Mechanical Engineering | September 23, 2020 Improving Burner Design And Operation With CFD Mod... By Dave Dewees & Zumao Chen Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling can be used as an efficient and low-cost alternative… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | August 31, 2020 CFD Modeling Of Mixing Tees – Design Of A Th... Published in Hydrocarbon Processing, August 2020 hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine By Dave Dewees, Zumao Chen, and Magnus Gustafsson Mixing tees - in which… Read More
Learning & Development | August 13, 2020 New Solutions for Age-Old Problems... Becht continues its series on “Strategy to Maximize Value in the Time of COVID-19” with this 3rd blog focusing on… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | August 6, 2020 Managing the Life Cycle of Coke Drums... The Becht team of ABBY KING, N CHITHRANJAN, and MITCH MOLONEY recently published an article featuring the Life Cycle of… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | August 6, 2020 Practical HTHA Experience and Time-Based Nelson Cu... Recently, Becht published an article in Inspectioneering Journal regarding High Temperature Hydrogen Attack. This article was written by: DAVE DEWEES,… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | June 25, 2020 Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Reliability ... With contributions by Chuck Becht V In this difficult era of decreased margins and rapidly changing markets, onstream reliability is… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | April 22, 2020 Outlet Collector Pressure-Drop Assessment... Why do outlet collectors only rarely fail, even when subjected to pressure-drops well above the design basis of the collector?… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | April 10, 2020 Potential Operating Strategies & Consideratio... Current market conditions are forcing many refiners into an unfamiliar operating state. A different approach may be required to rebalance… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 27, 2020 Roadmap for Repair of Buried Pipe... The repair of a corroded, damaged, or leaking buried pipe should be approached in a well-structured manner. Here is a… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | November 17, 2019 When Should the Rules for Severe Cyclic Conditions... This posting (November 2019) is an update to an October 2013 post which reflects changes to the ASME B31.3 Code… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | October 28, 2019 How to Resolve an Engineering Manager’s Typi... The Problem Too often, the inability to get the required work done correctly, and on-time, has been blamed on too… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | May 3, 2019 CFD Modeling of a Mixing Tee – Part 1: Model Val... by Dave Dewees, Zumao Chen and L. Magnus Gustafsson This 2-part blog deals with CFD modeling of a mixing tee that… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | May 3, 2019 CFD Modeling of a Mixing Tee – Part 2: Predictio... by Dave Dewees, Zumao Chen and L. Magnus Gustafsson Miss Part 1? Click Here This is the second part of… Read More
Becht News | February 14, 2019 Becht Advisor Terry Blackard Interview With Valve ... Recently, Terry Blackard, an Engineering Advisor for Becht Engineering, was interviewed for an article in Valve Magazine. The article, Valves Need… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | February 4, 2019 Why Do Clamped Connections With Metallic Seals Som... Clamp connections with metallic seals can offer superior joint integrity over traditional flanged connections but caution must be exercised regarding… Read More
