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    Advise on How to become a "good" Process Engineer

    http://books.google.com/books?id=d9CVlIkZbXQC&dq=books+rules+of+thumb+chemical+engineer&pg=PP1&ots=i2xFvweIWw&source=bn&sig=8qOGy3l_OGhGTvnxLopboxzEFXI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result From Google books...preview of the book and its contents.
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    Stoker Market

    Thanks for the info. I'll look into it.
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    Stoker Market

    We have two industrial (150klb/hr) watertube boilers with Detroit Stoker reciprocating feeders. We are researching an upgrade to their underthrow coal distributors. DSC says they do not have any competitors due to the small stoker boiler market. Has anyone had any experience with other companies...
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    Mediocre vs Top Notch university

    I agree with metengr that your success will be dependent on what you put into it. As far as the top tier schools, I went to a top school in a large city in the south (check the screen name) for my BS and then a less prestigous school for my MS. As a TA for the second school, I could tell the...
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    Egress from Walkway

    We have an elevated walkway that is accessed from the top of a tank. You climb down to the walkway to access some valves that are located there. Are there any codes/requirements for an additional means of egress from this walkway should something occur atop the tank blocking the only means of...
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    Boiler Room Shutdown

    This can also be found in the NBIC Appendix I, Section I-2430. The language is identical to that posted by Pintek above from ASME.
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    How do you manage your work/task list?

    I've gone through several methods. I started with a hard cover notebook that had a schedule and to-do list on one page and a note space on the other. When that book was full I went to a plain hard cover notebook for daily notes. I also added the larger lined post-its near my computer for tasks...
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    Soot Blower Technologies / Clinker Prevention

    Thanks for the reply. These are 1992 Vogt 160,000 lbm steam/hr (@ 300psi,550 deg F) coal-fired boilers with economizer and superheat. The coal feed consists of 4 reciprocating spreader stokers (Detroit Stoker RotoGrate). We burn coal from Eastern Ky/W. Va with a coal spec calling for max 9%...
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    Soot Blower Technologies / Clinker Prevention

    I am starting to research available soot blowing technologies for our two coal boilers. I found a good amount of information in the following closed thread that I will be building my questions from: thread605-133988. Our boilers currently have nine manually operated wall blowers in the...
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    Boiler turndown

    You also have the option of installing a burner control system with timer controls. You could then program in your normal operational hours where it would modulate based on a parameter like pressure. During the off-hours it would execute warming cycles every so often to keep the boiler warm for...
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    Compressed Air Grooved Piping

    I have a project for compressed air piping (50 psig sterile air used in our process) and in the specifications to contractors I asked for 304 SS, Schedule 10 with Victaulic fittings. It came to my attention that one of the contractors actually may have bid Gruv-lok (calling it "combination...
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    Spare Parts Cost Standard vs Capital Replacement Cost

    Thanks for your response. I figured there would be more into it, but didn't know of a place to start. We do have a critical process that runs 24x7x365 and do not have the programs in place currently to predict failure on many components. We also have bean counters questioning the meger spare...
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    Spare Parts Cost Standard vs Capital Replacement Cost

    We're in the chemical/biotech industry and are looking to compare our spare parts inventory value to an industry standard. Is there a standard percentage of the capital equipment replacement cost that most chemical industries try to achieve for spare parts costs? Thanks, Phil
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    How far do you commute?

    Current commute: 80 miles each way. all on the interstate with no traffic, so i don't mind it. i used to live in atlanta when it'd take an hour to go 15 miles. i recommend good talk shows or books-on-tape.
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    PSV Testing Codes

    I have been searching for Codes and Standards to help develop a program for testing all PSV in our plant. These would be located on pressure vessels, boilers, steam lines, compressed air lines, etc. The following are the Codes I have seen referenced on the message boards on this page...
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