Systems for Condensation Control

The use of plastics specifically in building construction is discussed in five sections in Chapter 3, by considering their structural, secondary structural and non-structural applications and also their use in polymeric coatings and EPDM membranes. Systems for condensation control is the theme of Chapter 4. 

Table 4.5 lists measures to restrict the moisture load by proper building design and operation. The individual measures may be combined to create an effective condensation control system. This way the integral building envelope and even the building may be regarded as a protective system for moisture control. 

The sampling system consists of a condensate trap, flow-control system, and sample tank (Fig. 25-38). The analytical system consists of two major subsystems an oxidation system for the recovery and conditioning of the condensate-trap contents and an NMO analyzer. The NMO analyzer is a gas chromatograph with backflush capabihty for NMO analysis and is equipped with an oxidation catalyst, a reduction catalyst, and an FID. The system for the recovery and conditioning of the organics captured in the condensate trap consists of a heat source, an oxidation catalyst, a nondispersive infrared (NDIR) analyzer, and an intermediate collec tion vessel. 

The AVR may be designed for variable duty, for automatic control of the reactive power, to the required level through feedback control systems. The machines will now operate only as synchronous condensers without performing any mechanical duty. 

Control. It is necessary to have some over-surface and to have a proper baffling to allow for pressure control during process swings, variable leakage of inerts, etc. One designer adds 50% to the calculated length for the oversurface. The condenser must be considered part of the control system (similar to extra trays in a fractionator to allow for process swings not controlled by conventional instrumentation). 

Pressure can also be controlled by variable heat transfer coefficient in the condenser. In this type of control, the condenser must have excess surface. This excess surface becomes part of the control system. One example of this is a total condenser with the accumulator running full and the level up in the condenser. If the pressure is too high, the level is lowered to provide additional cooling, and vice versa. This works on the principle of a slow moving liquid film having poorer heat transfer than a condensing vapor film. Sometimes it is necessary to put a partially flooded condenser at a steep angle rather than horizontal for proper control response. 

From a hydrate melting standpoint it is possible in the winter time to have too cold a liquid temperature and thus plug the liquid outlet of the low temperature separator. It is easier for field personnel to understand and operate a line heater for hydrate control and a multistage flash or condensate stabilizer system to maximize liquids recovery. 

These units usually come complete with interconnecting piping, valves, strainers, control valves, level controls, gages, water pumps, etc. The specifications should state how much of this is desired by the purchaser, as well as delineating each detail peculiar to the system, such as the use of sea or brackish water, special materials of construction for condenser water, steam, chilled water, etc. 

Manually Controlled System A manually controlled system comprises one or more transformer-rectifiers each with its associated control panels which supply the d.c. to the various anodes installed in the water box spaces. Each transformer-rectifier is provided with its own control panel where each anode is provided with a fuse, shunt and variable resistor. These enable the current to each anode to be adjusted as required. Reference cells should be provided in order to monitor the cathodic protection system. In the case of a major power station, one transformer-rectifier and associated control panel should be provided for separate protection of screens, circulating water pumps and for each main condenser and associated equipment. 

Specify suitable control systems for the maintenance of constant conditions in the reactor against a 15 per cent change in input rate of ammonia or carbon dioxide, and examine the effect of such a change, if uncorrected, on the steam generation capability of the high-pressure condenser. 

The vacuum extraction process involves using vapor extraction wells alone or in combination with air injection wells. Vacuum blowers are used to create the movement of air through the soil. The air flow strips the VOCs from the soil and carries them to the surface. Figure 18.14 shows the flow diagram for such a process. During extraction, water may also be extracted along with vapor. The mixture should be sent to a liquid-vapor separator. The separation process results in both liquid and vapor residuals that require further treatment. Carbon adsorption is used to treat the vapor and water streams, leaving clean water and air for release, and spent GAC for reuse or disposal. Air emissions from the system are typically controlled by adsorption of the volatiles onto activated carbon, by thermal destruction, or by condensation. 

Vacuum chamber with tempered shelves 2, container with probe 3, lift for shelves 4, condenser 5, lockgate 6, balance in the lock 7, vacuum pump for the lock 8, glove box 9, Karl-Fischer measuring system 10, pressure controlled vacuum pump 11, manipulator 12, tempered medium (Fig. 1 from [3.30]). 

A degree of stereoselective control of the course of a reaction, which is absent or different from that prevalent when the reaction is conducted in the absence of quaternary ammonium salts, may be achieved under standard phase-transfer catalysed reaction conditions. The reactions, which are influenced most by the phase-transfer catalyst, are those involving anionic intermediates whose preferred conformations or configurations can be controlled by the cationic species across the interface of the two-phase system. For example, in the base-catalysed Darzens condensation of aromatic aldehydes with a-chloroacetonitriles to produce oxiranes (Section 6.3), the intermediate anion may adopt either of the two conformations, (la) or (lb) which are stabilized by interaction across the interface by the cations (Scheme 12.1) [1-4]. 

Production of pol3rmers through poly-substitution or poly-condensation reactions would be expected to be a natural extension of simple PTC chemistry. To a large extent this is true, but as Percec has shown. Chapter 9, the ability to use two-phase systems for these reactions has enormously extended the chemist s ability to control the structure of the polymers produced. Kellman and co-workers (Chapter 11) have also extensively studied poly-substitution displacements on perfluorobenzene substrate to produce unique polymers. 

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