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I own and run smartprocessdesign.com

Buffon’s Discourse on Style – in English

It is among the greatest speeches ever made on how to write well for a scientific or technical audience. One of history’s great scientists will lay down a gauntlet: writing well can be as important, if not more important, than … Continue reading

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How to Create an Electrical Area Classification Diagrams

Creating an Electrical Area Classification Diagram involves the following basic steps, done by electrical and mechanical/process/chemical engineers: Find all systems in the plant using flammable materials like hydrogen, natural gas, propane, butane, gas condensates, ammonia, flammable dusts, etc. Along the … Continue reading

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Environmental emissions air dispersion calculation / air pollution from combustion

Suppose you want to estimate the combustion products from heaters, boilers, etc. Based on my experience, the environmental specialist doing the Gaussian distribution calculation needs the following needs the four pieces of information about the combustion equipment. Below, I list … Continue reading

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Considering whether to do an MBA?

The Economist has a MBA series, including what and where to study MBAs, how to write your MBA application, and how to write the perfect MBA essay. I think the latter two links are worth saving, even if you’re just … Continue reading

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More help finding salaries and control valve pressure drops

Hi everyone, I updated the articles Salary Comparison & Prediction Tools and Assign Control Valve Pressure Drops with new resources. So you don’t have to re-read, here they are: I found a spot in the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics … Continue reading

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