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[adroit]

Hello Sirs,

I am a student. I wanted to know how important is the book 'Mass Transfer Operations by Treybal' for a working Chemical Engineer? Do they use is very often?

I can borrow it as long as I have the subject in my curriculum, but if it is of immense use for a Chemical Engineer working in industries, then I might as well would buy it.

Also, are there any quintessential books that every Chemical Engineer working in industries must have?

Thank you.

[sheiko]

I have never read Treybal's book or even seen it on the desk of colleagues.

As for practical books, my preference goes for:
- "A working guide for process equipment" by Norman and Elizabeth Lieberman
- "Problem solving for process operators and specialists" by Joseph Bonem

Edited by sheiko, 20 July 2012 - 02:54 PM.

[Art Montemayor]

Adroit:

Good, resourceful, and clever query; worthy of your nom de plume. Some books, texts, and literature I can cite after 52 years through process engineering, project engineering, plant management, and project management are:

• Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook;
• Process Heat Transfer – Donald Q. Kern;
• Applied Process Design for Chemical & Petrochemical Plants (3 volumes) – Ernest E. Ludwig;
• Gas Purification – Kohl & Riesenfeld (also Kohl & Nielson);
• The GPSA Engineering DataBook – GPSA;
• Hydraulic Institute Engineering Data Book;
• Standards of the Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association;
• Pressure Vessel Handbook – Eugene Megyesy;
• Cryogenic Systems – Randall Barron;
• Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics – Ron Darby;
• Crane Technical Paper #410 – the Crane Company;
• Durco Pump Engineering Manual – The Duriron Company;
• Cameron Hydraulic Data – Ingersoll-Dresser;
• Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering – David M. Himmelblau;
• Process Control Systems – F. Greg Shinskey;
• Distillation Control - F. Greg Shinskey;
• Control Valve Handbook – Emerson Process Management
• Phase Equilibria in Chemical Engineering – Stanley M. Walas;
• Chemical Process Design on a Programmable Calculator – W. Wayne Blackwell;
• Gas Conditioning and Processing (2 volumes) – John M. Campbell;
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics – Smith and Van Ness;
• Thermodynamics – Virgil Moring Faires;
• The Properties of Gases and Liquids – Reid and Sherwood;
• Mass Transfer Operations - Treybal
• Troubleshooting Process Operations – Norman Lieberman;
• A Working Guide to Process Equipment – Norman Lieberman;
• Troubleshooting Natural Gas Processing – Norman Lieberman;
• Process design for Reliable Operations – Norman Lieberman;
• Troubleshooting Process Plant Control – Norman Lieberman;
• Process Engineering for a Small Planet – Norman Lieberman;
• Process Equipment Malfunctions – Norman Lieberman;
• And many more.

I simply haven’t the time to make a listing from all the books in my personal library, but there are many more books that I would classify under the same importance for young engineers. But I hope the listing gives you a good idea and is useful.

[adroit]

Thanks a lot Art!
Since Treybal figures in your list, I will go ahead and buy it!