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Exhaust pipe support
Can pipe support shoe, which is welded to the exhaust pipe, sit directly on the structural framing without thermal insulation between the two surface? The exhaust gas is approximately 600 deg.C. Can the heat transfer significant enough to heat up the structural support and post a safety issue to...- bhuat34
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- Forum: Pipelines, Piping and Fluid Mechanics engineering
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Total load of air cooled condensing unit or chiller
Based on the lines plotted on the psychrometric chart by using the ESHF, RSHF, mixed air temp, I am using the formula relating the enthalpy difference between the entering air and leaving air (through the cooling coil) for specifying the total load of the cooling coil. Is this the value to be...- bhuat34
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- Forum: HVAC/R engineering
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Valve Wall Thickness
API 6D standard does not touch on the minimum requirement for valves. ASME/ANSI B16.34 provides table for minimum valve wall thickness and formula for calculating valve body wall thickness. However, B16.34 formula does not include corrosion allowance (CA). Based on comparasion with carbon steel...- bhuat34
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- Forum: Valve engineering
