We are currently upgrading a flotation reagents preparation system which involves SIPX,Copper sulphate,sodium cyanide & lime.
As I have read a typical system would include a mixing tank & a holding tank.
Currently our client doesn't have a holding tank and uses two tanks that operate as mixing...
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We are looking for the suitable type of a check valve to be installed at the discharge line of a VFD controlled pump. Our first thought was to use typical swing check valves but as I have read in some posts herein a lot of colleagues suggest the use of non slam check valves (e.g noreva...
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My customer requests to design its pumping station connections with rubber lined flanged fittings. Though the flanged fittings in accordance with B16.5 are tabulated and dimensions are given I don't know whether there are suppliers that fabricate them. The other solution I was thinking...
Dear all for rough modelling purposes I'm looking the following info regarding a 12" class 300 swing check valve:
-Cv value or Cv % vs time chart.
I can only find from datasheets a single Cv value but the software needs a chart Cv vs Time something like that:
Time(sec) Cv
0...
Dear all,
This is the first time I'm involved with rubber lined piping so probably I'm looking for the fundamentals.I have the following questions.
-Rubber lined flanged fittings can be made of B16.9 fittings and B16.5 slip-on raised flanges ?
-Flanged joints need gaskets ?
-Regarding lining...
Dear all,
I am in the process of selecting a pipe flow analysis software for the firm I work for and have narrowed down to FluidFlow3 or AFT.
I was wondering if anyone has personal experience in both that could offer an opinion on the drawbacks of either software. Any help is appreciated, even...
I would like some help regarding metal sheet specs for the design of a pressure vessel.
The specs are the following :
Steel EN10028-3
Tolerances acc. to EN 10029 class B
Surface condition EN10163-2 class B - subclass 3
Ultrasonic test EN10160 cat. S1,E1.
The steel plates will be used for the...
The consulting firm I work for acquired a contract for the reconstruction of an underground mine pumping station. Because we are a small company we asked for the help of a piping stress analysis specialist. Although I don't know the subject so well so as to judge his work, I have some questions...
I am a young engineer who's recently been assigned with the design of an underground mine dewatering pumping station. The pumping station consists of three horizontal multistage centrifugal pumps operating at Q=650m³/h & H=30 bar. The surge analyst calculated the maximum static pressure at the...
