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Dear All, We are going to change tip of flare to a steam-assisted type. The question is that since the steam piping is not ready, is it possible to put the new tip in service without steam injection? is there any chance of burn out of steam nozzles ? If yes, can we use air instead of steam...

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Hi all, Does anyone knows about some standard for process and utility piping color code?

Dear Georgeverghese, The suction pressure of booster compressor is 30.5 bar. This booster is a small machine connected to an expander.

Dear All, In C2+ recovery plant a stream of 30000 kg/hr natural gas is branched from main sales gas stream for regeneration of C3 and C4 sulfur treaters. This stream has a pressure of 31 bar. Regeneration gas is heated, entered to the treaters and and sulfur-rich gas is re-injected to the sales...

Dear All, I need a document that shows a framework for roles and responsibilities of process engineer in an operating plant. I searched the web; most of them related to projects not operational process plants. Does anyone can help me or send me such a document including job description...

Dear All, In our process plant, there is a horizontal drum containing water. Water level is controlled by a Level Control Valve (LV) on the discharge line of a vertical pump installed in the drum. Pump data: Max. Capacity=4.6 m3/h Head @max. capacity=45 m Max. operating temp.=145 C Control...

KPI stands for "Key Performance Indicator"

Dear All, As process engineering manager of a petrochemical plant I need some KPI to evaluate the performance of my staff and department. As you may know, Process Engineering Dept. is involved in different activities including: - Production Planning and Control - Evaluation and confirmation of...

From "plant design and economics for chemical engineers" by S. Peters: The capital investment for engineering and supervision (design,engineering,drafting,purchasing,accounting,cost engineering,...)is approximately 30% of the purchased equipment cost or 8% of total direct costs of the...

It is different and depends on the size and type of the project. But in general it is in the range of 3% to 5%. I will investigate and may send you more details later.

I have a more general question: How pressure in the natural draft furnace remains negative? What is the principle?