Refractories for the Chemical Industries

ISBN-13: 9783030612429 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021

Prasunjit Sengupta

Opis

The book provides process engineers, an insight  into refractories  focusing on its importance and requirements in chemical process   industries such as refinery and petrochemicals, syngas manufacturing, coal gasification, limestone calcinations, carbon black, glass, and cement production.  Additionally the book discusses the refractory requirements for the CFBC boiler, and waste heat utilization process to generate steam.   The book describes  characterization of   refractory material and  selection process of the refractory for lining different equipments pertaining   to the  chemical process industry. The book covers refractory installation techniques, and the precautions to be taken during installation are discussed in detail along with the theoretical background.  It explains the physical and chemical factors that influence the performances of refractory, mechanism of its degradation in service and   emphasizes  on the thermo-chemical and thermo-mechanical aspects and their role in that process .  The content lays out different methods of monitoring Refractory lining conditions while the furnace is in operation and also elucidates few methods to repair the worn out lining without taking a shutdown. The scheme of investigation of a refractory failure is an added feature. 

Spis treści

Refractory- Characterization.- Classification of Refractories.- Refractory- Manufacturing Processes and properties.- Design, Installation and Maintenance of Refractory Lining.- Refractories for lime Calcination.- Refractories for Syngas manufacturing.- Refractories for Coal gasification.- Refractories for Carbon Black manufacturing.- Refractories for Petroleum Refinery.- Refractories for Glass Manufacturing.- Refractories for Portland Cement Manufacturing.- Refractories for Boiler and Waste heat recovery.- Refractory – Performances and mechanism of damages.

O autorze

Prasunjit Sengupta is currently associated with SKG Refractories in Nagpur, India, as Technical Director. He has more than 40 years of experience in the Refractory industry and has worked in various reputed refractory manufacturing companies in India and abroad. He has hands-on experience and expertise covering different areas of characterization, production, product development, design and application of Refractories. He was trained in different plants of Harbison-Walker in the USA and Germany. He has travelled widely across the globe in connection to Refractory related business and to attend various technical seminars and symposiums on Refractory. 

The author has a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering and master degree in Ceramic Engineering from the Applied Chemistry department, Calcutta University. He also spent time as a faculty member of Ceramic Engineering department in Indian Institute of Technology-BHU, Varanasi. He has got more than thirty technical papers in his credit and has authored a book titled “Refractories for the Cement Industry” published in 2019 by Springer-nature.

Blurb

The book provides process engineers, an insight  into refractories  focusing on its importance and requirements in chemical process   industries such as refinery and petrochemicals, syngas manufacturing, coal gasification, limestone calcinations, carbon black, glass, and cement production.  Additionally the book discusses the refractory requirements for the CFBC boiler, and waste heat utilization process to generate steam.   The book describes  characterization of   refractory material and  selection process of the refractory for lining different equipments pertaining   to the  chemical process industry. The book covers refractory installation techniques, and the precautions to be taken during installation are discussed in detail along with the theoretical background.  It explains the physical and chemical factors that influence the performances of refractory, mechanism of its degradation in service and   emphasizes  on the thermo-chemical and thermo-mechanical aspects and their role in that process .  The content lays out different methods of monitoring Refractory lining conditions while the furnace is in operation and also elucidates few methods to repair the worn out lining without taking a shutdown. The scheme of investigation of a refractory failure is an added feature.

• Discusses operational conditions prevailing in different reactors, furnaces, and kilns and any other equipment subjected to high temperature exposure;
• Illustrates the decision making process on selection of refractories as protection lining;
• Presents in detail the different types of thermal insulation materials important for all process chemical industries;
• Elucidates particulars of the installation procedure of refractories  and insulation materials focussing their bearing on the performance of the refractories;
• Analyzes the factors responsible for refractory performances and the various investigation procedures in case of refractory failure;
• Features case studies on the monitoring and failure of refractories in reactors or furnaces or in other equipment in various chemical process industries.