Monthly Archives: March 2012

UIPF compiles under Qt 5

Posted on March 26, 2012 by paolog

The User Interface for Process Flowsheeting (UIPF) compiles under the almost-alpha Qt 5 (tested under Debian sid): just build Qt 5 from Git, then apply the tips. Highlights: Change the uipf.pro file adding this (we don’t use QtDeclarative): greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4) … Continue reading →

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Howto build openssl on Windows

Posted on March 19, 2012 by paolog

This howto is for building the latest version of openssl (1.0.1) on the latest version of the Microsoft Windows Desktop operating system (Windows 7 64 bit) using the latest Microsoft compiler (Visual Studio 2011 beta), targeting the 32 bit architecture. … Continue reading →

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Sieve tray flooding correlation

Posted on March 5, 2012 by paolog

The correlation of Fair, J. R., “How to Predict Sieve Tray Entrainment and Flooding” Petro/chem. Engr., 33 (10), pp. 45–62 (1961) also cited in Perry, Chemical Engineers Handbook 7th ed. page 14-27  can be used to predict the flooding limit … Continue reading →

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