Hello all,
I have been asked to size a pressure relief valve to be located on the shell side of a heat exchanger. The design conditions are for the tube side 730 gpm of condensate @ 250 F and the shell side 24 gpm of water. The scenario we are concerned with is somebody closing the valves on...
I have been asked by a client to look at a failure of a vortex breaker they have in service and to recommend a new design or welding procedures if necessary.
The vortex breaker is on an axial flow pump on a caustic evaporation loop in a chemical plant. I was sent photos of the failure and one...