Ankur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Deleterious Effects Of Low Velocity Flow In...
Dear All,Most of us know that high velocities in pipelines can lead to a plethora of operational and maintenance problems such as noise, vibrations, erosion of pipe material, and a combined...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Production Of Triple Superphosphate
Dear All,Today's blog entry is in continuation of the blog entry I had made earlier for production of phosphoric acid using the wet process. The phosphoric acid produced by the wet process can be used...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Gas Turbine Power Re-Rating For Site
Dear All,Gas turbines are important in the chemical process industry. They are often used as mechanical drivers for large centrifugal and reciprocating compressors which transport very large volumes of...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Wet Process Phosphoric Acid Production Material...
Dear All,Phosphoric Acid and the derived Phosphate fertilizers play an important role in any economy which has substantial dependence on agriculture. India happens to be one such country where...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Spray Tower Scrubber Sizing For Flue Gas...
Dear All,Today's blog entry deals with the design and sizing of a non-packed spray tower for the purpose of flue gas desulfurization.A spray tower sizing web resource is available on the internet which...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Product Blending - In-Line Blending From Tankage
Dear All,It has been a good 6 months since my last blog entry. Just couldn't find the time and the right topic to post on my blog. But, I am back with a new topic. Let me have your comments and advice...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Steam Tracing Design
Dear All, It is well known that chemical process plants located in areas where ambient temperatures can fall well below freezing may require heat tracing of lines and equipment containing process...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - The Perennial Debate On Piping / Pipeline Design...
Dear All,I have lost count on how many times I have debated and argued the topic of piping / pipeline design pressure. “Cheresources” itself has dozens of posts related to this topic. I am now a firm...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Thermal Profiling Of Long Distance Pipelines...
Dear All, One of the important tasks while doing a pipeline process study is to do a thermal profile study of a pipeline for various operating scenarios and ambient conditions. However, what are the...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Actual Orifice Areas For Different Relief Valve...
Dear All,API 526 provides provides orifice designations such as D, E, F..... etc. for relief valves with corresponding orifice cross-sectional areas. However, most manufacturers of relief valves...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Centrifugal Compressor Surge Control Schemes And...
Dear All,I have written before on centrifugal compressor surge and anti-surge control. Refer my blog entry at the following...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Descriptive Comparison Between A Centrifugal And...
Dear All,It has been really a long time since I have posted a new entry. I was preoccupied with work and also did not find the right topic to post.My fascination with compressors continues. I was...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Pipeline Pig Launchers And Pig Receivers -...
Dear All,After a long hiatus I am back on my blog. That the blog has crossed a milestone of 1.5 million views is a huge encouragement and I wish to thank the readers of my blog for such an overwhelming...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Side Stream Filtration Rate For Cooling Towers
Dear All,Suspended solids (particulates or turbidity) are frequently found in cooling towers. At best these suspended solids will tend to settle out in low velocity areas of the water system (such as...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Power Recovery Turboexpanders - Shaft Power...
Dear All,Commercial applications of high temperature power recovery turboexpanders use the expander to drive an air compressor which charges the process unit that produces the high temperature gas that...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Determining Potential Natural Gas Liquids (Ngl)...
Dear All,The amount of potentially recoverable NGL based from a natural gas stream can be estimated from the following formula:Potential NGL component (tons per annum) = V*y*CFwhere:V = Volume flow...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - First Approximation Of Fuel Gas Consumption For...
Dear All,A lot of us are required to do preliminary utility estimation calculations during the Feasibility / Concept stage of a project. Another terminology often used is the Pre-FEED stage of a...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Solid-Liquid Mixing In Agitated Vessels (Just...
Dear All,Solid suspension and dispersion in a liquid is an important operation carried out in mixing systems. The primary objective of solid-liquid mixing is to create and maintain a solid-liquid...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - In-House Software Validation - An Iso 9001...
Dear All,Many of the engineers working in engineering consulting organizations know that a lot of in-house engineering calculation templates are utilized for equipment sizing, rating and other...
View ArticleAnkur's_Chemical_Engg_Blog - Heat Transfer In Buried Liquid Lines (Stagnant...
Dear All,My earlier blog entry on heat transfer in buried liquid pipelines related to temperature reduction of the flowing liquid at a certain distance from the pipeline inlet.Let us think of a buried...
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