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    Tank hydrotest, will the water freeze?

    Hi all, what about the sun during daytime heating up the tank? This might help in lowering the amount of ice formed. BR Ben
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    OPERCOM

    Hi all,' sorry for double posting this. I wanted to post this in another group So please ingnore Ben
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    OPERCOM

    Hi, I came across the phrase Opercom, but I don't find any usefull description or explanation on what the system is like.Can anyone help me with some more information or the place where I can get that info?Thanks Ben
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    OPERCOM

    Hi, I came across the phrase Opercom, but I don't find any usefull description or explanation on what the system is like.Can anyone help me with some more information or the place where I can get that info? ThanksBen
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    Opercom question

    Hi, I came across the phrase Opercom, but I don't find any usefull description or explanation on what the system is liek. Can anyone help me with an explanation here? Thanks Ben
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    Weep Hole Purpose in Lined Pipe

    Those weep holes are also used as "leak detection". Once there's a leak in the liner, material will show up at the weep hole(s). BEn
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    Anti freeze flmability

    Hi, A friend of mine is designing a garden "torch". the way his design is workong is that he bubbles gas (LPG, butane or propane) through water and he ignites this giving a nice flame comming from the surface of the water in a pot. He is now facing a problem, the temperatures are below zero (C)...
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    Looking for a dye for heat transfer fluid

    Ask supplier (Dow?) Ben
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    Calculation for Pipe based heat tracing

    If you use "bare" tracing clamped on the piping, you better look also at the possibility of galvanic corrosion. This is specially tricky when you also want to cool your pipes. This cooling will condense water and water together with two different materials will act as a nice battery. Grtz Ben
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    converting excel graph to jpg or other graphic for word document

    One of the other options is to copy the chart into Paint and then size the graph. This also helps with Powerpoint slides Grtz Ben
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    Mixing in tanks

    Thanks for the quick comments and recommendations! The links helped me in the right direction. Zerosum: Adding agitators was the first idea, but the installation was seen as a big problem (cost vs budget), knowing the current design of the tanks. Basically the tanks were not designed for any...
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    Mixing in tanks

    Hi, I'm wondering what options there are when improving the mixing of liquids in a tank. The situation is that we have a couple of tanks, in which we mix several different liquids. The current design is that we have a pump around with the circulation enters the tank at the top. Question I have...
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    importing an EXCEL object into powerpoint

    What works for me is to copy the cells in "Paint". Then size the picture to the size that is oke for you and copy this in the slide that you want. In this slide you can size the picture any size you like.... Grtz Ben
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    K18, what is this material?

    Hi Monkeyking11, have you tried to Google this: "K18 steel"? It will give you more insight and links to what you want to know. Ben
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    Heat Exchanger Problem

    Did you check if there was any kind of analytical way to measure the contamination? This way you can check your whole process step by step where a possible contamination could occur. The other question could be: How was the HX checked for leaks (P and T) Best Regards Ben

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