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Cryogenic Mixed Refrigerant Processes

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Venkatarathnam Gadhiraju

    1. Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

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Editors:
  1. Klaus D. Timmerhaus

    1. Dept. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.

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  2. Carlo Rizzuto

    1. Genova, Italy

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  • The author uses analytical methods based in sound thermodynamics to design mixed refrigerant processes
  • The book has scores of examples and case studies which will help the reader understand the principals of cryogenic mixed refrigerant cycles
  • Readers will be able to quickly understand the fundamentals of the various mixed refrigerant cycles and start their own work on this frontier research area
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Cryogenics Monograph Series (ICMS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Fundamental principles and processes

    • Gadhiraju Venkatarathnam
    Pages 1-50

  3. Simulation of cryogenic processes

    • Gadhiraju Venkatarathnam
    Pages 51-63

  4. Need for refrigerant mixtures

    • Gadhiraju Venkatarathnam
    Pages 65-87

  5. Constant-temperature refrigeration processes

    • Gadhiraju Venkatarathnam
    Pages 89-127

  6. Optimum mixture composition

    • Gadhiraju Venkatarathnam
    Pages 129-148

  7. Natural gas liquefaction processes

    • Gadhiraju Venkatarathnam
    Pages 149-220

  8. Cooling and liquefaction of air and its constituents

    • Gadhiraju Venkatarathnam
    Pages 221-249

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 251-262
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About this book

Most conventional cryogenic refrigerators and liquefiers operate with pure fluids, the major exception being natural gas liquefiers that use mixed refrigerant processes. The fundamental aspects of mixed refrigerant processes, though very innovative, have not received the due attention in open literature in view of commercial interests. Hundreds of patents exist on different aspects of mixed refrigerant processes. However, it is difficult to piece together the existing information to choose an appropriate process and an optimum composition or a given application. The aim of the book is to teach (a.) the need for refrigerant mixtures, (b.) the type of mixtures that can be used for different refrigeration and liquefaction applications, (c.) the different processes that can be used and (d.) the methods to be adopted for choosing the components of a mixture and their concentration for different applications.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.

    Klaus D. Timmerhaus

  • Genova, Italy

    Carlo Rizzuto

  • Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

    Venkatarathnam Gadhiraju

About the editors

Dr. G. Venkatarathnam is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in southern India. He holds Ph.D. and Masters degree in Cryogenic Engineering and has more than 20 years research experience in the area of Cryogenic refrigerators and liquefiers. He works in the broad areas of Refrigeration, Cryogenic Engineering and Compact heat exchangers. His research interests are in refrigerant mixtures and mixed refrigerant processes for heat pumps, refrigerators, cryocoolers (cryogenic refrigerators) and liquefiers, process simulation and optimization, and development of cryogenic heat exchangers, refrigerators and liquefiers. He has taught Cryogenic Engineering, Refrigeration and related subjects at the Indian Institutes of Technology at Kharagpur and Madras, and at the Universit�t Karlsruhe, Germany.  He also holds a few patents on refrigerant mixtures.

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