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During storage, sediments decant with the water phase and deposit along with paraffins and asphalts in the bottoms of storage tanks as thick sludges or slurries (BS W). The interface between the water-sediment and the crude must be well monitored in order to avoid pumping the slurry into the refinery s operating units where it can cause serious upsets. 

The graph gives the yields that the refiner would obtain at the outlet of the atmospheric distillation unit allowing him to set the unit s operating conditions in accordance with the desired production objectives. 

One of the problems generally associated with the utilization of additives is the continuous action under the engine s operating conditions. That is particularly important for polymers that are sensitive to mechanical deterioration due to shear effects. 

In today s operations a mud motor or a mud turbine are mostly used for directional drilling. Rotary drilling may be carried out between mud motor / turbine drilling i.e. the use of these is often restricted to a certain interval only. 

Ediund A and Peskin U 1998 A parallel Green s operator for multidimensional quantum scattering calculations Int. J. Quantum Chem. 69 167... 

Just as the individual orbitals formed a basis for aetion of the point-group operators, the eonfigurations (N-orbital produets) form a basis for the aetion of these same point-group operators. Henee, the various eleetronie eonfigurations ean be treated as funetions on whieh S operates, and the maehinery illustrated earlier for deeomposing orbital symmetry ean then be used to earry out a symmetry analysis of eonfigurations. 

The hardware and software used to implement LIMS systems must be vahdated. Computers and networks need to be examined for potential impact of component failure on LIMS data. Security concerns regarding control of access to LIMS information must be addressed. Software, operating systems, and database management systems used in the implementation of LIMS systems must be vahdated to protect against data cormption and loss. Mechanisms for fault-tolerant operation and LIMS data backup and restoration should be documented and tested. One approach to vahdation of LIMS hardware and software is to choose vendors whose products are precertified however, the ultimate responsibihty for vahdation remains with the user. Vahdating the LIMS system s operation involves a substantial amount of work, and an adequate vahdation infrastmcture is a prerequisite for the constmction of a dependable and flexible LIMS system. 

When loading or unloading a tank tmck or tank car, static bonding lines must be attached between the vehicle and the fixed piping system. Tank tmck drivers may be inexperienced in the handling of chemicals and, therefore, it is essential that the plant personnel be alert in checking the driver s operations and in correcting any possible deficiencies (see Transportation). 

D. Kitchen, A. Pinto, and H. Van-Praag, "ICI s Operating Experience with Shift Catalyst at Low Steam to Carbon Ratios," AIChE Ammonia Safety Symposium, Denver, Colo., Aug. 22—24, 1988, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, 1989. 

A gas turbine used in aircraft must be capable of handling a wide span of fuel and air flows because the thmst output, or pressure, covers the range from idle to full-powered takeoff. To accommodate this degree of flexibiUty in the combustor, fuel nozzles are usually designed with two streams (primary and secondary flow) or with alternate tows of nozzles that turn on only when secondary flow (or full thmst power) is needed. It is more difficult to vary the air streams to match the different fuel flows and, as a consequence, a combustor optimized for cmise conditions (most of the aircraft s operation) operates less efficiently at idle and full thmst. 

Whereas automotive batteries have the majority of the market, other types of lead—acid batteries, such as sealed and small maintenance-free varieties, are making inroads into various appHcations. The automotive battery s operating environment has changed substantially in the last 10 years. Underhood temperature has risen and electrical loads have increased. This trend is expected to continue as car manufacturers reevaluate thek design strategies and objectives. Battery design is changing to meet these needs. 

Pollution Prepention Guidance Manualfor the Dye Manufacturing Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Operating Committee of ETAD, Washington, D.C., Dec. 1991. 

The precious-metal platinum catalysts were primarily developed in the 1960s for operation at temperatures between about 200 and 300°C (1,38,44). However, because of sensitivity to poisons, these catalysts are unsuitable for many combustion apphcations. Variations in sulfur levels of as Httle as 0.4 ppm can shift the catalyst required temperature window completely out of a system s operating temperature range (44). Additionally, operation withHquid fuels is further compHcated by the potential for deposition of ammonium sulfate salts within the pores of the catalyst (44). These low temperature catalysts exhibit NO conversion that rises with increasing temperature, then rapidly drops off, as oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen oxides begins to dominate the reaction (see Fig. 7). 

Sources of Information The successful development and implementation of any pollution prevention program is not only dependent on a thorough understanding of the facility s operations but also reqmres an intimate knowledge of current opportunities and advances in the field. In fact, 32 percent of industry respondents to an EPA sui vey identified the lack of technical information as a major factor delaying or preventing the implementation of a waste-... 

Fuel Cell Efficiency The theoretical energy conversion efficiency of a fuel cell ° is given by the ratio of the free energy (Gibbs function) of the cell reaction at the cell s operating temperature AG to the enthalpv of reaction at the standara state AH°, both quantities being based on a mole of fuel ... 

When using the checklist, the reviewer should decide m advance which questions would not be applicable to the toller s operations. For example, the environmental and healthand safety issues associated with a toller that will be used solely to conduct packaging will greatly differ from a of a toller that will be used to perform an organic synthesis step. 

These relays also possess characteristics similar to those of a bimetallic relay and closely match the motor heating and cooling curves. They are basically made of a low-melting eutectic alloy which has defined melting properties. The alloy, with specific proportions of constituent metals such as tin, nickel and silver, can be made for different but specific melting temperatures. This property of the alloy is used in detecting the motor s operating conditions. 

Generally, the fault must be cleared well within Zone I and for which the protective scheme must be chosen. As discussed in Section 25.4.2, protection of capacitor units with external fuses is not easy. It is not practical to contain a mild internal fault as isolation of the units is not possible on mild internal faults until the fault current rises to the level of the fuse s operating range (Figure 26.2 illustrates this). By then enough time will have elapsed to cause severe damage to the unit. 

The troubleshooting proeess—how easy it is to troubleshoot a maehine, how often it needs to be done, and so forth—depends largely on the type of maintenanee philosophy applied during the maehine s operational life. This baste philosophy affeets how often the maehine must be monitored. 

The actual mass flow rates and speeds are corrected by factor ( /0/ ) and (l/ /0) respectively, reflecting variations in inlet temperature and pressure. The surge line joins different speed lines where the compressor s operation becomes unstable. A compressor is in surge when the main flow through a compressor reverses direction for short time intervals, during which the back... 

To simulate the next summer s condition the plant was run at the desired production rate and two cooling tower fans were turned off. It turned out that the cold water temperature rose to slightly above that predicted for the next summer. A thorough inspection of critical temperatures and the plant s operation indicated that the plant would barely make it the next summer. Process side temperatures were at about the maximum desired, with an occasional high oil temperature alarm on the large machines. 

The impact of loss of tax credits, loss carry forward, and other tax benefits should be studied. Such things as start-up problems that increase the first year s operating costs and reduce the production should also be studied. With a good economic computer program, such as described earlier, all of these sensitivity analyses can be made in an afternoon. 

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