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I've come to a facility that is normalized to unacceptable chemical safety procedures and chemical systems design. To prove my point, it required a heated battle to convince the Ops team AND the HSE contact that a phosphoric acid/citric acid solution leak from overhead piping in a busy...
This is an xPost from the Pharma thread since the forum looks pretty dead. I appreciate your help!
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I have been tasked to head a project to reduce the risk of contamination in our bio-pharma production facility. The main goal is to roll out the use of torque wrenches to use on sanitary...
After several years in the Industrial Gas industry, I am now working in a pharmaceutical facility that makes use of many positive displacement pumps. There are several instances where a positive displacement pump does not have over-pressure protection. Since pharmaceutical facilities do not...
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I have recently experienced the failure of a "linear magnetic effect detector". This detector was used to confirm rotation of a spinning bar that had magnets on both ends. This proximity switch worked well for nearly two years but just recently had been failing to detect the rotation...
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I received a bid from a vendor that states they are including "Space Heater w/ Auxiliary Box (240V @ 120V)". This space heater will be inside of an industrial 30HP TECO 3600 RPM TEFC 460/3/60 Class 1 Div 2 Groups C & D motor.
Could anybody please help me understand EXACTLY what...
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I am working on a competitive bid for a potential customer which includes a replacement-in-kind of an Aq. NH3 vaporizer skid that has met its end of life. The item below was stated in their RFP:
Could anybody please provide their opinion on what "Ammonia Tuning for injection rates to the...
All,
I am working on a competitive bid for a potential customer which includes a replacement-in-kind of an Aq. NH3 vaporizer skid that has met its end of life. The item below was stated in their RFP:
Could anybody please provide their opinion on what "Ammonia Tuning for injection rates to the...
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I am a chemical engineer and not familiar with the intricacies of electrical components, but do know enough to do a job. I am currently bidding a job and a skid vendor is offering me either a 25 HP or 30 HP motor. I have two general questions:
1) The power supply is 460V/3PH/60Hz...
I am a chemical engineer and not familiar with the intricacies of rotating equipment. I understand that critical speed is the RPM at which the shaft has a natural frequency and thus experiences high vibration.
I am bidding a project that involves the sizing of a blower-motor system. The...
I am researching the use of an inorganic zinc primer to protect hot spots on a unit. I did a bit of research into the chemistry behind it but was only able to come up with this: Link
That is a good high level intro. Does anybody have any other information they can provide on the chemistry...
