Refrigeration Systems11. Centrifugal Pumps12. Distillation Towers13. Vacuum Towers14. Treating Liquid Hydrocarbons15. Process Heaters16. Water Coolers17. Alarms and TripsSection 3. Practical Problems18. Additional Distillation Problems19. Fouled Trays20. Dehydrating Light-Ends Towers21. Vapor-Liquid Separation22. Refinery Metallurgy for Novices23. Unusual Noises and VibrationsSection 4. Process Equipment24. Natural Gas Drying25. Gas Compression - Centrifugal and ReciprocatingSection 5. The Process Engineer's Job26. Suggestions for New Process Operating Engineers27. Planning a Performance Test28. Understanding Control Board Instruments29. How to Make Field Measurements30. Turbines, Expanders, and Variable Speed Motors31. Forced Draft Air Coolers32. Advances in Heat Exchanger Design33. Positive Feedback Loops34. Troubleshooting Control Loops35. Texas City - B.P. Refinery Fire36. Environmentally Friendly Process Concepts37. The People Problem AppendixIndex