Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers‎,‎ Fifth Edition‎,‎ provides solutions‎,‎ common sense techniques‎,‎ shortcuts‎,‎ and calculations to help chemical and process engineers deal with practical on‎-the‎-job problems‎.‎ It discusses physical properties for proprietary materials‎,‎ pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics‎,‎ and process design‎,‎ along with closed‎-loop heat transfer systems‎,‎ heat exchangers‎,‎ packed columns‎,‎ and structured packings‎.‎ Organized into 27 chapters‎,‎ the book begins with an overview of formulae and data for sizing piping systems for incompressible and compressible flow‎.‎ It then moves to a discussion of design recommendations for heat exchangers‎,‎ practical equations for solving fractionation problems‎,‎ along with design of reactive absorption processes‎.‎ It also considers different types of pumps and presents narrative as well as tabular comparisons and application notes for various types of fans‎,‎ blowers‎,‎ and compressors‎.‎ The book also walks the reader through the general rules of thumb for vessels‎,‎ how cooling t‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎