What are Oil Seals? What are Shaft Seals?
This article is about Shaft seals or popularly known as Oil Seals. The seals tend to play a major part in all assemblies in both rotary and axially …
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Comparison of Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants (IGCC) & Coal Fired Power Plant
IGCC is the highly efficient method of producing power from coal. What are the advantages of an IGCC? What are its drawbacks ? Read on…
Continue ReadingP&ID in AutoCAD – Creating Piping and Instrumentation Diagram using AutoCAD
Piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) is used extensively in process industries. This article will describe the procedure for creating …
Continue ReadingWhat is Coupling? Types of Shaft Couplings
This article is about Couplings, the need for couplings and the various types of couplings that are available.
Continue ReadingWorkings of an Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power Plant.
IGCC is the highly efficient method of producing power from coal. What is IGCC? How to convert coal to gas? Read on for a basic primer…
Continue ReadingAutoCAD Tutorial: Inserting a Word Document into AutoCAD
Correctly Inserting a Word document into an AutoCAD drawing is bit tricky. This AutoCAD tutorial will explain how to do that.
Continue ReadingUnderstand Why Furnace Size Varies for Gas, Oil and Coal Firing
Furnace sizing is a very important for a successful boiler design. The variation in boiler furnace size can upset the performance drastically. Oil and …
Continue ReadingHow to Design a Drive Shaft - Drive Shaft Design for a Constant Load
The shaft is a basic mechanical component of many machines. This article will discuss drive shaft design concepts and formulas by explaining a design …
Continue ReadingSolid Blending Mechanisms and Blend Structures
Diffusion, convection, and shear are the three mechanisms of blending solids. Blending equipment is designed to perform blending by one or more of …
Continue ReadingWhat is a Steam Boiler? Classification of Steam Boilers, Types of Steam Boilers
Boiler classification can be based on many factors like usage, fuel fired, fuel firing system, type of arrangement etc. Commonly known types are …
Continue ReadingDifferent Types of Transducers: Electrical Transducers: Potentiometers, Bridge Circuits, Wheatstone Bridge, Piezoelectric, Strain Gauges etc
The transducers that convert the mechanical input signals into electrical output signals are called as electrical transducers. The output obtained …
Continue ReadingDifference Between Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) & Combustion Boiler.
Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG’s) absorb heat from the exhaust of gas turbines to produce steam. Functionally they produce steam like any …
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