Facility Piping Systems Handbook [Hardcover]

Michael Frankel (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070218919 | ISBN-13: 978-0070218918 | Publication Date: December 1, 1995

Taking a systems concept approach, this guide discusses the planning, selecting, designing and testing of piping, valves, pumps, tanks, plumbing and other equipment associated with piping systems found both inside and outside of buildings. It also covers the requirements of the FDA, EPA and OSHA.

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From the Back Cover

Everything you need to plan, select, design, specify, and test entire piping systems

Here's a complete design guide and reference for all service and utility piping systems found in laboratory, R&D, chemical, commercial, industrial, pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and health care facilities. This all-in-one handbook covers techniques used for selecting appropriate piping, valves, pumps, tanks, and other equipment involved with piping systems both inside of buildings and on the site.

Systems for proper facility functioning, enhancing building aesthetics, and efficient production and manufacturing are discussed in depth. Using a total systems approach, this Handbook progresses from fundamentals of system and component operation to a design procedure that allows quick and accurate component and pipe sizing.

Detailed chapters explore heat loss, insulation, freeze protection, water treatment and purification, and filtration and separation. You'll also find all necessary system design criteria; specs and selection tips for piping, valves, and jointing methods; examples of system design procedures using actual field conditions; and listings of FDA, EPA, and OSHA requirements.

This new edition has been revised to include metric units throughout; updated codes and standards that reflect all changes since 1996; and new material on flow level measurement, drinking water systems, septic systems, and hot water circulating systems. The plumbing chapter has been updated to reflect changes in plumbing codes, along with additional material on pipe space requirements and fixture mounting heights.

Complete with formulas, charts, and tables that increase your efficiency on the job, this Handbook will prove invaluable at the workplace. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

MICHAEL FRANKEL, CIPE, CPD, is President of Utility Systems Consultants, a mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm. A graduate of the City University of New York with more than 44 years of experience, he is an oft-quoted and recognized authority in the field of plumbing and piping engineering.

A frequent lecturer and author, his articles have appeared primarily in PLUMBING ENGINEER, the journal of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE), and he serves as a member of the editorial advisory board. He has contributed to several handbooks, including McGraw-Hill's PIPING HANDBOOK, now in its Sixth Edition.

Mr. Frankel is a faculty member of CUNY, teaching extension division courses in plumbing design and specification writing. He is a member of ASPE and former president of the New Jersey chapter. He is Certified in Plumbing Engineering (CIPE) and Certified in Plumbing Design (CPD) by ASPE. In addition, he is ASPE code liaison to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and is a member of the Technical Committee on Piping Systems for NFPA-99 (Health Care Facilities). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1056 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070218919
• ISBN-13: 978-0070218918
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,720,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Facility Piping Systems Handbook by Michael Frankel, August 10, 2000

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R. Porter (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Facility Piping Systems Handbook (Hardcover)

This is one of the finest books about facilities systems I have ever found. It's rather banal title is misleading, because this book covers every aspect of the very complicated piping systems that serve institutional, industrial and even residential buildings. To give you an example, the chapter on compressed gas systems explains the working mechanisms of 10 types of compressor motors, and then goes on to explain silencers, aftercoolers, filters (and how to select filters) air dryers (with explanations and diagrams of the verious types), lubricators, air compressor drives, pressure regulation, cooling water, hose and fittings. Then in the same chapter it explains specialized features of compressed gas for light industrial uses, laboratories, and hospitals. And this is just one chapter. There are another 18 chapters with similar levels of detail and comprehensiveness, including vacuum systems, site utilities, general plumbing, waste, even animal care facility systems. This is a terrific book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wealth of knowledge, April 30, 2005

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T. Meier (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Facility Piping Systems Handbook (Hardcover)

All the basic information on pumps, compressors, piping, plumbing, and any kind of specialty equipment used for any facility you could imagine.

There is everything from piping connection and configuration of an underground gasoline tank to details on the design of animal laboratories. The book is full of charts and solid recommendations on materials and methods.

Even if you think you know a chapter's subject extremely well, this book will have new and useful information that will extend your knowledge considerably.

If you do mechanical/piping design for commercial, industrial, or healthcare facilities this book is an incredible buy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, July 13, 2006

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Benson "Benson" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Facility Piping Systems Handbook (Hardcover)

Excellent resource for MEP, plumbing and piping engineers. Provides thorough descriptions of pressure losses, treatments, correct valve uses and lots more. This book, when coupled with a CAD pipe library (such as Hercule Design's ANSI one), has all a designer needs. The inclusion of metric formulae is also most welcome.