Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers, Sixth Edition, is the most complete guide for chemical and process engineers who need reliable and authoritative solutions to on-the-job problems. The text is comprehensively revised and updated with new data and formulas. The book helps solve process design problems quickly, accurately and safely, with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts and calculations. Its concise sections detail the steps needed to answer critical design questions and challenges. The book discusses physical properties for proprietary materials, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, process design, closed-loop heat transfer systems, heat exchangers, packed columns and structured packings. This book will help you: save time you no longer have to spend on theory or derivations; improve accuracy by exploiting well tested and accepted methods culled from industry experts; and save money by reducing reliance on consultants. The book brings together solutions, information and work-arounds from engineers in the process industry. Table of Contents 1. Fluid Flow 2. Heat Exchangers 3. Fractionators 4. Absorbers 5. Pumps 6. Fans, Blowers and Compressors 7. Drivers 8. Vessels 9. Boilers 10. Cooling Towers 11. Refrigeration 12. Closed Loop Heat Transfer Systems 13. Biopharmaceutical Systems 14. Biotechnology 15. Vacuum Systems 16. Pneumatic Conveying 17. Lending and Agitation 18. Filtration 19. Process Evaluation 20. Reliability 21. Metallurgy 22. Safety 23. Controls 24. Troubleshooting 25. Startup 26. Energy Conservation 27. Process Modeling 28. Conversion Factors and Constants 29. Properties