New at PipingDesign.com: 29 September 2000

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Compressor Pipework
AirInfo UK (There are a number of other good pages related to air compressors at this site)

<<A pipework system can be a major cost in any compressed air system due
to leaks, once installed most pipelines are quite happily forgotten about, may have bits added or moved but the bulk of the original line is frequently left alone.We look at the complete pipeline system and how to monitor and improve it.>>

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Risk Management of a Petroleum Refining Facility Risk Management Professionals, Inc.

<<This paper discusses the application of state-of-the-art fault tree
analysis techniques to a refining facility that produces diesel fuel from a crude oil stream. This fault tree analysis was used to identify the failure sequences which could lead to process hazards, and the analysts used these results to evaluate the impact of specific hazards on process safety. Through recommendations presented in the study, the facility owner gained an increased awareness of potential problems and made modifications to reduce the possibility of a hazardous condition and subsequent catastrophic failure.>>

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Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers
Paul Mueller Company

<<Plate and frame heat exchangers, commonly known as "plate" heat
exchangers, originated over 60 years ago in the European food industry. There was a need for a heat transfer device that was energy efficient, compact, easy to clean, and capable of being modified as design conditions changed. These original requirements were met with a plate and frame heat exchanger. Today the same fundamental needs exist and plate heat exchangers are used worldwide in most industries.>>

Anatomy of a Clean Water Environment
Cooling Technology, Inc.

<<Water, by it's very nature provides us with an excellent medium in
which to exchange and transport heat energy to and from industrial processes. It has the capacity to hold large amounts of heat, flows easily with low resistance, enters turbulent flow dynamics with fairly low fluid velocity, has a very low viscosity, is non-toxic to the environment and is readily available at low cost. However, water also has properties which when left unaddressed can result in system wide contamination which affects its ability to efficiently exchange heat and results in corrosion to equipment, downtime and costly maintenance procedures. The purpose of this report is to examine industrial water system design and identify the thermal and fluid dynamics of water to derive methods to maximize its positive attributes while minimizing its liabilities.>> Received on Thu Sep 28 22:23:00 2000