bimr, thank you for that link. That is exactly what I was looking for. Much less salt usage but only slightly harder water.
Now I just need to find a softener that has all those "advanced" settings that I can tweak until I figure out what softens "good enough" but does not negatively affect the...
Thanks for the reply.
The house is only eight years old, but I just bought it last year. I don't believe the softener was installed initially, but I don't know exactly when it was. Either way, it cannot be too old. It is a Sterling NES Series if that tells you anything.
The softener does...
I am trying to figure out if it is possible to "tune" a water softener to produce less brine when it regenerates by sacrificing some of the effectiveness.
When a water softener regenerates, what is target "completion" for backwashing out all the calcium and magnesium ions? 100%? 99%? 90%? Do...
LittleInch, that is a good point. A full implosion may not even be possible. Once buckling begins, gauge pressure in the test vessel should go to zero. The pressure wave caused at the end of an implosion may never even occur. You have me questioning if this is even a problem at all...
But what...
Yes, I had thought of this, and I agree with you that a larger Vtv/Vs would mitigate the effects of the implosion. Unfortunately, it would also be much more costly. For reference, I am looking at a sub close to eight feet in diameter, and the test pressure needs to be over 700 psi, so you can...
A submarine is to be enclosed inside a larger pressure vessel. The space inside the vessel and outside the submarine is filled with water, and a hydrotest is performed to test the sub.
If the submarine implodes, what loads affect outer vessel? I am thinking of something occurring like in the...
Extra shell thickness above the minimum required is often (almost always) used as credit for opening reinforcement, so it would not be valid to consider that as after-the-fact corrosion allowance.
Not to mention the effect CA has on weld sizes.
CA must be included in the original calculations...
Female threads in studding outlet got cross-threaded. Original threads are not salvageable.
It is a very large flange. Replacing is possible but only as a last resort. Repair would be preferred.
Does code have rules for how this can be repaired?
NBIC Part 3 has a section (S2.13.14.1) for...
PIP VESBI002: Design and Fabrication of Bulk Solids Product Containers
Is anyone familiar with this standard?
The description says "Containers... shall generally be designed in accordance with the philosophy and requirements of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division...
Ethanol is a shameful misuse of resources, the most important of which is water.
I believe ethanol would have gone by the wayside years ago if not for our ridiculous presidential primary races. Winning the early primary race in Iowa is seen as a nearly mandatory stepping stone to the...
MJCronin, thank you for your concern, but as I said in my OP, the rest of the silo is designed per ASME VIII-1. The bottom is a cone with a 30 degree apex angle. Until the cone roof came into the picture, the whole thing was designed to ASME, with the top head being torispherical. I only turned...
I am working my way through a cone roof design for a 12' diameter silo rated to 14.9 psi. I am using API 620 as a design basis, although the silo will not be stamped / monogrammed to any standard. The rest of it is designed per ASME Section VIII, but I've been asked to explore a shallow cone...
It's been several years since I worked in the power industry, and I was just maintaining generators at a power plant - not involved in the complex world of electricity buying and such - so take this with a grain of salt. I was told that much of the wind energy we produce here on the great plains...
I searched the forum and only came across this one old thread with no replies:
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=49668
A client has specified horizontal UL 142 tanks to store a liquid with a specific gravity over 1.0. Attempts to push them to a more suitable design standard have...
Thanks for the reply. We are under 3/8", and in this case the marginal difference in allowable stress does make a difference on the nominal thickness we will need to use. However, I agree that SA-516 70 will almost undoubtedly win an economic comparison, especially if we don't manage to find a...
Trying to redesign an old vessel to latest code version. The old design had SA-455 shells and heads. Is this material no longer common or readily available for some reason? ASME BPVC Section VIII Div 1 Table UCS-23 allows the material, but our purchasing team is getting no-bids from all our...
