Engineering ToolBox

Tools and Basic Information for Design, Engineering and Construction of Technical Applications

Acoustical Engineering

The basic science of acoustics - introduction to sound, decibel and propagation of sound. Acoustic equations - calculate decibels, how to reduce noise in HVAC systems, sound levels ..

Air Conditioning Systems

Air Conditioning systems - heating, cooling and dehumidification of indoor air for thermal comfort

Air Psychrometrics

Temperature, relative humidity, dew-point and wet-bulb temperature. Equations, formulas and charts describing the relationships between psychrometric variables

Basic Engineering Information

Basic engineering information about the SI-system, Unit converters, Physical constants ..

Combustion Engineering

Boiler house engineering - combustion, fuels, chimneys, sizing of safety valves and tanks ..

Control Valves

Process control valves - flow characteristics, sizing C_v and K_v values for gas, liquid and steam valves - online calculators ..

Control Valves in Steam and Condensate Systems

Sizing and design of control valves & equipment in steam and condensate systems - safety valves, process control valves ..

Corrosion Protection

Corrosion and rust protection, chemical resistance

Dimensions of Pipes and Tubes

Standards and codes - inside and outside diameters, weights - steel and stainless steel pipes, copper, plastics and more ..

Documentation

Engineering documentation of process control systems, Block Flow Diagrams (BFD), Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID)

Electrical Engineering

Electrical circuit equations and formulas, tools and information - motor data and calculators

Environment Engineering

Basic tools and data for climate, meteorology, sun, wind and environmental engineering

Flash Steam Generation

Generation of flash steam - fundamentals of energy recovery

Fluid Flowmeters

Orifice, Venturi, Flow Nozzles, Pitot Tubes, Target, Variable Area, Positive Displacement, Turbine, Vortex, Electromagnetic, Ultrasonic Doppler, Ultrasonic Time-of-travel, Mass Coriolis, Mass Thermal, Weir V-notch, Flume Parshall and Sluice Gate flow meters . .

Fluid Mechanics

Fluid motion, including fluid properties, flow, pressure variations in fluids at rest and in motion and fluid kinematics. Fluid dynamics equations - Bernoulli, Colebrook, Chezy, D'Arcy-Weisbach - online calculators

Gas & Compressed Air

Gas and air properties, capacity and sizing of pipe lines - charts and online calculators

Heat Loss and Insulation of Piping Systems

Heat loss from pipe lines and tanks with and without insulation - charts and calculators

Heating Systems

Calculating heat loss - heating and cooling theory - thermal comfort - design and construction of heating systems, boilers, piping and heating elements ..

HVAC systems

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems - sizing air ducts, fans, water pipes, and fittings - charts and tables - online calculators

Insulation and Heat Loss from Steam and Condensate Pipes

Insulation thickness and heat loss from steam and condensate pipe lines

Insulation of Technical Systems

Insulation as a barrier to thermal or acoustical energy - thermal insulation, thermal comfort, and insulation fundamentals, heat loss from pipes, tanks - charts and tables

Material Properties

Properties of common materials - gases, fluids and solids - densities, heat capacities, boiling points, heat capacities and more ..

Miscellaneous Topics

Unit converters, the Greek alphabet, wind scale, physical constants and more ..

Physiology

Human physiology, air quality and comfort temperatures - clothing, heat index, carbon dioxide concentrations and more ..

Piping Design Strategies

Piping systems - design strategies and processes

Piping Standards

ASME, ANSI, BSi, DIN, ISO and more ..

Piping Systems

Materials, capacities and dimensions - design and engineering information - charts and tables ..

Pressure Loss in Pipes and Tubes

Fluid flow and pressure loss in pipes and tubes

Pressure Ratings - Pipes and Tubes

Pressure ratings of pipes and tubes

Process Control Systems

Flow, pressure, temperature and control valves - instrumentation, transmitters ..

Pumps

Pumps and piping systems - alternating pumps, pumps in serie or parallel - cavitation, head rise, viscosities, horsepower estimation and more ..

Risk, Reliability and Safety

Hazardous areas classifications, types of protection, rating systems, critical temperatures and more ..

Sizing of Steam and Condensate Pipe Lines

Sizing of steam and condensate pipe lines - pressure loss, recommended speed - capacities ..

Steam & Condensate Systems

Steam properties - thermodynamics - steam and condensate pipe lines - charts and data ..

Temperature Measurement

Measurement of temperature; probes, sensors and transmitters

Thermal Expansion of Pipes and Tubes

Thermal expansion of pipes and piping applications

Thermodynamics

Law of thermodynamics - temperature, heat capacity and transfer, pressure, volume and density properties of gases and fluids

Thermodynamics of Steam

Thermodynamics of steam and condensate - heat transfer, flash steam and more ..

Valves and Standards

International standards commonly used for valves

Ventilation Systems

Systems for ventilation and air conditioning

Water Systems

Hot and cold water systems - capacities, user consumption, energy - hydraulics of pressurized flow, piping design and pipeline systems - storage issues and more ..

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