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    reducing turbulent flow around an elbow

    You'll get turbulent gas flow at any economic velocity. You cannot reduce that without increasing pipe sizes to some uneconomic size. The usual problem caused by bends is UNEVEN gas flow DISTRIBUTION. For this you can buy gas straightening devices (turning vanes). However, you spoke of...
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    Effect of pH and temperature on reaction kinetics of CO2 and NaOH

    Temperature and pH have a precisely quantifiable effect on the partial pressure of CO2 above a caustic/sodium carbonate/sodium bicarbonate solution. The ratio of H2CO3, HCO3- and CO3= in solution are given by the pH and the carbonic acid first and second acid dissociation constants, themselves...
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    Range Reference

    Thanks Yakpol! I tried it and it works like a charm. I'm embarrased to say how long I had spent searching through Excel's VBA online help and getting nowhere. Then I post my question here just before leaving work, and found the answer waiting for me the next day. I love this forum. PeterAB.
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    Sodium Bicarb in Aquaculture

    Representing acids by a simple proton H+ in the following chemical equation, sodium bicarbonate will buffer acids as follows: NaHCO3 + H+ = CO2 + H2O + Na+ In other words, yes, sodium bicarbonate can break down to CO2 (which gases off) in the presence of other acids, and by so doing it...
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    Tall Chimney lining

    For acid dew point calculations, check Thread798-97414. It will point you to an acid dew point calculator at www.hrsgdesign.com/design0.htm . Presumably you want to line the stack from the point where the gas could cool below the acid dew point, and have some kind of drip ring to catch what...
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    Range Reference

    Is it possible to refer to a range of cells using index numbers, rather than using A1 notation? I want to write a generic cell-range copy routine, that will copy variable-size ranges from some Cell(row A, column A) through to Cell(row B, column B), to a new location anchored at Cell(row C...
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    Lime slurrying and pumping

    mariodupuis: Thanks for providing a fresh solution to the problem. Could you advise who supplies the dispersant, and how much you need to add? regards, Peter AB.
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    Stripping/cleaning Hydro Formed Parts

    Dear Rob, have you asked your coolant supplier for suggestions on how best to recover your coolant? Could you dip your part in a solvent bath prior to welding? Cleaning the parts prior to welding will lower the concentration of particulates and vapors in the air ofcourse. That way you might...
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    Lime slurrying and pumping

    Thanks to everyone who replied to my question about lime slurrying. Allow me to elaborate a little bit, in response to some of your questions. The lime is used in a flue gas desulfurization application. We're using hydrated lime - it has already been slaked. My understanding is that...
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    Lime slurrying and pumping

    I am making up to a 40 wt% lime solution in water by auger feeding 5 tph hydrated lime into a simple mixing tank. The pumps that move the slurry are don't reach their design capacity because of lumps and air entrained in the solution. Can anyone advice me on the most cost-effective means of...
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    oxidation catalysts- formaldehyde & HAP

    Davefitz: sorry that I'm not being more helpful, but your posting prompts me to ask another question: can anyone out there measure formaldehyde concentrations down to 91 ppb with any kind of repeatability? How!? It's news to me.
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    Design - Quench tower

    The quickest and simplest way to quench is with an air-atomized spray nozzle. See www.turbosonic.com Peter Brekelmans
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    Proper Plenum Planning Problem

    A perforated plate in front of your fully expanded cross-section would be the fail safe method of obtaining a uniform flow distribution. A 50% open area perforated plate is commonly used, but for such a slow flow as here (300 fpm) I would be inclined to go to less open area (perhaps 25%) to...
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    Need a specialist

    Oil mists are not a subject to be taken likely, and I can see why it can provoke controversy. Apart from environmental concerns, keep in mind that oil mist can pose a health and safety hazard. On the health side, I've heard that breathing oil mist can coat the lungs, resulting in suffocation...
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    Use of glycols as solvent in scrubbers. Any experience?

    Distillgasm: Burning the recovered VOC's in fuel oil may be a cheap means of disposal. However, scrubbing with fuel oil has its own dangers, the most obvious being its flammability. Fuel oils generally have a significant vapor pressure, and therefore will add new VOC's to the gas being...
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