Carnot cycle
Carnot cycle has no actual counterpart in real life. Despite the fact that it is purely theoretical thermodynamic cycle, it is mostly used for...
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On the other hand, for high capacity, high pressure (HP) boilers, steam-water separation at the steam drum is accomplished with the use of mechanical...
For an OTSG system, water travels only one time (single pass) through the boiler tubes before being converted to steam and sent to the steam turbine generator...
Steam Enthalpy
Put is simply, enthalpy is a general measure of the internal stored energy per mass unit of a flowing stream. It is expressed in kJ/Kg (SI...
Steam generation
The simplest steam generation equipment is a kettle type boiler for heating a specific quantity of water. As a result of the applied heat, the...
Here is a list of metrology related definitions for frequently used terms in the science of measurement. These definitions of metrology terms also give you a...
Nuclear power plants or hydroelectric power plants are not covered by NFPA 850: Nuclear power plants standards are addressed by NFPA 805, whereas...
By definition, water mist is a water spray for which the 99% of the total volume of liquid (Dv0.99) is in droplets of diameter smaller than 1000 microns at the...
Before the advent of the ATEX Directives, the installation of electrical equipment in a potentially explosive area was a matter of just selecting equipment...
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) standards,
- Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC) standards and
- Swedish Standards (Sa, St).
NACE...
Single Seal or Double Seal ?
The decision to use double mechanical seal instead of single mechanical seal is not easy. Many parameters influence this decision...
Spiral-wound gaskets
They basically consist of alternating plies of compressible filler material and a metallic strip (winding) wrapped in a way similar to the...
