#flow control

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Effective Flow Control in Plants: Solutions to Optimize Efficiency and Reduce Downtime

In any industrial plant, managing the flow of liquids, gases, or other materials is crucial for maintaining operational efficiency. Poor flow control can lead to system inefficiencies, equipment damage, and costly downtime. Flow control in plants is a critical aspect of keeping systems running smoothly, minimizing waste, and improving overall productivity. In this blog, we’ll explore the importance of flow control and provide practical solutions to help optimize plant efficiency and reduce downtime.

What is Flow Control in Plants?

Flow control in plants refers to the regulation of fluid movement (liquid, gas, or steam) within industrial processes. This control ensures that materials move at the required rate, pressure, and direction, helping prevent system overloads or inefficiencies. Proper flow control helps maintain the balance of production processes, optimizing energy use, reducing waste, and ensuring product quality.

Challenges of Poor Flow Control

When flow control in plants is not properly managed, it can result in several operational challenges, including:

System inefficiencies: Inadequate flow regulation leads to uneven distribution of materials, which can cause production delays or affect product quality.

Equipment damage: High-pressure surges, irregular flow rates, or blockages can damage pipes, valves, and pumps.

Increased energy consumption: Uncontrolled flow can increase energy usage as pumps and motors work harder to maintain pressure levels.

Frequent downtime: Poor flow control can lead to frequent shutdowns and the need for emergency repairs, causing significant downtime and lost productivity.

Key Solutions for Optimizing Flow Control

Install Automated Control Valves

Automated control valves are essential for maintaining precise control over flow rates, pressure, and temperature. They can be programmed to adjust based on real-time feedback, reducing the need for manual intervention and ensuring consistent flow regulation.

Use Flow Meters for Monitoring

Flow meters provide real-time data on fluid movement, helping plant operators monitor flow rates and detect anomalies early. This allows for quick adjustments, preventing potential system overloads or inefficiencies.

Implementing flow meters helps in early detection of leaks, ensuring timely maintenance and reducing downtime.

Integrate Advanced Process Control Systems

Advanced process control (APC) systems use algorithms and machine learning to optimize flow control automatically. These systems can analyze data from multiple sources within the plant and adjust parameters like valve positioning or pump speeds in real-time to maximize efficiency.

Regular Maintenance of Flow Control Equipment

Regular maintenance is critical to ensure that valves, pumps, and pipes are functioning correctly. Routine inspections help identify potential wear and tear, avoiding unexpected failures and minimizing downtime.

Proper lubrication of moving parts and timely replacement of faulty components further extends the lifespan of flow control systems.

Optimize Pipe and Valve Sizing

Incorrect sizing of pipes and valves can cause significant flow restrictions or excess flow rates, leading to inefficiencies. Ensuring that pipes, pumps, and valves are appropriately sized for the specific plant’s operations will improve flow control and reduce pressure surges.

Benefits of Effective Flow Control in Plants

Increased Efficiency: Proper flow control ensures materials are distributed evenly and at the right speed, reducing energy consumption and production delays.

Reduced Downtime: With well-maintained systems and real-time monitoring, plants can avoid unexpected breakdowns and frequent shutdowns.

Cost Savings: Optimized flow control minimizes waste, reduces energy use, and lowers the need for emergency repairs or replacements.

Improved Safety: By controlling flow rates and pressure levels, plants can avoid hazardous situations like pipe bursts or equipment failures, ensuring a safer working environment.

Conclusion

Implementing effective flow control in plants is essential for optimizing operational efficiency, reducing downtime, and ensuring long-term cost savings. By investing in automated valves, flow meters, and regular maintenance, businesses can maintain steady production while preventing costly breakdowns and improving overall performance.

[caireuromatic]

Flow control valves are essential components in hydraulic flow systems, regulating the speed of motors or cylinders, reducing or increasing pressure, and reducing water consumption.

They are reliable and have a long operating lifetime, making them widely used in materials handling, food processing, and automated factory equipment.

[a-most-beloved-fool]

I really wish that more pre-reform/pre-surak fics leaned into cyberpunk instead of going for "shirtless men with spears". Like if I'm being honest, it feels like people sometimes turn vulcans into the "noble savage" trope. Which is, I cannot stress this enough, very weird. You're writing about spacemen and you're somehow managing to be racist against native people. And like. I don't think it's deliberate, and I'm aware that this conception of vulcans has been around for decades and that many people have just kind of picked it up by osmosis, but. Like. It's not great. It is, dare I say, a little bit problematic. It also isn't at all accurate to canon? People just made that up. Because Surak died in the 4th century, just about 2000 years before canon, and do you know what his cause of death was? Radiation poisoning. When they say, "vulcans were extremely violent pre-reform, and nearly wiped themselves out," they don't mean they were having tribal battles on the backs of sehlats or whatever. They mean they were having nuclear warfare.

[roddity]

Was Marble's name decided between Bumblebee and Breakdown long before she was born?

yes - maybe some time after bee decided to keep her.

*'marbles' also refers to the small bits of rubber that accumulate on the sides of the track during a race from tyre wear. you Do Not want to drive over them as they're slippery, so drivers try to avoid them.

it was more like a nickname and it ended up sticking. i don't imagine they'd be very good at naming haha

[jupiterdolll]

people who stopped liking naruto (the character and show both) due to naruto's focus on sasuke just make me laugh. they think that this somehow diminishes naruto's character, since his dream of becoming hokage is no longer priority.

you can't view naruto as this unchanging entity. yes he's the main character and yes it was ingrained into our brains in the first chapters and arcs that he wants to become hokage. that was his way of saying he wants to be acknowledged and respected. as a child, he seen that the hokage received these things, so naturally that's what set the example. "hokage" was the title of what he desired. but most of all... unbeknownst to him, being understood and loved was his real desire. the actual genuine kind.

the opening arc that sets the tone for the entire story is the land of waves. we immediately get the parallel between haku/zabuza and naruto/sasuke. haku made naruto think more deeply, telling him that beyond acknowledgement and respect there is something so much more valuable. to be understood, loved, and cared for. and within that same arc that is what sasuke shows and gives to naruto. sasuke himself seemingly unaware of his own feelings, his body 'just moved on it's own'.. his instinct made him protect what was precious to him. dreams, future, none of that matters, it dissipates entirely from your mind when you are trying to protect and save what is most precious to you. and for sasuke, that most precious person is naruto.

upon reading/watching this for the first time, the narrative does not let you understand why sasuke came to love naruto this much until later down the line of the story. but right off the bat, kishimoto immediately makes you know that there is something there he feels for naruto so strongly, to the point that it would make a character like sasuke (very goal focused, revenge based, nonchalant about mostly everything else) give up his life for him, disregarding what he shows in the majority of the plot to be his biggest dream: killing itachi.

as the story goes on, again and again naruto witnesses sasuke having these deep emotions for him, for his comrades. love and protection. he learns more about love because of sasuke.. he learns more about his own emotions through sasuke.

sasuke tells naruto that he doesn't understand what losing or having family ties feels like, as naruto never had a family. this is why naruto's desire to be acknowledged and respected at the beginning was more shallow than he had realized. yes, hokage would give you those things, but genuine understanding and love only comes from real connection.

so naruto slowly starts to realize that what actually fulfills him is not becoming hokage, but sasuke. his dream becomes sasuke. sasuke is who understands him, sasuke is who acknowledges him as a person, acknowledges his efforts and courage amongst how lonely he knows naruto feels. naruto now knows that the love and acknowledgment he would get from becoming hokage does not compare to the specific, intimate, personal bond he has with sasuke. he knows that nothing and nobody else can make him feel how sasuke does.

this realization impacts naruto so greatly that he spends the rest of the time chasing sasuke. because sasuke is the first one to open his heart, the first to make him feel comfort upon just being himself. why wouldn't sasuke become his dream? it was destined from the beginning.

[brotrustmeicanwrite]

Girliepop you’re supposed to share your sad backstory ten chapters later. I’ve re-written this part four times already, please stop over sharing.

[baldursghaik]

Thyneron and the Emperor have dramatically different outlooks on money and finances. I would not exactly call Balduran "self-made" since it's highly implied that much of his financial acquisitions were questionable at best, and outright theft, extortion, and exploitation at worst, but at the end of the day, he did still acquire his own money, no matter how illicitly.

On the other hand, Thyneron was born with a gem encrusted silver spoon in the mouth. Money means nothing to Thyneron in the way that money means nothing to all immensely wealthy people, in that it's been a permanent fixture in the background of his life. He has no more regard for money than he does for the lavishly expensive rugs under his feet. It is simply there, because it has always been there, and presumably always will be there.

At the same time, the Emperor is completely unconstrained by perceptions of wealth. I believe it has a certain taste for fine things, but it dresses and lives simply, and is more invested in the love of the game of acquisition. I think to the Emperor (and Balduran before that), amassing wealth was like a game, with only marginally higher stakes than dice or cards.

Meanwhile, Thyneron dresses in clothes he dislikes, associates with people he disdains even more, and is constantly buried in a mountain of self-hatred because he feels compelled to keep the rigid standards of the Upper City for the sake of his family and business. If he had it his way, he'd wear simple tunics and trousers and never go to a damned ball, feast, gala, or party ever again.

I always enjoy thinking of what money means to various people, especially two that embody separate sides of the same coin (ha) the way that these two do.

[mxtxfanatic]

The Most Un-Lan-Like Lan (Junior) vs. The Most Un-Lan-Like Lan (Married-In Senior)

Lan Jingyi is such an interesting character. He is very opinionated and often speaks his mind without considering how his words will come across. He is cowardly about the supernatural despite being a cultivator but brave against those in positions of power despite being a child, always willing to stand up for what he thinks is right. Lan Jingyi starts off the story with a low opinion of "Mo Xuanyu," usually acting rude, hostile, or dismissive:

When he turned his head, he saw the Lan juniors tailing him. “Children!” he shouted. Lan Jingyi said, “Who are you calling children? Don’t you know which clan we’re from? Just because you’ve washed your face, you get to act like our senior?”

—Chapt. 9: Pride IV, fanyiyi

Wei Wuxian went to the youngsters. “Am I seeing things right? Each of you is a disciple of a prominent clan. Haven’t your moms, dads, and uncles taught you that the dead can’t receive the paper money you’re burning? They’re dead, what do they need money for? They won’t be able to collect it. Plus, you’re burning the money right at someone’s door—“ Lan Jingyi waved his hand dismissively. “Move aside, move aside, you’re blocking the wind. The fire will burn out at this rate. Anyway, it’s not like you’ve ever died—how do you know whether the dead can collect the money?" ... Lan Jingyi knifed him in the heart again. “Even if you’ve been dead before and didn’t get any, it has to be because no one burned any for you.”

—Chapt. 42: Flora X, fanyiyi

It doesn't help that Wei Wuxian, playing into his "gay lunatic" persona, is intentionally trying to put everyone off:

Lan Jingyi said, “Why are you crying? You’re the one who said you like Hanguang Jun! Now he even brought you home. So what are you howling for?” Wei Wuxian’s eyebrows were wrinkled, his lips frowned, and his face was the perfect picture of misery.

—Chapt. 11: Elegance I, fanyiyi

Wei Wuxian took out the apple from the breakfast they had given him and offered it to the donkey. As expected, as soon as the animal bit in, it stopped braying, and began smacking its lips and crunching the fruit with its teeth instead. Wei Wuxian touched the back of its neck and thought about the jade passage tokens the juniors carried while pointing at the round, white rabbits covering the ground. “I’m really not allowed to cook them? So if I cooked them, I’d be chased off the mountain?” As though facing a major enemy, Lan Jingyi opened his arms and stepped in front of him immediately. “These are Hanguang Jun’s rabbits. We just help watch them once in a while. Don’t you dare cook them!”

...

“I can’t get up,” he said sincerely. “Uh, what’s happened to you now?” Lan Sizhui said. “What’s happened to me? Your clan’s Hanguang Jun ravished me!” Lan Jingyi piped up louder and fiercer. “If you keep spouting nonsense, we’re not going to let it go. Come out!”

—Chapt. 19: Sunshine I, fanyiyi

Yet despite all this, once Wei Wuxian sheds his "Mo Xuanyu" cover and begins to seriously lean into his mentorship role, Lan Jingyi becomes one of his most vocal followers amongst the juniors, seeing the man as both a steady pillar to rely on—on par with his idol, Hanguang-jun—and someone whose safety he is concerned with, so much so that he can even cast aside his fear of the supernatural to volunteer himself as bait in Wei Wuxian's stead:

Wei WuXian said to them, “When the second group of fierce corpses rushes in, I will lure them towards the Pool of Blood, and HanGuang-Jun will be in charge of slaying them. With this target here,” He patted himself, “They won’t bother you. Don’t be tempted by battle, just run.” For once, Lan SiZhui’s raised his voice, “No! We can’t do that. There’s no way!” Sect Leader OuYang had given up trying to hold his son still. OuYang ZiZhen, “Senior-Wei, we will slay the corpses too! I can slay a hundred more!” Meanwhile, Lan JingYi had already started to undress, “I’ll draw a flag on myself too!”

—Chapt. 81: Core Part 3, boat-full-of-lotus-pods

OuYang ZiZhen, “HanGuang-Jun, why did Senior-Wei collapse?” Lan WangJi, “Tired.” Lan JingYi was astonished, “I thought that Senior-Wei would never tire!”

—Chapt. 84: Core Part 6, boat-full-of-lotus-pods

Soon, he began again, “Speaking of it, why didn’t I see SiZhui and the squad this time back?” In the past, these juniors would’ve crowded around them and begun chirping all the way from the entrance of the mountain. Hearing him mention SiZhui and the juniors, Lan WangJi’s brows relaxed somewhat, “I can take you to see them.” After he led Wei WuXian to find Lan SiZhui, Lan JingYi, and the others, the juniors didn’t do anything apart from calling out in delight.

—Chapt. 114: Banquet Extra, exr

With such a fierce and impressionable personality, it's no wonder he's one of the few juniors whose name Wei Wuxian can remember 😂

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Ok, I think I have a pretty good idea of why a lot of Akechi's dialogue is... like that.

So, even before his confidant truly started, I noticed that he has a real knack for directing the flow of a conversation. This is very fitting for someone who is both a detective and skilled at interviews - when there is a topic and a goal, Akechi is in his element.

All this to say, he's actually kind of controlling when it comes to conversational flow. He probes for information, or turns the conversation around to a particular topic, usually the Phantom Thieves. He manages to take a few of Joker's dialogue options and spin them so they sound mildly incriminating in the context he's placed them in - the only way to truly get around this is to pick answers that feign indifference, and even then, that's more than a bit telling. He's clearly very good at this kind of thing.

But then, we get conversations where either Joker does something he didn't expect, or else he doesn't have a particular goal in mind - and the conversation stutters. In the first instance, Joker does something (a particularly egregious example is putting his glasses on him and fluffing his hair in rank 3) which both leaves him wrong-footed and no longer in perfect control of the situation. He just kind of... freezes, for awhile. It's hilarious. He has no idea how to respond.

He picks up control again in the phone call afterwards, having chosen to play into it, turning this "fooling the crowds" into a kind of game or secret between them. Nice save.

But in instances where there isn't an obvious topic and the goal is somewhat nebulous, for instance, that one Leblanc scene, it becomes pretty apparent that Akechi doesn't have the right "script" to go off of. Again, it's particularly notable in that scene, because I'm fairly sure he didn't have any specific reason to be at Leblanc, other than him looking for a quiet spot now that public opinion has turned on him. And because there isn't anything specific he's digging for, he kind of just ends up throwing things at the wall to see what will stick. Probing for any kind of recognizable reaction that he can jump on and work with, and that just doesn't really happen in this scene.

He references Sae, a woman in a respectable position, to Sojiro, but instead of that netting a welcome, it earns his ire, given Sae's recent actions against him. He then tries to greet Joker, his... rival? friend? enemy? person who at least seems to somewhat enjoy spending time with him? But Joker's responses are somewhat short, and Akechi practically wilts. He tries to commiserate by oversharing. He tries to involve Futaba and reaches out for the only topic of interest he can think of around "young people". He compliments the coffee. He compliments Joker. He tries to invoke that connection between them. None of it is really sticking, nor does it serve as a jumping off point for him to steer the conversation, or even really start one.

So, he basically just ends up having a one-sided chat with himself and then leaves. Hilarious. Also a little sad, if I'm being honest. It's really giving "guy with no friends who only knows how to speak to adults" energy. If there's no specific purpose to the exchange, or he is not in control of its direction, he seems to be kind of out of his depth. He succeeds only in being a little awkward and confusing, more than anything.

[crow-caller]

Weir check ✔️

[trlkrosaki]

Mastering Flow Control: Optimize Your Plant Operations

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[bougiebutchbinch]

it's just soooo fun for me if Bruce veers 'subby bottom' with literally EVERYONE except the Joker, who taps into some wolf-part of his brain that means he HAS to pin this guy down and fuck him rough

meanwhile Jo 'I top from the bottom' Ker is a powerbottom all the way with like 99% of people and loves being in charge but for BATMAN????? He wants to be FORCED and FUCKED UP and SNUFFED (no like seriously he wants Batman to fuck him to death soooooo badly)

I think this should perplex and bewilder both of them (although Joker just shrugs and makes it his life's mission to die on Batman's dick with his hands around his throat)

[gay-jewish-bucky]

the 'well actually gazans haven't freed the hostages, so they clearly all support hamas, i am very intelligent ☝️🤓' shtick is getting so fucking old, if you can comprehend that hamas has total control of the strip and are intentionally embedding themselves and their weapons in civilian populations and safe zones, you can comprehend that any attempt to try and 'rescue' the hostages would be met with execution for the person attempting rescuing, their families, AND the hostages they're trying to free

[lilac-sweet]

A thing that never ceases to amaze me as a writer is how you can plan your whole plotline, chart out every character and their motivations, write yourself exhausted on world building, organize every chapter in bullet points, and yet when you sit down and actually start writing? Every sentence surprises you.