Where does one begin if given a project arbitrarily and told to make a decision on the type of material for a pipe job. There are times where customer requests come from industries outside our specialty. And in a fast paced world, a mental overview of such a process is necessary. Piping as distinct from… Read More Multi-Industry Piping and Pipeline Material Selection Decision Flowchart
For several decades, it has been possible to predict the timeline for maintenance or overhauling of a rotating equipment. Two key engineering checks for all foundations supporting vibrating equipment are: resonance and fatigue. For simple vibrating equipment shape, the foundation design is straightforward; however, that is not always the case. With an infrastructure development requirement… Read More Compound/Complex Vibrating Equipment Foundation Design for Onshore Facilities
Introduction There are certain equipment which have inherent deficiencies and typical failure modes. For example there is a certain car manufacturer who’s wheel axles usually disconnected on the road while making a turn. A proper FMEA, failure mode and effects analysis may have resolved this defect. However, on many series of this vehicle, the problem… Read More f41 Parallel System Stop Error on Solar PV Inverters – Troubleshooting
Introduction PyWake is a user friendly programme for simulation of a wind farm. This page is dedicated to uploading of videos which show the in-built capabilities of PyWake software and also user defined models. View below for videos on the usage of PyWake up till user defined parameters modeling. User documentation can be found at:… Read More PyWake Wind Farm Simulation Video Series Part 1 to 14
Introduction In past posts, an opensource programme for simulation of wind turbines and a limited wind farm configuration was covered. It is called OpenFAST. A nice programme it is; however, it does not have an interactive user interface. Introduced here is QBlade which has similar models of wind turbines as OpenFAST as a free programme… Read More Part 1 – QBlade Wind Turbine Simulation Software with GUI
Introduction With the rapidly evolving field of renewable energy and software engineering, presented here is a Python backed opensource programme for simulating a wind farm. It is called PyWake. Existing approaches for simulation of a wind turbine utilising hand calculations, opensource software and paid software are of common application. However, for wind farm design, in… Read More PyWake – Wind Farm Design and Simulation Programme
Rigid pavement or concrete slabs on grade (on the ground) serve several purposes. They may be used to prevent growth of vegetation in a residential or public location, it may be used as surfacing for industrial facilities for equipment and vehicles, it may also be used for highway construction. The strength and durability features of… Read More Reinforcement Categories for Rigid Pavement and Ground Slab
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