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Pork and Beans. In the style of Dixie.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,988
    thetrim said:
    Any jowl in there?
    I started to put some in there but decided to save it for when I cook large Limas (Elephant Ears). 

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,334
    If you didn't soak those beans then you are probably going to have a fart fest in one of those tanks. I can hear the alarms going off already over there at Chevron.
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  • Elijah
    Elijah Posts: 877
    What is the smell in the reactor?
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  • BUFFALOMOOSE
    BUFFALOMOOSE Posts: 383
    @SGH  Congrats on your retirement from the SubSea industry.  Hopefully you aren't going from the frying pan into the fire. Be careful in those confined spaces. 
    South Buffalo, New York
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    Scottie, I don't think I ever saw a sausage gravy "in the style of dixie" post from you?  Did I miss it, or is that in the works?  Man, I hope it is!!!
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  • cssmd27
    cssmd27 Posts: 345
    SGH said:
    RRP said:
    so it's a visual inspection or are you carrying some instruments with you? BTW what is that thing used for?
    It is used to break heavy hydrocarbons into lighter ones. Example; crude oil into gasoline and other end products. 
    Are those also called or considered fractional distillation towers?
    Dallas (University Park), Texas
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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
    Good to see you back sir! Stay safe working out there....
    Seattle, WA
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  • JRWhitee
    JRWhitee Posts: 5,678
    Eggcellent!
                                                                
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    Large BGE 2006, Mini Max 2014, 36" Blackstone, Anova Sous Vide
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    @SGH Nice to see you around my friend. The meal looks great as usual. Y'all are going to make me get a pressure cooker next I think.
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Scotty when you resurface you do it in the style of Dixie. Nice work my friend. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
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    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • bluebird66
    bluebird66 Posts: 2,946
    Very nice!!
    Large Egg with adjustable rig, Kick Ash Basket, Minimax and various Weber's.
    Floyd Va

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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    Looking its usual awesomeness for your cooks, Scott. 

    Well done, Sir! 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,988
    cssmd27 said:
    Are those also called or considered fractional distillation towers?
    No sir. "Columns" are what you are thinking about. A reactor starts a particular process. A fraction or distillation column is the end. As the name implies, fractions are drawn off of the column at different levels. The heavier fractions such as diesel are drawn off near the bottom, while lighter fractions such as propane rise to the top and are drawn off there. 

    Elijah said:
    What is the smell in the reactor?
    Smells like a mix of mothballs and kerosene.  

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  • cssmd27
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    SGH said:
    cssmd27 said:
    Are those also called or considered fractional distillation towers?
    No sir. "Columns" are what you are thinking about. A reactor starts a particular process. A fraction or distillation column is the end. As the name implies, fractions are drawn off of the column at different levels. The heavier fractions such as diesel are drawn off near the bottom, while lighter fractions such as propane rise to the top and are drawn off there. 

    Interesting.  So, what's the purpose of the reactor?  To just heat the raw product up before introduction into the distillation column?

    Sorry to derail a great piggy thread on petroleum engineering, but I'm fascinated by the technology and industry sometimes.  My in laws own a niche off shore oil rig servicing company based out of Lafayette and I just marvel at the floating technology with it's massive size to go along with the precision involved.
    Dallas (University Park), Texas
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,988
    @cssmd27
    Im certainly no refining engineer myself. But I do understand the very basics. In a refinery, a reactor is used to start the first stage of breaking down a particular hydrocarbon into another. The hrdocarbon (be it what it may) will first be passed through a process heater and heated to a target temp, from there it will pass through the reactor over a certain kind of catalyst (depending on the end desired product) from there it will pass through either a heat exchanger or through a column. Again, it depends on the end goal. 

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    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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