Questions tagged [chemical-engineering]
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Inlet/Outlet Vapor Nozzle Position Of Intercondenser
I am a process engineer at a nitric acid plant. One of our technicians recently asked me why the inlets and outlets of the steam ejectors are placed in middle of the intercondensers. I wasnt able to ...
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Determining the mass flow of condensed water from cooling of flue gases after combustion
I am analyzing the condensation of water from flue gases in a combustion process. I want to know the amount of moisture that will condensate (in $\frac{l}{h}$) when the flue gasses cool at some ...
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How can I improve my skills in mass and energy balances after completing the course and practicing exercises?
I recently completed a course on mass and energy balances, and while I actively participated in exercises and tried to grasp the core concepts, I’m still facing challenges when it comes to applying ...
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Distillation Column Simulation
I am a Chemical Engineering student. I have done a small project to simulate a Distillation Column in MATLAB: https://github.com/am1089/DistillationColumn. I need data to verify my simulation. Can ...
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How to justify bio-renewable process over fossil process?
For a subject on my course im researching a production line for Propylene Glycol (PG or 1,2-Propanediol), i found out that the main pathways to produce would be either Propylene Oxide (PO) based or ...
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Determining the no. of ideal stages in leaching
2000 kg/h of soybean meal containing
45% by weight edible oil is to be treated in
a multiple stage counter current leaching
equipment using 3000 kg/h of n-hexane
containing 3% oil by weight. The ...
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What is the best place to start learning ASPEN HYSYS? should i be going for the standard books or online resources?
Multiple resources are available but I am overwhelmed and can not think of where to start.
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Is there a water quality standard for CIP (cleaning-in-place) that mention a specific value of water parameter (silica, calcium, magnesium, pH,..etc)?
In my company we already use RO water for CIP.
Because there is an environmental permit issue regarding the effluent amount limit outside plant, i try to look up the possibility of using softener ...
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Design and calculations of wet cyclone scrubber
I'm Maaz, I want to design a wet cyclone scrubber for powder recovery and air dehumidification, and I want calculations for it, so can anybody provide me the calculations.
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Energy balance - Cilynder of CO2
Hello, could some one support to solve this exercise?
Q = ∆U + W
Q = 0 (adiabatic - no heat Exchange with cylinder wall)
∆U + W = 0
m * cp * (t2 - t1) = - W (I'm stopped here)
Is this line of ...
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surface area of trilobes and quadrolobes
I need to calculate surface area of trilobes and quadrolobes that is corresponding to a cylinder. For example ı have a 10cm diameter cylinder but what is the diameter of 1 cylinder in that trilobe and ...
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Free convection between parallel walls
Problem: Consider two walls separated by distance $2B$ with a fluid of density $\rho$ and viscosity $\mu$ located between the vertical walls. The left wall (at $y=-B$) is at temperature $T_2$ and the ...
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Mitigating challenges in metal air batteries
I've been reading into metal air batteries lately and I found them quite interesting, particularly Al-air and Li-air batteries. I found that a big issue in metal air batteries is the self corrosion of ...
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Highest temperature elastomer
I'm getting more into TIG welding these days & one thing I haven't quite mastered is feeding the filler with my less dominant hand (my left hand). My instructor taught me to simply use my middle ...
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Are equivalent lengths different for compressible and incompressible flow?
I've been looking at estimating pressure loss using equivalent lengths of fittings. However, most of the examples and language I've seen seems to indicate this is commonly done for incompressible ...