hi guys, thks for the suggestions.
121202, you've understand it correctly, the problem is that such an high head would make level control impractical (my guess is that it would become some kind of on/off control) so whatever flow rate is needed we need to reduce the "old" pump head since the...
Hi, I have a question regarding liquid line pressure reducing devices: we have 3 condensate pumps running, discharging at 8.5 bar for two paralel circuits, one at 8 bar (lowest flowrate) and the other at 1.5 bar (highest flowrate). In order to optmize energy consumtion we're planning on changing...
Hi guys,
I have a question regarding turbo setups:
Suppose I'd need 3bar for a 1.5lt diesel engine at 5300rpm. This gives me around 28lb/m.
I've checked compressor maps of the GT series and none is able to give 3bar discharge pressure for such a low mass flowrate...either regarding...
Hi guys,
MRNEL, nice info on that link, thks :-)
mister2, I was told some rally cars use the AC to help cooling down the IC core. I think it would work best on a air-to-air IC than on a air-to water IC since in the last case you'd be using the AC to cool the circulating cooling medium and not...
Hi Finman,
I'm not in the automotive business, though I would like to ;-)! I work in a chemical plant. Part of my job is to design process heat transfer equipment, mostly shell and tube HE, nevertheless, the same HT principles applies to charge air intercooling. Anyway, I'm interested in this...
Hi Finman,
As for your first question, I’ve seen logs from TDi engines where intake air temperatures drops to 50ºC…this with an air-to air IC.
As for your second question, I’m not sure what you mean by it but with a closed system and a small rad you can bring the cooling medium to a temperature...
hi again ;)
I don't think you can use the engine jacket water as a cooling medium for the after cooler since its normal temperature is around 90ºC and there's no way you can cool down the compreesed air temperature to a temperature lower than this i.e intake temperature would always be higher...
hi Mrnel,
I think that you're going to see some change in the HT efficiency by radiusing the core tubes. the problem is that by doing this you're changing core geometry and thus the heat transfer correlations on which its design was based are no longer valid. heat transfer coefficients, hence...
hi Finman,
you can use the adiabatic compression equation for ideal gases to have an idea of the temperatures after air compression:
Tdicharge=Tinletx(Pdischarge/Pinlet)^.283
where .283 is a constant for air (other gases have different constants since it's a function of its heat capacities)...
hi,
what kind of info are you looking for? normally, activated carbon plants are designed based on experimental data as well as the activated carbon selection for a specific application. activated carbon specifications are useful for selecting the most adequate activated carbon for a given...
hi
Autocol, you need to compare the amount of heat absorbed by the LPG as it vaporizes with the sensible heat variation of the intake air across the IC. The heat load on the IC can be calculated by the formula
m.Cpair.(Tin - Tout)
where
m: mass flow of air
Cpair: air heat capacity (average...
Hi
JoeChem, I have the same problem in our plant. we use direct steam for heating process water. sometimes they become yellowish. I've also spoken to the people responsible for our water/condensate treatment and they say that it is possible that contact with iron can lead to this. I've measured...
MJCronin
I really don't have a lot of experience with steam systems. So far all we've done was tieing-in the header line to supply low pressure steam to new plants more or less by duplicating existing steam lines with the same flow/pressure drop. But now, the expected steam usage forces us to...
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thks TD2K
the flow is either way. what do you call a drip leg? I thought I only needed to consider steam traps.
As for the connections I was planning on using reducing 'T' instead of tapping the header pipe.
And, as for the number of expansion loops, they were designed by the engineering...
hi,
fot the revamping of one of our plants we need to increase low pressure steam (1.5 bar) pipe size in order to allow for increased steam production. Actual pipe size is 16" and I've calculated a new pipe size of 20". The question is: I might not have the space on the existing pipe...
Chumley,
Very interesting the link you've posted, thks. It also explains a lot of other ECU functions!
After reading about the closed loop cycle of the O2 sensor I understand why an engine wouldn't need an EGR system but I guess catalysts for diesel and gasoline engines would work in different...
I don't think the ECU can control NOx emissions just by the O2 sensor which I believe changes the AF ratio. The EGR is able to reduce NOx emission because it reduces combustion temperature thus reducing N2 oxidation to NOx (I guess this could be achieved by increasing the amount of excess air...
MJCronin,
thks for pointing out other points to keep in mind. I'm used to design process equipment, not storage vessels so I'm still learning and studying all alternatives. I knew that it should be field erected but haven't considered the other costs that you've mentioned like premium painting...
Montemayor,
I beleive you!I've also reached the 19m diameter number (math is the same everywhere ;-)) and had a feeling that construction costs would be much higher (in the past we had spherical vessels for ammonia high pressure storage and that's when I learned that this shape gives us the...
