The GPSA website says that in the 13th edition major changes and updates have

been done to the databook. I am quoting what they have mentioned on their
website:
- Section 3 (Measurement) has new sections for gas and flare measurements
- Section 4 (Instrumentation) has new topics dealing with safety instrumented
systems and facility network and control systems. Major revisions to Section 5
(Relief Systems), Section 7 (Separation Equipment), Section 13 (Compressors and
Expanders), Section 16 (Hydrocarbon Recovery) and Section 21 (Hydrocarbon
Treating), Section 23 (Physical Properties) and Section 25 (Phase Equilibria)
- Section 8 (Fired Equipment) includes expanded information on low NOx burners
and NOx control, plus discussions on thermal efficiency for firetube heaters.
- Section 11 (Cooling Towers) adds new topics addressing environmental factors,
basin design considerations and saltwater cooling towers
- Section 12 (Pumps and Hydraulic Turbines) has a new and simplified pump
efficiency chart with the most current data
- Section 22 (Sulfur Recovery) incorporates updates to the oligomer equilibrium
chart, and has new sulfur thermodynamic data for tables, charts and sample
calculation
- Section 24 (Thermodynamic Properties) includes new subject matter on acid gas,
and rare gas enthalpy and entropy
Plus more new information, specifications and guidelines in other sections
In addition some other changes that I noticed are mentioned below:
- Section 18 which was earlier titled as "Water Treating" has been given a new title
"Utilities" which now includes "Steam Systems", Heating Medium Systems",
Instrument Air Systems", "Nitrogen Systems", "Fuel Systems", "Water Treating
Systems", "Electrical Systems"
- Section 20 - Dehydration has modified constants based on SI units for the Ergun
equation for superficial velocity in mole sieve beds. The Ergun equation is used for
determining the superficial velocity for mole sieve beds for natural gas dehydration.
In fact in the previous edition, the constants for the superficial velocity based on the
Ergun equation were the same for both English units and SI units which was not
correct.

- Section 17 - Fluid Flow and Piping has corrected the error in the equation 17-13.
Both the Spitzglass and the Panhandle B equation for single phase gas flow have
been modified in line with the requirements of SI units.
- Section 3 - Measurement. As part of this section an excel workbook for orifice
sizing calculations using both English and SI units has been provided which deals
with both gases and liquids. Examples for natural gas, steam and natural gas liquids
are used for calculations in this workbook which provide flow rates for various orifice
sizes. Two excel sheets - one providing calculations for orifice well test and another
for pipe rupture is also part of this workbook.
In a nutshell the GPSA Databook 13th Edition, SI units has fixed errors and modified
equations based on real SI units in comparison with the older 12th Edition. New
portions have been added keeping in mind the developments that have taken place
in the past 6-8 years in the oil & gas sector of chemical engineering.