Reciprocating Compressors:: Operation and Maintenance [Hardcover]

Heinz P. Bloch (Author), John J. Hoefner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 22, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0884155250 | ISBN-13: 978-0884155256 | Edition: 1

For anyone responsible for purchasing, servicing, or operating reciprocating compressors, this book discusses the theory of operation and explains how to install, troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair all types of compressors.
This broad comprehensive text offers practical details on how to purchase, service, operate, and maintain compressors used in any of the process industries such as pulp and paper, mining, food processing, pharmaceuticals.

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This textbook covers the fundamentals of gas compression and describes the operation, installation, and maintenance of reciprocating compressors. (Gas Abstracts)

About the Author

A consulting engineer residing in Montgomery, texas, Heinz. P. Bloch has held machinery-oriented staff and line positions with Exxon affiliates in the United States, Italy, Spain, England, The Netherlands, and Japan. His career spanned several decades prior to his 1986 retirement as Exxon Chemical's regional machinery specialist for the USA. Since his retirement from Exxon, he has been in demand throughout the world as a consultant and trainer in the areas of failure avoidance, root cause failure identification, and reliability improvement. Mr. Bloch is the author/co-author of thirteen books and over 200 other publications on subjects related to machinery reliability and failure avoidance. He is the Reliability and Equipment Editor of Hydrocarbon Processing magazine and has served as chair of the annual conference program for Hydrocarbon Processing's Process Plant Reliability Conference for a number of years.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 504 pages
• Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing; 1 edition (October 22, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884155250
• ISBN-13: 978-0884155256
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Book on Reciprocating Compressors!, January 13, 2004

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A. Alkowaiter (Dhahran Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reciprocating Compressors:: Operation and Maintenance (Hardcover)

I am a rotating equipment specialist, and consider this a very thorough book on all aspects of reciprocating compressors, from the general design, installation, and maintenance point of view. What sets this book apart from others is that the author is a reliability specialist, and many of the hidden details that can lead to failures are pointed out. In addition, the book is extremely well illustrated with large clear pictures and drawings.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Practical Reference to Reciprocating Compressors - Must have for the Industrial Practitioner, July 18, 2006

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David De Sousa "The Automation and Control Guy" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reciprocating Compressors:: Operation and Maintenance (Hardcover)

The starting point to select, install, operate or control specific Machinery is to learn and understand about its principles and technology. I am an Electronics Engineer, but I have been working for the last 16 years as an Instrumentation, Automation and Process Safety and Control Engineer for the Oil and Gas Industries. As a result I have been involved with Chemical and Mechanical Engineering issues related with both Reciprocating and Centrifugal Compressors in a day to day basic. This handy reference has proven most useful and time saving when in need of information or a shortcut to solve problems.

This "quick-reference" guide offers you authoritative information on the operating characteristics, efficiencies, design features, reliability, and maintenance of Reciprocating Compressors. Absolutely a must have if you work with Reciprocating Compressors.