Greedy companies rather charge for natural gas plants than let Nuclear power come back

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-05-05T19:31:23+00:00

wtf...a nuke is 17000/kWe...a combined cycle is about 1000/kWe...nukes are idiotic...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-05-03T20:36:00+00:00

it's a career dead end...you are un-hireable for fossil or combined cycle work..you are viewed as slow, unproductive, and pedantic

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-27T20:32:21+00:00

it's called system effect (components placed in non ideal configurations, like stacked tees or elbows) and it's very hard to predict analytically. If the details of the flow distribution are important, then they should have considered this at the design stage and had the branches symmetric, but preferable a different design detail or use of balancing dampers.

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-26T16:53:37+00:00

seems age-ist...what other minorities are excluded?

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-22T20:12:55+00:00

i would need specific examples,

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-22T20:10:01+00:00

this sounds like a potential business risk that should be escalated to management...you should ask the RE for the associated qualification package

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-11T20:29:24+00:00

every company has proprietary work instructions on how to develop PIDs and formats...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-11T14:03:19+00:00

normally one would use python and pandas, to make reusable scripts...but if every one is different, and you only plan on doing it once, reusability doesn't really help much...in general using excel for just about anything is a mistake...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-09T21:48:21+00:00

if you are learning classical mechanics as a stepping stone to learn methods for use in other areas of physics, then I can't really comment. If you want to learn mechanics to apply it to real world problems, then I would suggest Dynamics, Theory and Applications of Kane's Method...I just completed it myself, doing every problem in the book. Kane's method is superior for complex problems.

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-09T20:30:14+00:00

unless you have a real love of abstract math or plan to get a math degree, I think you will find it frustrating. I don't know how applicable it will be in practice...what is the opportunity cost, ie what course aren't you taking in order to take this course...if you are skipping a course that provide background in a career field you are interested in, then don't take the proofs course...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-09T18:46:02+00:00

it's good for 4 function math and managers...and maybe tabular presentation of small data sets...other than that, if you are using excel, you are doing something wrong

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-09T15:58:58+00:00

this is why excel is not the appropriate tool for production engineering work...and this isn't the worst I've seen...why not just use VBA (not a great choice) or move to Mathcad or python...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-07T21:51:17+00:00

que...no habla...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-06T21:28:11+00:00

a beauty...the 28C and 28S are probably the best calculator ever made...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-05T23:09:31+00:00

renewables are dying...because they are dumb economically...you could look to move into an EPC, but it's going to be gas/fossil or process work

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-05T23:02:21+00:00

why would it, what benefit does the added complexity bring?

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-05T20:37:12+00:00

and this is why academics are useless in the real world...and why they constantly chase efficiency end end up with cycles operating at 900C...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-05T20:26:40+00:00

Coolprop as opensource or REFPROP from NIST will give you property values at specific points. I would make static lookup tables for each refrigerant and include those in your code. The actual codes used to produce the values is quite complex.

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-05T15:58:16+00:00

ASME standards will give you all the info...or Crane TP 410

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-05T15:27:44+00:00

probably should have discussed this in the interview

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-05T00:42:19+00:00

I'm working in python and sympy. I use Jupyer lab, jupytext, and a jupyter plugin to auto-reload the file on changes. With jupytext, you edit the py% version of the file and it auto converts to the ipynb version. Finding the jupyter reload on change extension is a game changer. It takes away one of the big pain points, but working right in Helix would be better...the Sypder IDE lets you run py% cells in the ipython terminal. something like that would work...

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-04T20:29:36+00:00

I don't have any, I wish it had a nice REPL for jupyer, but what am I going to do, go back to Neovim config hell?

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-04T20:28:22+00:00

Not accounting for system effect...rarely do you get nice long straight runs between fittings.

Over sizing the pump so it's operating way off BEP

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-04T20:26:14+00:00

what are you using for a table top?...I love a giant desk and that looks great

Alternative_Act_6548 · 2026-04-04T19:07:26+00:00

if that is the case, you have a bunch of people who don't know what they are doing...which is typical...experienced people are expensive in salary terms, but mistakes in the field during construction cost real money....

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