Tapping Coal Bed Methane
Methane from underground coal seams is a potential energy sources. Tapping these gases also reduces their green house gas potency and help avoid coal …
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Drum Type and Once Through Boiler Design
As carbon emission is a major concern today, more super critical pressure units are bound to be preferred due to the increase in plant cycle …
Continue ReadingThe Flat Plate Heat Exchanger in Comparison with Other Types of Heat Exchangers
A flat plate heat exchanger uses a metal heat exchanger plate between the two fluids. This gives it a higher overall heat transfer coefficient than …
Continue ReadingWhat is R22 Refrigerant, Refrigerant R22 or Freon 22 (R 22 Freon)
This article describes what the refrigerant R22, also called as Freon 22 is. It also describes the advantages of R22 and some replacements for it.
Continue ReadingTypes of Drilling Machines
I wonder if it would ever be possible to drill extremely tiny holes- or extremely large holes- without the aid of drilling machines. The drilling …
Continue ReadingVertical Cone Screw Blender
The vertical cone screw blender is one of the best suited blenders for shear, heat sensitve solid materials. The present article discuuses the design, …
Continue ReadingWhat are Refrigerants? History of Refrigerants
This short article describes what the refrigerants, history of refrigerants and some of the commonly used refrigerants.
Continue ReadingBoiler Performance and Air Pre-heater Plugging
Air pre-heater plugging in a boiler results in lower boiler efficiency, higher power consumption, higher corrosion potential, longer downtime of the …
Continue ReadingLow Fuel Oil Temperature Effects on Boiler Operation
Low fuel temperature can lead to a large amount of unburned fuel accumulation in the furnace. This can result in a very high probability for furnace …
Continue ReadingWhat is Packaged Air Conditioner? Types of Packged Air Condtioners.
This article describes what the package air conditioner is and the types of packaged air conditioners.
Continue ReadingTypes of Evaporators: Bare Tube, Plate Evaporators, Finned Evaporators
This article describes various types of refrigeration evaporators like bare tube, plate type and finned type.
Continue ReadingMoisture Correction for Coal Analysis
Moisture content in the coal affects the reported Heating Value of coal. Corrections have to be applied to get the real values. Read on to learn about …
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