I am looking at a conceptual design for a plant which includes GE Frame 9 Gas Turbine generators with waste heat recovery to a hot oil system. The system is very large and I'm interested to hear from anyone with experience of similarly large units or for names of vendors who could offer this...
Hi - apologise if this is a dumb question or if it's been asked before but...
When starting up a shell and tube exchanger, is it possible to exceed the design temperature of the cold side if the hot side fluid is started up first on its own?
For example. Imagine an exchanger which uses steam...
I have a batch of activated carbon amine filters which is about to reach its 3-year shelf life at the point when we finally install it in the filters. The carbon vendor is very keen to either sell us a fresh batch or charge a premium rate to regenerate it.
Question is, how critical is the...
Apologies if this has been posted sometime in the past, but can anyone help me with interpreting the API 3% guideline for inlet lines to relief devices?
API RP-520 Part 2 recommends that the pressure drop in the inlet line to a relief device should not exceed 3% of the guage set pressure of the...
Is it generally ok to trap directly from high pressure steam header to a lower pressure steam header, without collecting HP condensate and flashing in a vessel? Are there any problems associated with this mode of operation? Sorry for the seemingly simplistic question but someone has just said...
