Hello everybody,
i need help with the following situition;
we have a knock out drum before our Cold flare, this vessel is made from SS and during extensive flaing level could rise to about 35-40% of cold NGL minimum -50C, the ambient temprature is warm about 20-25C how could i determine how long...
I'm a process engineer working for an LNG and we have a stripping tower containing 20 trays, we are facing a disturbance in process regarding the specs of liquid coming out of the tower and one of the possible reasons is tray damage.
We can't shut down the plant and so we need to perform an...
I work for an LNG company and we have a stripping tower containing 20 trays, we are facing a disturbance in process regarding the specs of liquid coming out of the tower and one of the possible reason is tray damage.
we can't shut down the plant and so we need to perform an inspection on all the...
Hello all,
i'm a chemical Engineer graduated from a university outside the USA and the NCEES agreed with a university in my country to offer both the FE & PE exams for local engineers.
i'm taking the FE exam next October and i have those questions;
1) what will happen next if i pass the FE exam...
i'm planning on entering the FE exam next October. i graduated 2 years ago and so i think i'll need lots to pass the exam, so what do you think is the best books to study from?!!
Hi, currently we have a problem at the gas plant i work for.
we have a dehydration system it consists of the following:
a horizontal separator vessel to separat the free water up to 10 microns in the feed gas, after which the feed gas enters a filter coellescer to separate water particles up to...
i'm having a problem that's driving me crazy, we have a PV that controls the pressure in a a vessel through allowing gaseous nitrogen into the vessel to increase pressure whenever needed. we can view the output of the valve on the DCS, however we can't track the flow of nitrogen into the vessel...
i'd like to have an indepth idea about these topics;
1) what is Choke velocity and how to calculate it? is it just mach 1?
2) what's surge in compressors and minimum flow in pumps? and how to calculate them?
3) regarding compressors we have 6 turbocompressors that are controlled via a system...
i'm a new commer in process engineering and i want to know what's the maximum velocity of any fluid in pipes? i heard that 80 ft/s is the maximum velocity of gases in pipes without any choking happening is this right and what about liquids.
you are at an interview and you are asked this question what will you answer?
here are some suggested answers, please comment on them.
1) the payment is bad
2) i don't like the job
3) i look for a bigger organisation
4) i look for a better postion
5) i wish to change buissnes
regarding looking...
I'm a chemical engineer, i graduated on 2007 and have been working as a graduate engineer at an LNG company since febraury 2008. after finishing the graduate program on february 2009 i'm supposed to work as a process engineer yet today i got an offer to work with the production planning guys...
