Have You Selected Wrong Materials For Chemicals? Chemicals are very much a part of our lifestyles. Every household detergent, solvent, and bleach that you use in your homes is a result of some production efforts from manufacturing plants somewhere in the world around you. Fertilizer, automobile radiator coolant, shampoo, soap, insecticide, p... Similar Editorial : Acne Chemicals Peels by dpoon. | Source : Cool Kitchen Gadgets
Explosive Air Have you considered your air compressor as a potential bomb? If you have not, then you better!Use non-oil free air compressors with caution. Chances are, your air compressor pipelines may have already accumulated a sizable amount of oil.Does your air compressor work non-stop? Is the inter-cooler or after-cooler efficient? Is your compressed air hot?The oil film in the pipes turns to carbon with...... Source : Science Lab
Expansion For Heat Absorption In the refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant must undergo a change in state in order for the heat to be absorbed from the environment.The refrigerant has the property of changing its state from liquid to vapor at normal room temperatures. Have you ever felt your skin becoming cool whenever you put alcohol on it? Or even when a bit of petrol spilled onto your hands? It's because, the alcohol or...... Similar Editorial : Nissans Expansion Hits India by RyanThomas. | Source : Science Lab
Cooling Down By Evaporating Evaporator coils of air conditioning systems are sometimes called cooling coils. But cooling coils are also used in air-handling units. These contain chilled water. These are completely different from those used in direct expansion air cond units.So cooling coils is not an accurate word to use in small air cond units. Evaporator coils should be used instead. Evaporator tubes must contain...... Similar Editorial : Cooling Housing Market by Karan. | Source : Science Lab
Why Condition Your Boiler Water? A boiler is used for generating steam. It does this by heating water to its boiling point, after which steam will evaporate from it. When you boil a kettle of water, you will shut off the fire or electric power when the water comes to a boil.No so with a steam boiler. Generation of steam is a continuous process. Once a boiler is generating steam, it may take quite a long while before it is stopped...... Similar Editorial : A Preexisting Condition by Wayne and Tamara. | Source : Science Lab
Get Hot On Combustion! Energy in the form of heat is obtained when fuel is burnt in air. The release of this heat energy can be slow or can be very rapid.When fuel oil is sprayed as a fine mist in the boiler burners, it is able to burn at a relatively slow rate. When fuel is sprayed into the cylinders of diesel engines, the fuel burns in such a rapid rate that explosions occur. Fortunately, these explosions are...... Source : Science Lab
Heat-Cold-Noise Split The most common air conditioning units we see nowadays is the air-cooled split unit. It used to be the window unit many years ago. I guess it must be quietness of the split units that won the hearts of the users.In any air conditioning unit, there must be a process for absorbing heat from the indoors and discharging it to the outdoors. For air-cooled units, the heat is discharged directly to the...... Similar Editorial : Cant Stand The Heat by Brian Weiss. | Source : Integrated Technology
How Big Buildings Circulate Air How do big shopping complexes, offices and commercial buildings cool their indoor space? For big buildings, we need big cooling capacities. Central air-conditioning systems using chillers are used. Chilled water is the most convenient way to collect the heat from the indoor spaces. We just need pipes. Miles and miles of them.Chilled water from the chillers is about 44 degree Fahrenheit (about 7...... Similar Editorial : Metal Buildings by Joe Mckenna. | Source : Integrated Technology
What To Look For Inside Your Steam Boiler. A steam boiler is a pressure vessel with a difference. The vessel is subjected to heat stress of expansion and contraction, internal and external corrosion, as well as intense heating on some of its surfaces.If we are not careful, the steam pressure can rise up very high, and it can become a potential bomb!Because of this, steam boilers have to be built to certain regulatory codes, with regards to...... Similar Editorial : Full Steam Ahead by Richard Vegas. | Source : Integrated Technology
Belts That Squeeze Belts have many uses in the running of equipment. The most common belts are used to transmit power from a prime mover (usually a motor) to another rotating machine. Have you heard of belts used for removing water from sludge?Yes, there is a type of equipment used in wastewater treatment that uses belts to remove water from sludge. It's called a belt press.This is how it works:There are two...... Source : Integrated Technology
Steaming Manhole Boiler inspections are necessary in order to find out theeffectiveness of the boiler water chemical treatment. Itis also useful to detect any faults or potential weaknessin the steel structures, plates and shells so that accidentscan be avoided.However, even entering the boiler for inspection can be asafety hazard if you are not careful!Firstly, the heat, and the remaining steam. It is betterto...... Source : Integrated Technology
Blow Away Your Soot! A boiler that has been running for a long time is sure to have soot deposits on its tubes and furnace.This is especially prominent in boilers using heavy fuel oil for burning. Although the fuel will be heated and filtered before combustion, it still contains a lot of impurities. The by-products of combustion as well as imperfect combustion cause the soot to form. The soot is deposited on the...... Source : Integrated Technology
Cooling Towers - The Industrial Workhorses Industrial Processes usually produces a lot of heat. Air-conditioning also removes heat from the indoor areas through heat exchangers.Where does all the heat go?All these heat has to be removed. If you are not near the sea, you have to use cooling towers to cool down your warm water.Cooling towers make use of air currents to cool warm water. However, a basic rule has to be made when you want to...... Similar Editorial : Electric Cooling Fan Switches by Darren Dunner. | Source : Integrated Technology
Mechanical Seals For Zero Leakage A centrifugal water pump contains a few basic components as follows:1) The housing for containing the water.2) The impeller attached to a rotating shaft that moves the water.3) The coupling that transmits the rotating action of a motor (or other prime movers) to the pump shaft.4) The seal between the housing and the rotating shaft.5) The bearings for ensuring that the shaft turns smoothly.6) The...... Similar Editorial : Forex mechanical systems2c by Nick Schultz. | Source : Technology Change
Getting The Power To Control One of the advantages of using machines to control processes for you is that you can harness tremendous amounts of power and energy which humans do not possess.By a flick of a switch, huge sliding flood gates can move to allow large quantities of water to flow out of a dam. With just a slight twist on a handle, supertankers weighing hundreds of thousands of tons are able to turn because of the...... Similar Editorial : Out of Control by Hal Runkel. | Source : Technology Change
