Chemical Engineering Catalog

Chemical Engineering Catalog, Penton/Reinhold, New York, annual. 

Equipment for solid-liquid separation is available commercially from many sources. About 150 names and addresses of suppliers in the United States and abroad are listed by Purchas (1981). Classifications of vendors with respect to the kind of equipment are given, for instance, in Chemical Engineering Catalog (Reinhold, New York, annual) and in Chemical Engineering Equipment Buyers Guide (McGraw-Hill, New York, annual). 

The capacity and effectiveness of proprietary devices such as items c to e cannot be estimated from general knowledge, but manufacturers usually claim that they can be sized to remove 99% of 8 pm droplets or particles. Separators, entrainment is an entry in the index of the Chemical Engineering Catalog which is a guide to manufacturers who may be consulted about the performance of their equipment. 

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The best reference books on manufacturers of chemical engineering equipment and products are the Chemical Engineering Catalog and the Chemical Materials Catalog. These catalogs are published annu-Rly. The Chemical Materials Catalog is a compilation of chemical... 

Before one makes a search of the Chemical Engineering Catalog and the trade literature files, or before he corresponds with manufacturers... 

Pressure-relief Devices. Spring-loaded pressure-relief valves and rupture disks of thin sheet material are available from manufacturers (see " Chemical Engineering Catalog ). When using pressure-relief disks, a strictly noncorrosive material must be specified because of the requirement of maintaining strength in very small thickness. 

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