Designed to assist students preparing for the PE exam in all 50 states, this review manual includes 146 problems with detailed step-by-step solutions. The book covers all topics on the exam. The introductory chapter reviews the test specifications and the author's recommendation on the best strategy for passing the exam. The first chapter reviews English and SI units and conversions. A complete conversion table is given. Chapter 3 covers heat transfer, conduction, transfer coefficients and heat transfer equipment. Chapter 4 covers evaporation principles, calculations and example problems. Distillation is thoroughly covered in chapter 5. The subsequent chapters review fundamentals of fluid mechanics, hydraulics and typical pump and piping problems: absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, and the rest of the exam topics. Each of the topics is reviewed followed by examples of examination problems.
- ISBN10 1576450368
- ISBN13 9781576450369
- Publish Date 2 January 1999 (first published 31 January 1996)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Engineering Press,US
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 574
- Language English