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  1. GibbsDuhem

    Interlocks and Pumps

    @thebard3 I suspect that there are a significant number of pumps in this plant that lack minimum flow spillback piping and have either DCS or SIS valves that will automatically deadhead the pumps with a subsequent need to manually shutdown the pumps in the field. As you previously mentioned...
  2. GibbsDuhem

    Interlocks and Pumps

    Thanks guys. @georgeverghese It got past, to describe how it did so is something I definitely could use help with from James Michener, as there is a fair amount of drama involved, but not quite enough to make into a movie or a book until something blows up. Deadheading a CF pump is of itself...
  3. GibbsDuhem

    Interlocks and Pumps

    I have a control strategy that has been through multiple reviews and has finally cleared through the MOC approval process we have at my company. It has landed on my task list to implement these controls. There are a couple of issues that I've noticed with this control strategy and the one...
  4. GibbsDuhem

    Looking for opinions on buying out my MEP company

    Very interesting thread. I worked 12 years for Jacobs. The Corporation had a slogan: "People are our greatest asset". Incorrect. People are its only asset. Dedicated competent engineers and designers is what our clients pay us for and in turn our companies provide an environment where we...
  5. GibbsDuhem

    Cowboy Coffee process optimisation

    What a great thread! Here's my experience with the topic. 1997 and I'm off to TCO in Tengiz Kazakhstan. Finally there, I'm surrounded by Brits & their hot water pots for tea. Not a coffee pot to be found. Oooof! Day 2 I finally find some coffee, but still no pot. Desperate, I spoon the...
  6. GibbsDuhem

    Engineered Fire Response Systems

    Horrified by the train accident in East Palestine Ohio and I noticed a tweet from a local resident that asserted that the "controlled" burn-in-place solution for the remaining vinyl chloride tank cars was the best option available. Seems that it may have been the only option available and if...
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