Recent content by Latexman

The engineers, PM, and estimators were one and the same. We wore many hats!

On controlling project cost, a wise, old Project Manager once told me, "there's a time in a project where you have to shoot the Engineers, and begin construction".

shvet and Ed align with my thinking. Option B mixes better. What is the cost of failure? Is a coating really needed, or will SS be okay? IIRC, standard MOC in static mixers is SS.

What is being mixed? More details; better answer.

Mojojojo69, Take a deep dive into the “huddling chamber” of a PSV. Use AI, and there are some YouTube videos out there. Any questions, come back here.

I would say it like this, just outside the end of the line there will be atmospheric pressure.

Is there a basic problem? High dP, need more flow, need more heat transfer, burnt product at the wall, or, as stated, you are just coming up to speed on your process? Those articles are great. I got copies (poor ones) long ago from my megaCorp's library. I recommend calling ChE magazine and...

I’m familiar with rat-holing in solids/powder flow, but not in non-Newtonian fluid flow. Can you provide a reference?

CS is fine.

A P&ID would have been more informative. Why is this seal pot needed?

Yes, "blowdown" is being used correctly by OP. It's been used routinely in my relief vocabulary for decades, and so has "reseating pressure".

Belzona products saved my bacon a few times in my 45 year career in the chemical plants. Go to their website and find your distributor/rep.

Possibly inlet pressure drop and outlet pressure drop will exceed Code, 3% and 10% respectively.

Even when properly applied, it seems the terrorists may just need two vehicles. One to displace the barrier, and one to do the deed. That means the lone wolf may need a partner, which probably decreases the odds a plan comes to fruition, which is good, but it's not total prevention.

Who cares, right? Once you get your system built with the transducers in place, get the system data and develop your flow correlation. Then, the details and intricacies of your system are baked into the data and your flow correlation.