Bulk Materials Handling Subject Guide


The Information and Library Service compiles occasional subject guides for engineers and students. The aim is to highlight sources of information available in the library and the Institution itself, along with some useful websites to take you further afield.

Other guides available:
Process Industries Food Engineering | Offshore Engineering | Oil, Gas and Chemical | Pharmaceuticals

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| Automobile | Combustion, Engines and Fuels | Construction and Building Services | Energy, Environment and Sustainability | Fluid Machinery | Management | Manufacturing | Mechatronics, Informatics and Control | Medical Engineering | Power Industries | Pressure Systems | Railway | Safety and Reliability | Structural Technology and Materials | Thermofluids | Tribology

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Locating Bulk Materials Handling Information in the IMechE Library

The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the bulk materials handling subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue .

Topic Shelf Number
Bulk solids Handling 621.8673
Coal 662.62
Conveyors 621.8673
Hoppers 621.8673
Materials Handling 621.86
Pipelines 621.8672
Powder technology 539
Process engineering 660.2
Process safety 660.2804
Process plant 660.28
Screw feeders 621.8673
Silos 690.1
Slurry systems 621.8672

Useful Books

Abulnaga B E, Slurry Systems Handbook (2003) 621.8672 ABU
Bates L, Guide to the design, selection and application of screw feeders (2000) 621.8673 BAT
Blight G, Assessing Loads On Silos and Other Storage Structures (2006) 690.1 BLI
Bloch H P, Process Plant Machinery 660.28 BLO
Becht C, Process Piping: the Complete Guide to ASME B31.3 660.283 BEC
Colijn H, Mechanical Conveyors for Bulk Solids (1985) 621.8673 COL
Fruchtbaum J, Bulk Materials Handbook 621.8673 FRU
IMechE, Guide to the Specification of Bulk Solids for Storage and Handling (1994) 621.8673
Klingzing, G E et al, Pneumatic Conveying of Solids: a Theoretical and Practical Approach 621.8672 KLI
Kogan J, Lifting and Conveying Machinery (1985) 621.86 KOG
Liu H, Pipeline Engineering (2003) 621.8672 LIU
Nedderman R M, Statics and Kinematics of Granular Materials (1992) 539.2 NED
Rhodes M J, Principles of Powder Technology (1990) 539.2 RHO
Saimh, Bulk Conveying: Principles and Practice (1991) 621.8673 SAI
Shamlou, P A, Handling Bulk Solids: Theory and Practice 621.8673 SHA
Wilson K C, Slurry Transport Using Centrifugal Pumps (1997) 621.8672 WIL

E-books

The following titles are available via Knovel in the Virtual Library .

Abulnaga BE, Slurry systems handbook (2003)
AICHE, Guidelines for safe handling of powders and bulk solids (2005)
AICHE, Guidelines for safe process operations and management (2006)
AICHE, Guidelines for process equipment reliability data (1989)
AICHE, Guidelines for process safety documentation (2004)

The following titles are available via Books24x7 in the Virtual Library .

Pipeline design and construction: a practical approach, 2005
Pipeline operation and maintenance: a practical approach, 2005
Piping and pipelines assessment guide, 2006
Process piping: The complete guide to ASME B31

Recent IMechE Bulk Handling Conferences and Seminars

Please visit the Process Industries Papers and Presentations (Archive)

Useful Journals

The Library has an extensive collection of journals including:

Health and safety at work 1 year
Oil and gas journal 5 years
Petroleum review 1987-Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers part E: journal of process mechanical engineering 1989-
Process engineering 1972-

Please check the library catalogue to see if the library subscribes to your required journal. Current issues of key journals are held on the journal display rack. The back copies of these journals are stored in the basement. Please ask a member of staff if you wish to view any.

Please check the Library Catalogue to see if the Library subscribes to your required journal.

E-journals

The following electronic journals are available on the EBSCO Business Source database in the Virtual Library .

Bulk transporter
Material handling engineering
Material handling management
Modern bulk transporter
Modern materials handling
Pipeline & gas journal
Pipeline & utilities construction
Process control & quality
Process engineering
Plant engineering
Process control & quality
Process cooling & equipment

Websites

Please visit the bulk materials handling web links page.


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