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Assign Control Valve Pressure Drops

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:02:36 +0000

Ever had to determine the pressure drops to assign to the control valve while doing hydraulics? This post will help you specify the control valve pressure drop on a rigorous and sound basis. For this post, I’m going to assume you can work out the various flowrates and pressure drops the system will be subjected [...] Related posts:

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Introduction to Pressure Relief Valve Design Part 3 – Sizing Orifices and Piping

Interesting facts at one year anniversary

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:15:44 +0000

Ok, so I’m a month behind our one year anniversary. Sue me. I thought I’d share some fun & interesting statistics about the site in this quick little post. Most Popular Posts The most popular post by far is our Relief Valve Introductory Series. Other hits were the P&ID checklist and Visio Tricks. Also quite [...] Related posts:

Introduction to Aspen Basic Engineering (Zyqad) and Database-Driven Design

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:08:16 +0000

Trouble with Aspen Basic Engineering, formerly known as Aspen Zyqad? This post will help the new user get acquainted with the program. What is Aspen Basic Engineering/Zyqad? What is Database Driven Design? Aspen Basic Engineering is one of those database-driven productivity tools that are starting to enter the workplace, somewhat along the lines of Intergraph [...] Related posts:

Words and phrases that indicate the boss is lying

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:59:05 +0000

Interesting little article that you may want to check out before it disappears behind a subscribers-only wall: The Language of Lying by Canadian Newspaper Globe and Mail. It describes specific language patterns that executives use during their earnings reports to shareholders, where computer analysis indicates that the language is correlated with executives trying to mask [...] Related posts:

Inception Real Ending Explained

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:40:27 +0000

Curious about how the new hit film Inception really ended? Want to have the ending clearly explained to you? Read on. COMPLETE SPOILERS BELOW Turns out that it was all a dream. And moreover, the movie was a metaphor for film-making. Oh wait, my bad. Look at the evidence, and the differences between waking and [...] Related posts: