Photo of the Day, Half Bridge Half Tunnel
Sunday, November 11, 2007
This picture of the day is not directly related to chemical engineering stuff, but I admire and appreciate the engineering behind it. The bridge (or should it be called tunnel) goes under the water to allow movement of ships. In order to pass, this bridge is half under the water. You drive down in the water and then come out on the other side. Truly marvelous piece of engineering. This bridge is between Sweden and Denmark. This picture was taken from the Sweden side.
Labels: Picture of the day
posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 7:02 PM,
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Some Updates + Picture of the Day
Monday, October 01, 2007
I apologize for not updating according to the frequency I'm supposed to. I was really busy at work, packed with family events and gathering, and attached with some religious commitment in this fasting month (for Muslim).
I also owe you guys the updates on the "Disappointing New Plate Heat Exchanger" story that I posted 2 weeks ago. I'm working on the post and I shall get you guys updated by this week.
At work, the job seems never ends. Today, an internal audit took place for my plant. In brief, I can say the audit went fine and no non-conformance (NC) was charged. We only have one observation which was not really a big deal. However, from the audit, I learned a lot of new things. For me, all audit process is unique and will always give me new experiences.
As far as the plant is concerned, last week everything was silky smooth. We met daily production target capacity and produced on-spec quality. However, by the end of the week, something went wrong which made the flow rate slower. We have predicted this and we are working on some solution for it. Can you guess what made the flow rate slower? Well, have fun guessing...
The photo below is not really related to the story above or to my current job scope. I found this photo while browsing the net and I thought it's worth sharing with you guys. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure which platform and where the location is. It must be a really terrifying and scary moment if we are on that platform. Anybody have a clue where, when and which platform is this?
Labels: Learning Curve, Oil and Gas, Picture of the day, Problem
posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 11:25 PM,
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Photo of the Day - Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
Sunday, August 05, 2007
This is a photo of a very big shell and tube heat exchangers. "Outokumpu Stainless Tubular Products" (OSTP) unit in Fagersta produces heat exchanger tubes for heat exchanger evaporators, condensers and other equipment. I don't bother counting how many tubes they are in the shell and tube heat exchanger, but I'm guessing there are almost 1000 tubes. Do you want to count? Photo adopted from Chemicals-Technology.com.
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 10:07 PM,
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Photo of the Day - Troll Platform
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
It looks like I'm biased or obsess with the oil and gas offshore photos. I cannot hide that because the industry is really good, interesting, fun, exciting and challenging. Trust me its a wonderful feeling being on those offshore platform, and that's probably why I keep on having those photos here. Gosshhh, I really miss my offshore life...
OK, about the photo. The platform is called Troll A platform (click at the photo to enlarge it, trust me it's gorgeous!). It is a huge platform for production of gas, it is the highest construction that has ever been moved to another position, and is among the largest and most complex engineering projects in history. Built by Norwegian Contractors for Norske Shell, the platform was a televised sensation when it was towed into the North Sea in 1996, where it is operated by Statoil. I'm guessing there are about 200-300 people working on this gas platform.
Troll A has an overall height of 472 meters and weighs 656,000 tons. It has the distinction of being the tallest structure ever moved by mankind. The platform stands on the sea floor 303 meters below the surface of the sea. The walls of Troll A's legs are over 1 meter thick.
The base and the deck were built separately (starting in 1991-1992). They were joined while the base was partially submerged. The Troll platform was towed over 200 km from Vats, in the northern part of Rogaland, to the Troll field, 80 km north-west of Bergen. The tow took seven days. The platform is built of reinforced concrete using the Condeep technology. Gas rises from 40 wells, and is exported through a number of pipes.
In 2006, the 10th anniversary of Statoil's operatorship of Troll gas production was celebrated with a concert by Katie Melua held in the Troll A platform. As well as entertaining the workers on the rig, the concert set a new world record for the deepest underwater concert at 303 meters.[1] In 1996 the platform set the Guiness World Record for 'largest offshore gas platform'.[2]
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 12:22 AM,
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Photo of the Day - Cooling Tower
Sunday, July 22, 2007
The photo of the day is a Cooling Tower in Wilton International petrochemicals complex. Wilton International is one of few sites in Western Europe with special development status, designed for heavy industrial use such as chemicals and process plants. Many of the world's leading chemical and manufacturing companies are well established at Wilton, including blue-chip multinational such as BP-Amoco, DuPont, HISI (jointly owned by Huntsmant and ICI), DuPont Sa, ICI, Targor (jointly owned by BASF and Hoechst), and Union Carbide. This is actually a natural draft wet cooling hyperboloid towers (it doesn't use fan). The photo is taken from FreeFoto.com.
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 12:41 PM,
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Photo of the Day - Safe Scandinavia
Thursday, July 12, 2007
The photo shows men disembarking chopper on Safe Scandinavia accommodation barge (adopted from oilrig-photos.com). That's a Super Puma chopper. I have traveled on a Super Puma once, that was in 2004 from Kerteh Airport to Kerteh Offshore (I can't recalled which platform I went to with that chopper). Most of the time I traveled on Sikorsky 76 and only few times on a Sikorsky 66. It was such a wonderful and relieved feeling when we safely land on the helicopter pad on the platform. Well, that was long time ago...
Labels: Oil and Gas, Picture of the day
posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 12:11 AM,
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Photo of the Day - Buzzard Platform
Monday, July 09, 2007
I'm excited to introduce a new category which is called "Picture of the day". It will be a random photos taken from the internet or by me and related to chemical engineering - oil and gas - oil and fats - industry. The first photo is adopted from oilrig-photos.com. It shows the Buzzard Platform with the GSF Galaxy III. I'm sorry, I don't have more information on this. However, looking at this platform cherishes my memory on the oil and gas industry that I'm involved with a few years ago.
Labels: Oil and Gas, Picture of the day
posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 12:37 AM,
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The Author
I’m Zaki. I used to be a project, process and chemical engineer. Few years ago I successfully became a Chartered Engineer (IChemE) and Professional Engineer (BEM). I'm now employed as a chemical engineering educator/researcher/consultant. Hope you like reading my blog. I welcome any feedback from you. My email: zaki.yz[alias]gmail.com. TQ!
