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"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 ?
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?
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...
