August 2019
Special Focus: Valves, Pumps and Turbomachinery
Specify the pressure drop of a vent silencer
Industrial facilities, such as refineries and petrochemical plants, have many systems and equipment that must relieve steam or gases through discharge piping to the atmosphere to avoid overpressure and protect the installation.
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The Author
Casado, E. - Empresarios Agrupados (EEAA), Madrid, Spain
Emilio Casado is a Supervisor Engineer for Empresarios Agrupados in the area of technical design review of projects. He has more than 40 yr of experience in the design, erection and operation of oil refineries, thermal and nuclear power plants, and thermal solar plants as Mechanical Head Engineer and Uprating Engineering Manager.
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