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Recomended overdesign value for Safety Valves Selection
After calculating required capacity for a safety valve service, the final selection for the rated capacity and/or selected orifice area is normally X times the required capacity or required orifice area. What are recommended values for this "X" value? What might be the impact of selecting a...- washuchem
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- Forum: Valve engineering
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Recomended maximum outlet cooling water temperature
Dear colleagues, Does anyone know of a written document / specification /reference for avoiding cooling water outlet from shell and tube exchangers above 120 F? Scale formation at this temperature occurs, but it is not easy to find a reference document / specs supporting this fact. Thanks- washuchem
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- Replies: 8
- Forum: Heat Transfer & Thermodynamics engineering
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centrifugal pump minimum flow control
What would be the criteria to select the use of an automatic flow control valve vs. an restriction orifice installed on the spill-back line?- washuchem
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- Forum: Chemical process engineering
