What is a Double Block and Bleed (DBB) Valve? Its Working and Application
Oil and gas, petrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals rely heavily on complex pipe systems to transport fluids, gases, and chemicals. In these applications, maintaining a tight seal, isolating equipment,...
Moment of Inertia: Introduction, Definition, Formula, Units, Applications
Moment of Inertia is a very useful term for mechanical engineering and piping stress analysis. It represents the rotational inertia of an object. The moment of inertia signifies how difficult is to...
Deluge System: Definition, Working, Applications, and Advantages
What is a Deluge System? A deluge system is a fixed fire protection system designed to protect against severe fuel hazards. A large number of sprinklers simultaneously act to bring any undesirable...
Duplex Stainless Steel (DSS): Definition, Grades, Composition, Properties, and Applications
Duplex Stainless Steel is a specific group of engineering stainless steel materials consisting of the austenitic and ferritic phases in roughly equal proportions in the microstructure. They are...
The guided Cantilever method is one of the approximate methods for piping flexibility checking. This method is widely used by piping designers to check the approximate flexibility of simple piping...
Differences between a Centrifugal Pump and a Positive Displacement Pump
Centrifugal and Positive displacement pumps are the two main categories of pumps used widely. The main purpose of both groups of pumps is to pump fluid from one point to another. But they have some...
