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    practical limitations to using superheated steam in a process heating application

    I am working through a feasibility study regarding the use of superheated steam in a process heating application. We are required to use the superheated steam at 500 psia / 570 F. This steam would be supplied to heat exchangers for preheating various process streams with inlet temperatures...
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    looking for daily power output data by plant

    Hi all. I'm trying to source plant daily power output data. I'm thinking this information should be compiled already by someone somehwere and am not really interested in combing through the NRC daily reports from the last few years. Does anyone know of a source for this information? I've found...
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    Desalination training

    I'm having a hard time finding any desalination training courses. I'm looking for something fairly in-depth but would like to stay focused on thermal desalination more than RO systems. The ideal course would be a few days long in the US and cover system design, equipment design, operational...
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    equipment drain chugging - vent line sizing

    We have a drain that puts water into a sump at 3000 gpm for 1.5 min. The sump drains via a 20" line which travels for 2500' with 5 manholes installed. The first manhole is located 450' after the sump. A change was recently made to the drain line 40' downstream of the sump where a section of...
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    Boiler/Steam System Training

    I am a newer engineer and have taken over the boiler and heating steam system at our plant. Can anyone recommend a training course for me? What I really need is a course that will cover fundamental operation concepts and troubleshooting of boilers, deaerators, steam traps, etc. Please let me...
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    Nickel Chromium (Nichrom wire) shorting?

    Hi all, We are using nichrom wire at my work to keep some of our outdoor components from freezing. The problem is that when power is turned on to the loop (via plc) the voltage across any components that share a ground with the wire loop is reduced, in some cases to half the original voltage...

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