Web site provides engineering answers

Online engineering support centre offers engineers a regularly updated range of free help that is easy to access via the web, providing quick answers to niggling engineering calculations.

Spirax Sarco's online engineering support centre offers engineers a regularly updated range of free help that is easy to access via the company's web site.

Providing quick answers to niggling engineering calculations that can otherwise take up valuable chunks of time in the working day, the centre has developed into an extensive, user-friendly tool for a wide range of calculations.

The utilities that are available include steam tables, valve and pipe sizing tools and equipment for calculating heat losses from steam mains and tank heating applications.

The latest additions to the site are a series of four utilities.

There is a flash steam calculator which determines the amount of flash steam produced for a specified pressure drop, condensate temperature and condensate flow rate.

There is a tool to determine the orifice diameter or the flow coefficient for specific conditions.

A calculator lets the user determine the heat rating or steam flow rate from a set of simple inputs, while hot and cold water flow rates can be determined so that a mixed water flow rate and temperature can be maintained.

Each tool includes a help file that guides users through the various screens and explains all the technical features and terms.

There is a simple unit converter and even a page that enables engineers from around the world to work in their preferred system of units.

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