Process hydraulics

Authors: Thomas Considine, Sean Kelton, Michael Gleeson

Introduction

The transportation and storage of fluids is essential to a chemical process plant. Piping, valves, pumps and compressors comprise the major components of fluid handling equipment. The goal of process hydraulics in a design setting is to overcome frictional losses in piping and equipment, provide correct operating conditions, and overall assist in the controls of the plant. All three objectives must be design in concert, and before the final controls system is designed. (Towler, 1207).