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• March 17, 2010
• 19:55

  Tax returns: keep copies, scans, and notes

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  Just a small tip for tax return season, that’s saved me a lot of grief. Whether you are doing taxes by yourself, by computer, or giving it all to a tax agent, make annotated copies. Make a paper photocopy of your tax package in case you are audited. Scan it into your computer in case you [...] Related posts:

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• March 13, 2010
• 7:50

  Tie Point Procedure on P&IDs

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  Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) are not just for designing a plant; they are kept up to date through all the modifications, redesigns, and revamps of the plant. It’s called a “living document” – the drawings always reflect reality in the plant. Ideally. Hahaha… When planning a revamp or modification of an existing plant, you are going [...] Related posts:

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• March 03, 2010
• 17:52

  The Eight-Hour Year: a metaphor of new graduates and young workers

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  Have you ever been frustrated at a young hire in your office? “Kids these days! Schools don’t teach them anything! How can they keep making such stupid and obvious mistakes?” Or maybe instead, you are a person new and inexperienced in your profession. Have you ever been frustrated by the impatience and lack of guidance that [...] Related posts:

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• February 20, 2010
• 12:13

  Advice to Sketch and Design Machined Parts

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  I found some great tips on designing machined metal parts. How to design parts that are cheaper and easier to produce. How to provide clear, helpful drawings and instructions to the machinist shop. How to avoid making costly mistakes. I found it pretty interesting even though I’m not in the business myself. Read it here: [www.omwcorp.com] Read below [...] Related posts:

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• February 11, 2010
• 20:13

  Calculate Renewable Energy Requirements

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  Regardless how you feel about the issue, most people would agree that the Copenhagen Climate Conference certainly didn’t resolve very much.  But don’t worry – this post isn’t going to inundate you with more vague talk about climate change and energy independence1 – rather, it’s going to be introduce a fun, FREE, book: Have you heard [...] Related posts:

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• 20:04

  Microsoft Patch Causing Blue Screen of Death

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  This beset a few people I know: KB977165 (aka MS10-015) is causing some people to get the blue screen of death. A solution for some, which did not work for me: [www.krebsonsecurity.com] Edit: Microsoft has withdrawn the patch for now. Should be safe to update. Related posts:My Favourite Unit Conversion Program Microsoft Visio Guidelines, Tricks, Keyboard Shortcuts Related posts:

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• January 30, 2010
• 9:50

  Use VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP to use Data Tables in Calculations

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  Small Excel tip today: use the Excel functions VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP to allow you to use tables of data in your calculations. You can configure these commands to “look for the closest match” or to “only find an exact match” by setting the final argument in the functions to TRUE or to FALSE. When could this [...] Related posts:

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• 9:11

  List of Cool Date Ideas

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  Valentines Day is coming up! So lets go off topic with some dating ideas. Everyone needs these. Even once you’re married, going on a “date” every so often is good relationship maintenance. But rather than make a list of Valentines Day date ideas, I’ll just drop a general list, so this post helps all days of [...] Related posts:

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• January 24, 2010
• 15:55

  Consider Finned Tubes to Increase Surface Area

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  This post will introduce the practice of adding fins to shell-and-tube heat exchanger tubes to increase the surface area, and discuss when to consider it and when to avoid it. This is not a post about air coolers. Image of finned tubes: Heft Engineers Website Review: When fluid flows through tubes in a heat exchanger, the total [...] Related posts:

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• January 16, 2010
• 10:41

  Salary Comparison & Prediction Tools

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  It’s a new year, and maybe time for new jobs! Or at least performance reviews. Knowing your “fair salary,” or the “going market rate” that is paid for your position, can be very helpful. It’s also great to know when you’re a student graduating into your first real job. It’s a tricky subject, dependant on factors [...] Related posts:

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• December 30, 2009
• 9:31

  Engineering Ethics and a Database of Cases

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  Let’s have a quick discussion about engineering ethics: what it is, why it’s important, and a database of ethical case rulings. I think this post might help you if you’re ever in an ethical conflict. In many places around the world, the title of a professional engineer is closely regulated by professional engineering bodies. Much as [...] Related posts:

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• December 20, 2009
• 21:50

  How to be a Star Engineer

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  Interesting little article I found: How to be a Star Engineer. What the [Bell Laboratories] wanted to know was: what separates the star from the average performer? Is it innate or can star performance be learned? Could a program to improve productivity be designed that would help turn average performers into stars? The article emphasizes making the [...] Related posts:

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• December 04, 2009
• 17:43

  Aspentech’s Hysys: Fluid Package (Thermodynamics) Notes

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  Aspentech’s Hysys is a process simulation tool. You always have to pick a “fluid package” when you use the program: a thermodynamic method it will use to calculate properties, especially vapour-liquid equilibria. I watched an old “webinar” (presentation given through the Internet) on their property packages and took some notes. You can combine this post with [...] Related posts:

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• 17:30

  Engcom.net for Engineering News & Trivia

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  For some fun, check out Engcom.net. It has engineering news, weekly trivia, humour, and also some interesting articles. You can contribute to the site if you get into it. Related posts:Top 3 General Chemical Engineering References 3 Top Blogs: Chemical Engineering and Life Hacking articles Use Google to Solve Engineering Problems Related posts:

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• November 21, 2009
• 11:26

  Introduction to Pressure Relief Valve Design Part 3 – Sizing Orifices and Piping

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  This is the third in a set of articles introducing the basics of pressure relief valve design from a process designer’s viewpoint. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Orifice Sizes Now that you have the scenarios and all the fluid data for them, you can size the orifice. API 520/521 has some equations for [...] Related posts:

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• 11:26

  Introduction to Pressure Relief Valve Design Part 3 – Sizing Orifices and Piping

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  This is the third in a set of articles introducing the basics of pressure relief valve design from a process designer’s viewpoint. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Orifice Sizes Now that you have the scenarios and all the fluid data for them, you can size the orifice. API 520/521 has some equations for [...] Related posts:

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• November 17, 2009
• 6:23

  Introduction to Pressure Relief Valve Design Part 2 – Relief Scenarios and the Relief Rate

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  This is the second in a set of articles introducing the basics of pressure relief valve design from a process designer’s viewpoint. Read Part 1 here or Part 3 here. Once you have decided to add a relief valve, know what equipment and pipes it is protecting, and choose the set pressure, you can finally begin [...] Related posts:

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• November 09, 2009
• 17:09

  Introduction to Pressure Relief Valve Design Part 1 – Types & Set Pressure

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  This is the first in a set of articles introducing the basics of pressure relief valve design from a process designer’s viewpoint. Read Part 2, relief scenarios and the relief rate, here. Part 3 on sizing orifices and pipes is here. Pressure relief valves (also called Pressure Safety Valves, PRVs, or PSVs) are a critical last [...] Related posts:

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• October 26, 2009
• 22:35

  The Economist Doing Business In… City Audio Guide

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  Ever have to travel on business to major business cities like New York, London, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Beijing, or Moscow? Check out The Economist Doing Business In… Audio Guides. If you’re lucky enough to find a guide to the city you are visiting, you will get very practical advice on arriving, getting around, doing [...] Related posts:

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• October 19, 2009
• 20:05

  Make your own Halloween Costume Cheap and Easy

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  Halloween is coming up, so maybe that means it’s time to dress up. You might have a party to go to, kids to take around the block, or an office to cheer up. But you don’t feel like spending $100 on store-bought costume or a rental, and you can’t sew.  What now? Can you do better? One [...] No related posts.
• 18:51

  Free Heat Transfer and Heat Exchanger Textbooks

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  FREE, full-sized textbooks on heat transfer and heat exchanger design. You can download or view them as .pdf files right now. Interested? I’ve got two to share. A Heat Transfer Textbook, 3rd edition by John H. Lienhard IV and John H. Lienhard V. This is a senior-level heat transfer textbook for mechanical engineers; I found it [...] Related posts:

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• October 14, 2009
• 19:39

  My Favourite Unit Conversion Program

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  There are lots of ways to solve unit conversion problems, but I thought I would share my favourite little program. Convert for windows. It’s simple, it’s free, it’s a tiny little tool, it has a good range of unit types covered. It’ll take you 1 minute to try it. Another good option online, when you have [...] Related posts:

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• October 05, 2009
• 20:02

  Crane Technical Paper No. 410 Revision in November 2009

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  Crane Technical Paper No. 410 Flow of Fluids, also known as TP410, is remarkably important to the field of hydraulic calculations. With it’s standard equations and research-derived methods for quickly and practically calculating pressure loss due to fittings like valves and pipe elbows, it is on many an engineer’s desk. I have heard it described [...] Related posts:

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• September 21, 2009
• 21:13

  Introduction to TRIZ: Brainstorm Design Problems by Avoiding Trade-Offs

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  TRIZ is a brainstorming method specifically designed to tackle engineering problems. The insight of TRIZ is that any design involves trade-offs or technical contradictions between two or more opposing features. But innovative solutions will apply one of the 40 TRIZ principles to avoid these trade-offs, and deliver a higher level of performance. The story behind TRIZ [...] Related posts:

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• September 10, 2009
• 19:49

  3 Top Blogs: Chemical Engineering and Life Hacking articles

   » ‎ Smart Process Design
  Let me share my three favourite, relevant web-blogs with you. If you’ve found any of my articles interesting, be sure and check these out.  (But not before bookmarking me first! ) I am recommending them because they’re really worth your time. Two are chemical engineering blogs, and one is of interest to a wider [...] Related posts:

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