Effects of Inlet Pressure Loss on Pressure Relief Valve Stability
One of the challenges in relief valve sizing is ensuring the stability of the relief valve.
Are You Loyal?
Do you remember the last time you betrayed someone or let someone down by not meeting your commitments? Was it missing or cancelling a lunch date? Was it telling a little white lie? Was it omitting part of the truth? Was it choosing something or someone different for the sake of variety? Was it staying…
How to Work Around PSI Gaps When Sizing Relief Valves
A pressure relief device is the last layer of defense in chemical plants, refineries, and upstream facilities. Documentation of relief system design is required by OSHA to ensure safe plant operation.
Staying Safe During Field Walkdowns
An important part of Process Safety Information (PSI) is verifying your Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), Electrical Area Classification (EACs), and Facility Sitings are current and accurate.
No…You Will Never Use That in the Real World, but That’s Not the Point!
The point of education is not just to learn facts or be able solve math problems, but to develop skills that make us better, more well-rounded individuals. So, with that said, the next time that a recent college or high school graduate complains about having had to learn, “things they will never use again,” remind them that the critical thinking and reasoning skills that they developed are more important than the actual information they had to study.
Choose to See the Good
I keep hearing and reading how pessimistic and apathetic we are as a society. I have really started paying attention to what I see and hear through media, family, and friends. Sometimes we don’t realize when our thoughts, words, and actions turn toxic. It is a full-time job to keep the toxicity at bay and…
Drones; An Emerging Technology
The benefits of trying drone technology far outweigh the risks, and with ever increasing pressure on cutting costs, drones provide a unique opportunity to improve productivity and deliver cost savings.
Summer Is a Great Time to Learn
Both of my parents were educators. Needless to say, learning was a valued activity growing up. Even during summers, my parents worked hard to balance creative and unfocused time with reading and learning time. Looking back, they did a good job of letting me goof around enough during summers while also driving me to be…
Picking the Lowest Hanging Fruit
There is a crucial difference between looking at your P&IDs and reading your P&IDs. When was the last time you sat down and actually read your P&IDs? Have you taken the time to go line-by-line and understand what the P&IDs are depicting? We can imagine your answers to these questions, so next ask yourself, —…
Prepare with the End in Mind
This blog synthesizes two of my passions – reading and Scouting. The Boy Scout motto is “Be Prepared”. When asked what Scouts should be prepared for, Lord Baden-Powell’s response was “Why, for any old thing”. B-P developed the Scouting program and movement with a firm intent for young men to always be “in a state…