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.
Locating Process Industries Information in the IMechE Library The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the process industries subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue .
Useful Books
E-books The following titles are available via Knovel in the Virtual Library.
Pharmaceutical production - an engineering guide (Bennett B & Cole G, 2005)
Guidelines for safe handling of powders and bulk solids (Center for Chemical Process Safety, 2005)
Wiley Encyclopedia of food science and technology (Francis FJ, 2nd edition, 1999)
Advances in corrosion control and materials in oil and gas production
(Jackman PS & Smith LM, 1999)
Loss prevention in the process industries (Lees FP, 1996)
Hawley’s condensed chemical dictionary (Lewis RJ, 2002)
Process/industrial instruments and controls handbook (McMillan GK & Considine DM, 1999)
Handbook of chemical and environmental engineering calculations
(Reynolds JP, Jeris JS & Theodore L, 2002)
Environmental Engineering (Salvato JA, Nemerow NL & Agardy FJ, 2003)
Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook (Woodard & Curran Inc, 2006)
The following titles are available via Books24x7 in the Virtual Library.
Dry gas seals handbook, PennWell Corp, 2005
Flow induced vibration of power and process plant
Managing operations in offshore locations, 2007
Offshore ready: strategies to plan and profit
Pipeline design and construction: a practical approach, 2005
Pipeline operation and maintenance: a practical approach, 2005
Process piping: The complete guide to ASME B31 Recent IMechE process engineering conferences and seminarsPlease visit Process Industries Papers and Presentations (Archive) Useful Journals The Library has an extensive collection of journals including:
Aufbereitungs technik 1 year
Health and safety at work 1 year
Oil and gas journal 5 years
Petroleum review 1987-
Plant and works engineering 2004-
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers part E: journal of process mechanical engineering 1989-
Proceedings of the Institute of Refrigeration 1943-
Process engineering 1972-
The ROSPA occupational safety and health journal
Sulzer technical review 1920-
TCE: the chemical engineer 1986-
Transactions of the ASME: journal of pressure vessel technology 1880-
Works management 5 years
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 .
Chemical business
Chemical week
Food engineering
Food engineering international
Hazardous waste consultant
Modern bulk transporter
Natural gas
Natural gas transportation & distribution
Pipeline & gas journal
Pipeline & utilities construction
Process control & quality
Process engineering
Pharmaceutical development & technology
Plant engineering
Practice periodical of hazardous, toxic & radioactive waste management
Process control & quality
Process cooling & equipment
Databases
Please visit the Virtual Library page for information about the library's databases. Websites Please visit Process Industries Web Links
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