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  1. hahor

    Manpower Productivity

    ... is the contractor paid by the hour or does a unit rate contract apply?
  2. hahor

    Chemical Plant Construction Piping Progress BASIC Question

    advsign2, what kind of contract do you have? Progess Measurement is easy when you have a times & material contract based on Labor Time Values (John Page or any other system). But maybe that's beyond your control at this point in time. Kind Regards, hahor
  3. hahor

    Calculating Flow Rate

    Hello Physics, you may want to try the "Engineer's Approach": v = k * SQRT(delta p / density) Q = A * v Measure your flow rate at 5 different heights of the bottle, calculate "k", that's it. Kind Regards, hahor
  4. hahor

    Heated Hose

    Hello SShep, you may want to try this: http://eltherm.com/mod/Products/Heated+hoses+%7C+heated+sample+lines-CA.htm?id=150 Kind Regards, hahor
  5. hahor

    Acid tank level indication

    Admanderson, put the tank on load cells. Kind Regards, hahor
  6. hahor

    Prefabrication And Erection Piping Cost

    Hello ifran, try to get a copy of "Estimators Piping Man-Hour Manual" by John S. Page, Gulf Professional Publishing. This will answer most of your questions. Kind Regards, hahor
  7. hahor

    Mounting time's tables

    Hi Tinerfe, please do a Google search "john s page estimating manual" and you will see a whole bunch of books with labor time values. Amazon is a good source to obtain these books. Kind Regards, hahor
  8. hahor

    Sulfuric Acid Concentration Calculation

    Hello Lukin, use a hydrometer for sufuric acid. Kind Regards, hahor
  9. hahor

    overflow line sizing

    hello sarm, assume approx. 300 L/HR for a 1" line. Kind Regards, hahor
  10. hahor

    Heat of Dilution - Hydrocholric Acid

    Hello RJB, you are right. Kind Regards, hahor
  11. hahor

    Heat of Dilution - Hydrocholric Acid

    Hello RJB, just a quick answer, sorry about the outdated units. Heat of Solution for 1kg HCl: acid concentration [weight-%] 0.1% 485 kcal 25% 427 kcal 30% 408 kcal 35% 392 kcal 40% 374 kcal Kind Regards, hahor
  12. hahor

    Ethylene from ethane steam cracking capital cost

    Hello Iradah, - subscription to Chemical Engineering is for free - maybe you employer has a Subscription to Chemical Week or could arrange it for you - a 1967 analysis is definitely too old - M&S index is published on the “Economic Indicators” page of Chemical Engineering Magazine - To check if...
  13. hahor

    Ethylene from ethane steam cracking capital cost

    Hello Iradah, 1. better than nothing to start with: http://www.chemweek.com/services/engineering_and_construction/6233.html 2. Look up published data in Engineering & Economics Magazines like "Chemical Engineering" or "Chemical Week" and try to correlate capacity with capital cost; escalate...
  14. hahor

    M8 x .35 and M7 x .35 threads

    Bryan, please have a look at the section "Feingewinde" https://www.wegertseder.com/pages/techdat/td7-gewinde.asp Kind Regards, hahor
  15. hahor

    Safeguarding a pump against too low flow

    Yobbo, why not just implement a minimum flow recycle line with a restriction orifice (Mindestmengenbypaß)? Just have a look at the pump curve and calculate an orifice diameter for pressure and flow conditions at the minimum duty point. When flow increases dp goes down and less flow will recycle...
  16. hahor

    Contractor Check Off List

    Hello haze10, if I were in your shoes I would check the current work permit procedures with the folks who supervise regular maintenance. Beside that you may want to obtain a small book “Guidelines for Safe Process Operations and Maintenance” by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers...
  17. hahor

    Heat of Mixing

    heat of dilution for 1kg H2SO4 dilution to kcal %H2SO4 0.2 200 5 180 10 175 20 170 30 160 40 156 50 143 60 126 70 108 80 82 90 46 95 26...
  18. hahor

    Engineering Project Management Best Practices

    hello gandersen, the PMI workflow diagram is not the worst thing to start with. Kind Regards, hahor
  19. hahor

    New engineer feeling like failure

    - 90% of project management is to decide who are the right people to talk to each other and bring them together - don’t get lost in details and - never try to do everything yourself (because sometimes people who feel ignored will “teach you a lesson”) Kind Regards, hahor
  20. hahor

    short BP

    It was the fog in England ("A bridge too far"). Kind Regards, hahor
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