Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Need Advice
Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Need Advice
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Hello,
I recently graduated and I am looking to embark on a career in pump and piping engineering preferably in the HVAC building services or oil & gas sector.
I was wondering what are the essential applicable technical engineering skills that are highly valued by building services engineering consulting firms that I could master to make me an attractive candidate?
Thanks,
I recently graduated and I am looking to embark on a career in pump and piping engineering preferably in the HVAC building services or oil & gas sector.
I was wondering what are the essential applicable technical engineering skills that are highly valued by building services engineering consulting firms that I could master to make me an attractive candidate?
Thanks,





RE: Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Need Advice
Recognize what type of pump is needed quickly.
Know what is required for hard heavy duty service, minimizing chance of breakdowns.
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Building services, know how to get the right pump (head, flow and lowest cost) and keep it operating with no money.
Know what is required to keep the thing running and running and running.
Know how to evaluate your required operating points.
Know the correct way to evaluate wheather a VFD can save you money.
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Both
Learn how to read ... and USE a pump curve.
Be aware of how operating out of range can affect your downtime, production lost cost, available resources and maintenance budget, and in building services, your operating costs.
Learn how to make operational changes to suit the equipment installed, rather than operate out of range and damage it.
Learn the concepts of preventive maintenance.
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My impressions only.
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Need Advice
Mark Hutton
RE: Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Need Advice
Know ASTM material codes and how they apply to refinery applications and pumps (HF acid, Alky, Coaker units, etc).
Know how to size pumps, select a driver for the application, and mechanical seal and flush plan.
HVAC pumps are more simple in design and application. Learn ANSI and ISO pump standards
Both require a working knowledge of fluid mechanics, thermo dynamics, and electro mechanics (motors)
Did you know that 76.4% of all statistics are made up...
RE: Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Need Advice
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Need Advice
Did you know that 76.4% of all statistics are made up...