I am working on a system and I have 60 psig steam available. All of my components, HX's, coils, etc can be operated at this higher pressure. However, my previous experience (every steam system I have come across the steam was transported at a higher pressure and used at a lower pressure) and...
I am trying to figure out the heat load in a municipal pumping station. The dominating load is three 4160 volt motors, dating from the mid 80's, driving the pumps. I have been trying to determine the standard or baseline efficiencies for motors of this type from this time and can't find diddly...
I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but this one gets lots of eyes so I'll give it a shot.
I just got surprised on a project with a 55 GPM per elevator sump pump requirement. This apparently originates from ANSI A17.1 Elevator code. I have 3 elevators sharing a pump so according to this...
I am a trying to 'ballpark' a backup generator for a 19 story high rise. Eight stories will be parking deck the rest will be office and retail space, approximately 30,000 ft2 per floor. Can anyone give me a ballpark size for the fire pump so I can finish guesstimating the generator sizing?
Can anyone point me to some reference material on properly sizing hanging supports utlizing allthread? The two concerns that come to mind are the strength of the rod itself and the weight that the attached bolt can support.
