What is an Air to Air Heat Recovery Exchanger: Heat Exchanger Design Basics
As the name indicates, an air to air heat exchanger exchange heat between layers of air. This article will explore the function and design of air to …
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What is OxyFuel Combustion?
If combustion in a boiler takes place with oxygen instead of air, the resulting product is pure CO2 that can be directly sent to storage. How does …
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Free CAD Tutorials: Creating Complex Models Using Simple Modeling Features in 3D Modeling Software such as Pro Engineer and SolidWorks - Part 2
CAD applications like ProE and Solidworks as well as many others have extensive complex functions such as sweeps and surface functions that can be …
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Boiler Waterwall Tubes and Condenser Tube Leakage in Power Plants
Condenser tube leakage in power plants using brackish water can lead to hydrogen embrittlement tube failure in a large scale. The damage sometimes is …
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5 Sheet Metal Design Tips for Easy Manufacturing
Design for manufacturability is a very useful concept in today’s sheet metal design industry. A sheet metal design should ideally take care about all …
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Sheet Metal Design Guide: Calculate Bending Allowance Accurately
Taking accurate sized developed sheet metal initially is extremely important to reach the accurate final sheet metal product. This sheet metal design …
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Basics of Rocket Propulsion
This article will review the basic characteristics of rocket propulsion, including the application of Newton’s Third Law of Motion, types of …
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Applications of Thermodynamics Laws. Carnot, Stirling, Ericsson, Diesel cycles
Thermodynamics is considered to be one of the most important parts of our daily life. Whether you are travelling in any vehicle, sitting comfortably …
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Thermal Expansion and the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion - Explanation and Examples
The theory of thermal expansion is important to industrial design and engineering. Here we provide an introduction to how it works and give examples …
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High Pressure Boilers Long Term Over-heating Tube Failures
Long term overheating tube failures are due to operating metal temperature of the boiler tubes going above the allowable limit. These types of failure …
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