IHS ESDU Process Engineering Solutions

IHS ESDU Process Engineering Solutions is a collection of over 100 design guides and software for a wide range of practical heat transfer and fluid flow applications.

Specific Data Items cover a broad range of topics including:

• Heat transfer and fluid mechanics
• Process engineering technology and combustion plant design
• Heat exchanger fouling
• Wind engineering
• Chemical engineering
• Structural and pressure vessel design

Benefits:

• Deliver projects on time with lower development costs
• Reduce capital costs
• Significantly improve plant efficiency
• Achieve safer designs through improved operability
• Improve the knowledge base of specialists within your organization

Plant designers and operators in a broad range of industries rely on ESDU Process Engineering and Design Tools

• Oil refining, petrochemical processing
• Textile, food, paper and pulp processing
• Power generation, wind energy, utilities and telecommunication systems
• Pump, valve and equipment manufacturers
• Government research and testing agencies
• Academic institutions

IHS ESDU Process Engineering Solutions provide software and step-by-step calculation methods that indicate the limits of applicability along with the limits of accuracy of empirical correlations for:

• Cost-effective design and operability of process plant systems including crude oil pre-heat trains and guides on their environmental impact from the perspective of energy use, water use and fouling.
• The rapid selection, costing, design, performance and retrofit analysis of process heat exchangers
• Guidance on the selection, design and performance prediction of rotodynamic pumps, jet pumps and fans
• Design guidance and correlations for pressure drop and heat transfer predictions for a wide range of pipeline and heat exchanger geometries, components and fittings including single-phase gas and liquid, two-phase adiabatic, boiling and condensing, non-Newtonian and transient flows.

Academic institutions rely on IHS ESDU to stay up to date on the latest design tools and practices. With more than 100 Data Items, IHS ESDU provides academics with an unsurpassed breadth of engineering topics.

IHS ESDU delivers engineering tools, data and methods used by the leading aerospace and process engineers in industry and government agencies. With these Data Items, students will create projects and dissertations that produce real-life results. Because IHS ESDU is web-based, collaboration between geographically separated faculty and students is possible.

Clear Presentation of Topic, Data and Method
Students are provided with detailed background information that introduces the topic and defines the design criteria and parameters. IHS groups Data Items into families so that students may start with a concept introduction and work through specific problems in the entire subject area. Topics are presented in a structured, consistent format that contains defined symbols and units, analysis methods, ranges of accuracy, references, derivations lists and worked examples. Because of the detail contained within IHS ESDU Data Items, students can easily understand and apply the design, as well as quickly review, interpret and assimilate the methods and tools into their projects.

Benefits:

• Augment the institution's design engineering leadership role 
• Introduce students to advanced design tools 
• Educate new engineers to perform confidently and competently

Who Uses IHS ESDU In Academic Institutions?

• Instructors or lecturers of design
• Deans of engineering
• Department heads in mechanical, chemical or structural engineering
• Librarians or curriculum planners

Available Design Disciplines:

• Mechanical Engineering
  Fluid dynamics, mechanisms, tribology, statistics, thermodynamics, vibration, fatigue, structures and materials. 
• Materials Engineering/Metallurgy
  Mechanical properties, microstructure, structures, bonding, deformation of materials, composites and material selection. 
• Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering
  System analysis, performance metrics, life cycle analysis. 
• Chemical Engineering
  Chemical, petrochemical, process industries, lubricants and associated processes. 
• Civil/Structural Engineering
  Structural engineering, materials, fluid mechanics, wind engineering, seismic analysis, environmental engineering.

To understand how you will benefit using IHS ESDU Process Engineering Solutions, we encourage you to view the demo or download a PDF brochure.

• Download the IHS ESDU Process Engineering Technology PDF brochure
• View the IHS ESDU Process Engineering Technology Demo
• Visit the IHS ESDU Portal