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    Best Method to Survey Piping

    Right, I see. Well basically, we know the piping would be susceptible to land slippage in this area so we conduct surveys to quantify the displacement. The displacement is then compared to set allowable displacement values so the precision I'm looking for would be to the mm. I honestly can't...
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    Best Method to Survey Piping

    Hi guys, thanks for your thoughts on the matter. My apologies, it is above ground piping and currently, the vendor is using a total station survey. Specifically, use of the total station for horizontal displacement, and digital levels for vertical. A system of control points were set up along...
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    Best Method to Survey Piping

    Hi All, Firstly let me start off by saying I'm not well versed with all the lingo associated with Surveying, so please forgive me if I use some of the terminology incorrectly. I just wanted to get some input / advice with respect to performing a pipeline survey to monitor movement of the piping...
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    Increase of allowable stress via xray in welded pipe

    But even though there is a long seam weld, isn't the weld itself typically stronger than the parent material? So provided the weld is 100% acceptable as per RT, why can't the higher stress value be used?
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    Vessel Cover Gasket

    Oh dear, Yes, Monday's are really the worst.. the gasket thickness is 2mm, sorry about that error, as glaring as it is.. anyway, yes, the process is nitrogen dioxide..so I can't afford for a gasket to go up there and fail at all.. 10 bars @ 490 deg. C.
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    Vessel Cover Gasket

    Hey Everyone, I have an urgent problem here, basically, I've got a vessel with an operating pressure of 10 bars. The incorrect gasket was used to seal to top cover flange of the vessel (approx 3950mm in diameter). The correct gasket was now specified in terms of material, however, two different...
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    Weldolet vs Flat Weldolet

    Hey all, I'm fairly new to fabrication and welding, so I wanted to find out if there is a difference between a weldolet and a flat weldolet. I have to specify one for replacement, and according to my Isometric, its specifying a flat weldolet. I did a little digging and saw somewhere that flat...
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    Vertical Turbine Pump Flow Inlet Velocity

    Hi guys, I have a little problem. I'm trying to determine the inlet flow velocity of fluid to my pump. It's a 4 stage vertical turbine pump and its situated to one end of a well. Water flows into the well via a 24" diameter pipeline at an entrance velocity of approximately 8 ft/sec. Now the...
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    Durability of Nylon 11 coated disc (butterfly valve)

    I'm assuming cost is a major factor to you? I'm familiar with butterfly valves which carry the nylon 11 coating. It works well in our seawater applications and protects the disc from corrosion. Is this for temporary use? Or long term? As mentioned above, the coatings do chip overtime as no...
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    Butterfly Valve Question

    Good day, Happy New Year to all of you. Young Engineer here, and I have a question about the material of a particular valve. We've got 30" butterfly valves that are underwater (seawater) and are currently in need of replacement. Unfortunately, the valves are obsolete and are not manufactured...
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    Impeller Trimming

    Ok let me explain the full story..sorry, I should have done this from the start..the decision was made based on Engineering review that we should fit larger impellers on our Pumps. (6 single stage vertical turbine pumps rated at 8287 usgpm @ 191 feet of head)The larger impellers were supposed to...
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    Impeller Trimming

    Good day, We're considering trimming the impellers on our 6 vertical turbine Pumps. Pumps are consuming too much power and we'd like to reduce it by trimming them. I would like to know, is there any particular method / procedure to trimming impellers? The impellers are semi open impellers. Do...
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    12 stage centrifugal pump

    Good day, I just need confirmation on something. I have a 12 stage horizontal centrifugal pump. I have recorded values of flow, suction pressure, discharge pressure and speed. I'd like to work out the flow and differential head values to the rated speed. I've applied the affinity laws: N1/N2 =...
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    Motor Horsepower

    Ok ok..let me explain exactly what I want to do..(Sorry, should have done this before) , I'm trying to determine the pump's BHP from operation. I dont have any flowmeters so I cant tell using the flow. So I was trying to determine how to get the motor output horsepower, then use the motor's...
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    Motor Horsepower

    Ok, so is the power its producing equivalent to when you multiply the power its using by its efficiency?? Am I correct?? And the power it's using is found using the above equation?
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