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  1. macki

    Mechanical seals vs packing seal on UL and FM fire pumps

    thread184-156726 "I don't believe that there are any U.L. Listed nor F.M. Approved fire pumps with mechanical seals" my question is why not? anybody know the reasoning behind this ?
  2. macki

    career focus

    I need some advice here, I have had about 2 years experience in a tank farm as a maintenance engineer(lots of pipelines, valves, tanks, ship and barge docks, vapor recovery units, vapor combustion units, pumps etc). I have a bachelors in mechanical engineering and also passed the FE exam last...
  3. macki

    cleaning biodiesel off containment pans

    Goodmorning gentlemen, I have containement pans that have accumulated a lot of product (oils, biodiesel, etc) over the years, drain pipes are clogged up. I am having a lot of trouble cleaning up because of the biodiesel involved.does anyone have any suggestions. any contacts for companies...
  4. macki

    Best pipe material for sewage pipeline over sea channel

    I intend to install a 4" sewage pipeline 120' long (approx). pipe exits from a commode on a dockhouse with a very good slope for gravity drain along a distance of 120' to shore. there are issues with UV light on PVC, however cast iron, carbon steel etc will be overkill, will require a lot of...
  5. macki

    I am trying to learn how to size pu

    I am trying to learn how to size pumps, I wish to verify if a Goulds Model VIC-L 1500GPM, 145TDH, 60HP can pump crude oil. I dont have specific data for pour point of crude but I intend to assume viscosity of say 783 ssu. My intention is to use an example to learn how to size and select pumps...
  6. macki

    Tie-in sample

    Does anyone have a sample Tie-in list to share, does not matter how small or big. thank you
  7. macki

    NFPA 69 - Flame/detonation arresters

    Is there anyone who has experience with location of flame arresters in a tank farm with interconnected piping to manifolds and flares or Vapor combustion units ? It seems NFPA 69 requires deflagration protection between individual tanks but its not very clear. Which API standard adresses this issue?
  8. macki

    NFPA 69

    Hi Everyone, I am a new user to the forum. I am trying to find out if NFPA 69 requires Flame arresters in a tank farm with interconnected piping and manifolds,isolating each tank, we have flame arresters at the flare/VCU units and lots of tanks have been hard piped to transport the vapor to the...

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