Chemical Engineering November 2013 - 7

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Fluid Dynamics and Scale-up in
Process Engineering: Theory and
Logic in Practice. By Frederick
A. Zenz. Analogies in Matters
of Science (AIMS), P.O. Box 49,
Cold Spring, NY 10516. Web:
pemmcorp.com. 2014. 560 pages.
$199.99.
Reviewed by Thomas McGowan,
TMTS Associates Inc.,
Atlanta, Ga.
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PROCESS ENGINEERING
A SCALE-UP
FLUID DYNAMICS
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(Theory and Logic in Practice)
Frederick A. Zenz
Professor Emeritus, Man. Coll.
Consulting Engineer, Phd, P.E.
Handbook of Polymer Crystallization.
Edited by Ewa Piorkowska
and Gregory C. Rutledge. John Wiley
& Sons, 111 River Street, Hoboken,
NJ 07030. Web: wiley.com. 2013. 498
pages. $195.00.
Publishers, AIMS
P.O. Box 49, Cold Spring, N.Y. 10516
A Tale of Seven Elements. By Eric
Scerri. Oxford University Press, Great
Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP
U.K. Web: oup.com. 2013. 304 pages.
$19.95.
rederick Zenz, Professor Emeritus of Manhattan
College (Riverdale, N.Y.; www.manhattan.com), as
well as a consulting engineer, and over many years
by turn, my professor, boss, mentor and associate, has
authored a third book. It is the definitive work based on
a lifetime of research and engineering in two-phase flow
and the science of particulate solids. The target audience
for this book is design engineers, teachers and researchers
involved in fluidized beds, pneumatic transport, two-phase
liquid flow and fluid dynamics.
This book covers a significant number of items overlooked
in the typical engineering course, such as proper
manifold design for proportional flow. It provides both the
theory of each of its subjects, as well as the charts, graphs
and equations needed to turn the knowledge into practical
designs. A sampling of these topics includes stream trajectories,
grid pressure drop, troubleshooting cyclone fouling,
comparison of theoretical data to actual results (useful to
the reader in choosing which of the published calculation
methods on which to rely). Other examples of topics covered
in the book are the following: maximum particle size
versus opening size for solids flow from bins; solid-particle
segregation in piles and bins and how to combat it; the
effect of moisture on agglomeration; mixing in beds; attrition;
scaleup of bubbling beds, injectors, standpipes and
risers; and the mathematics of the parabolic curve found
in natural systems. The book includes 25 worked-out
examples on such items as cyclone pressure drop, entrainment,
saltation, riser choking, prilling towers, predicting
reaction conversion, viscosity and surface tension of powders,
and so on. Also included are heat transfer, gaseous
diffusion, and many unpublished correlations that are
all based on cited industrial experiences gained over the
years from 1942 to the present.
In summary, for those in the field of two-phase flow, this
book is a treasure-trove of information,
a real page-turner, and a fine
resource to add to one's library shelf
of important books.
Principles of Chemical Engineering
Practice. By George
DeLancey. John Wiley & Sons, 111
River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030.
Web: wiley.com. 2013. 456 pages.
$175.00.
Catalytic Process Development
for Renewable Materials. Edited by
Pieter Imhof and Jan Cornelis van der
Waal. John Wiley & Sons, 111 River
Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Web: wiley.
com. 2013. 420 pages. $190.00.
Innovative Graphene Technologies:
Evaluation and Application,
vol. 2. Edited by Atul Tiwari. Smithers
Rapra Publishing, Shawbury, Shrewsbury,
Shropshire SY4 4NR, U.K. Web:
smithersrapra.com. 2013. 540 pages.
$250.00.
Bio-Based Plastics: Materials and
Applications. Edited by Stephen
Kabasci. John Wiley & Sons, 111 River
Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Web: wiley.
com. 2014. 408 pages. $180.00.
Handbook of Food Powders: Processes
and Properties. Edited by
Bhesh Bhandari, Nidhi Bansal, Min
Zhang and Pierre Schuck. Woodhead
Publishing Ltd., 80 High Street, Sawston,
Cambridge CB22 3HJ, U.K. Web:
woodheadpublishing.com. 2013. 688
pages. $325.00.
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Couplings
in Process Chemistry: Case
Studies from the Pharmaceutical
Industry. Edited by Javier Magano
and Joshua Dunetz. John Wiley &
Sons, 111 River Street, Hoboken,
NJ 07030. Web: wiley.com. 2013. 400
pages. $190.00.
Sustainable Development in
Chemical Engineering. By Vincenzo
Piemonte, Marcello De Falco and Angelo
Basile. John Wiley & Sons, 111
River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Web:
wiley.com. 2013. 384 pages. $115.00. ■
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