I went through a round of depression, after loosing several family members, that affected my work - I lost track of projects, couldn't concentrate, etc - and since I never trusted HR, and didn't trust my boss I didn't say anything. I figured I'd get it fixed (with medical help) and get back to...
As a Mech. PE who also happens to farm with draft horse power I have to say that using said power to drive a chemical applicator seems rather antithetical, but I might be able to offer some tips if you'll explain a bit more of what you're looking to do.
We have a closed loop heat pump that uses buried coils in a 40 by 60 ft area of our back yard. The coils are about 8 ft deep (it was a really big hole). This works great for us in northern Minnesota with ground water 4 or 5 ft below the surface. We use it for heat in winter; domestic hot...
Billet vs. stamped impeller is not, on it's own, indicative of performance. It's possible to have a very poor design done in a very pretty billet part.
A couple of things to compare from one impeller to the next:
A impeller with blades having an angle closer to tanget with a circle centered...
I've written this before and I'll repeat - we tested on our dyno's (at the insistance of the VP of MARKETING) all manner of additives, cats, cow magnets, and the like and found that if any of them did anything it was to LOWER the HP by about 1% and INCREASE the emissions by about the same...
I'm a ME, Pet. Eng, PE; My wife is a Met. Eng.; we are not only both engineers, we work at the same company - desks about 50 meters apart - and on the same projects to some extent. We've been together for 20 years and although we've had our fights neither of us has any desire to divorce. We...
The only thing I got was a lot of questions about why I'd spend the time and money to get my PE (mech.), no raise, no bonus, no promotion. I'm one of only 5 or so PE's in a company with about 100 degreed engineers; and the only one with both a PE and M.S., and frankly don't see a lot of...
The power companies already have the ability to control the loads and turn your outlets on and off at will. We, here in the great wild north, have Off Peak load control power. Basically, the price of electricity, to the COOP, varies over the course of the day based on the demand. When the...
A couple of thoughts.
I've been working in engineering going on 20 years, have a B.S., and M.S. in engineering, and my PE, and to this day I find so many things I don't know that I wonder if I will ever be knowledgeable enough to feel competent. I've heard it said that the more you know, the...
Best advice ever?
Never piss off your tech's because if you do they will pay you back by doing EXACTLY what you tell them to do - from my mother in law
don't drown another guys teddy bear - from a retired engineer who owned a John Deere dealership.
As a 2 stroke guy let me add to your list wonder oils!! These would be the ones that increase power and fuel economy while eliminating exhaust and increasing engine durability at least 10 fold. And (in ads for one of them anyway) they have a plesing pine sent.
Oh and don't forget the Miracle...
I went from an hour plus driving through bumper to bumper traffic to a 15 minute drive of 12 miles to work. I now live in the middle of 240 acres of trees that I own, have draft horses, dogs, and only one neighbor. There are things I miss not living in the city - Burger King being at the top -...
I suspect with enough money you could get pistons made with rings on the bottom, but even with a piston ported design I'm not sure why you need this. Piston ported 2 strokes typically don't have a ring there.
As to expansion chambers - YES you will need them to make the engine run well. I...
MrBiodiesel a question.
Subsidies aside, oil shale/tar sands have as a fudamental flaw that it takes more energy to extract a usable product than that product can provide. I've seen studies that show this is true for biodiesel, and others that show its not. This leaves me thinking that its a...
