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    Iodine Value and Molasses Test on Activated Carbon

    Hello all, thanks for taking the time to read this. I am a mechanical engineer at a power plant and we are looking into using Activated Carbon products to remove wastes from our flue gas. We are looking for a method to test the incoming bulk carbon for consistent reactivity and while I have...
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    Cooling Tower Piping Challenge for New Power Plant

    The closest solution I have seen was in south Texas where the plant had ALL of the piping in trenches. The trench was dug ~3' with concrete walls/bottom and every stick of piping was laid down in the bottom. Handrails were erected everywhere it wasn't determined necessary for a crossing and...
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    Too good to be true?

    This really seems like it could be a great idea, basically a garbage incenerator on steroids without all the emissions. Looks like there is probably still a concern for the solid waste on the back end which is always going to be a problem. There isn't anything out there that can make EVERY...
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    Motivation at Work

    ash060, I can definately relate to that. My main cause for this exact same tendancy was lack of any immediate deadlines. I had 4 different projects assigned to me that were each worth a few million dollars but were 2-3 year lead times. While I had items I could do on each none were that...
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    Worst Interview Experiences

    Plain and simple - Interviewers should get some sleep the night before too. Went into the interview with 3 interviewers who all had the same sheet of questions. They went round and round the table, each asking the next question on the list. The 3rd guy was interesting though, he fell asleep...
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    Use of anhydrous ammonia to break pipe freeze?

    Don't know too much about using it to break freezes but from what I have researched for my company's uses of anhydrous ammonia is that when you add water to it the chemical reaction generates excessive heat. The thought could be to get it to the frozen section, let it interact, and the more...
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    Efficiency of Power Generation

    Spike, All the power plants that I know of base what they will pay for a alternate fuel off of $/mmBTU. So if you know the BTU/lb you should be able to get a good ballpark on what kind of revenue you can generate. The biggest problem that I have seen is shipping. 250 tons is ~10 truckloads a...
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    Should engineers price gouge

    Actually the correct argument's phrase is "For the love of money is the root of all evil" therefore it would seem to me that the interpretation is greed is evil and not money itself. Again a misquoted passage over time turned to mean something else. So I guess this would evolve to if the...
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    CO2 Emissions reduction policy in Europe

    0707 - WEO = Nice idea but in all reality it would be a pipe dream. The UN can't enforce a sanction against any country anytime for anything so what measures would the WEO be able to enforce? Stern letters, harsh language? The world seems to be unable to come to a consensus on what to do with...
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    Intern Programs

    I am also giving my view point on student engineers that we have had at the plant. I agree with epoisses on the advantages for both sides but from what I have seen here at my plant the last line is most important. There has to be a clear person in charge of what the intern is doing, how much...
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    Rotary Airlock

    To start off I have searched numerous different keywords on "Google" etc and contacted many reps, suppliers, and manufacturers but with no luck. We are looking for larger (~24") rotary airlocks (or rotary valves or star valves) with a mechanical cleanout device that scrapes out the pockets as...
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    Unmanned aircrafts

    I could see this having greater potential for trans-oceanic cargo flights. The length of those flights and the reduced population below the planes would probably be the most practical. Just my two cents. Regards, EOIT
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    HVAC on ship: cross-discipline question, please help

    I would repost this under the HVAC/R Engineering section of "Mechanical Engineering" to get a better response. Furthermore some explaination would be helpful. Amount of air, size of duct, etc whatever can be disclosed. Regards, EOIT
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    Design life of Road in a Refinery / Chemical Plant

    I work at a power plant and the original asphalt roads used during construction and operation lasted about 15 years before major repairs were needed. And those repairs were really only in the high traffic areas for loaded semis etc.
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    Beam Deflection

    Hello All, We are going to weld a temporary wide flange beam to existing structural steel for an overhead trolley system. It will either be catalivered or simple suppoted at two fixed points or a combination of both. I have the calculations for the deflection of either support setup and the...
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