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Here is my scenario; I have a rock bin (a bin made of rock for rocks, yes it is in an underground mine) with a hopper and chute at the bottom discharging to a conveyor.
We want to install a plate at the bottom of the bin to block any rock entry in the chute.
I am using a worst-case scenario...
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I work in the mining industry, and it is not uncommon to see in the process plants stainless steel equipment’s with inlets & outlets of carbon steel system.
For example, a stainless-steel tank with a plumbed carbon steel inlet and carbon steel outlet. The physical contact between the two...
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We want to fabricate an orifice plate to reduce a flow in a pipe.
To summarize, we have two pumps running at 1,100m³/hr discharging into a treatment system that cannot handle more than 1,800m m³/hr. The pumps do not have a VFD.
Our quick solution is to reduce the flow using an orifice plate...
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I have a question regarding adjustment of the gland seal water.
Online I can find a lot of information regarding adjustment of the stuffing box of the pump but nothing on the adjustment of the gland water itself.
My gland water is set-up so right before the pump I have a flow reading and a...
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I want to calculate how long will a line take to drain, knowing the volume, slope & the fluid’s properties.
My problem is that I do not know which formula to use to calculate this:
• Fluid is in a pipeline so I cannot use Manning’s formula
• Fluid is slurry so I cannot use Hazen-Williams...
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Before transfer of a truckshop from construction to operation, oil lines will have to be flushed to remove large debris.
I received a flushing procedures from the oil system's supplier. But one thing that is not clear ; there are 5 different oil system, all of them I will use the same...
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I am working on installation of water wells. The design is for 15 wells in total, each wells should give me a maximum of 50GPM. In the design we received each group made of 5 wells is connecting to a 100mm HDPE line and the 3 groups branch together in a 200mm HDPE. At the moment we can only...
