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Evaluating plate heat exchangers

All plate heat exchangers look similar on the outside. The difference lies on the inside, in the details of the plate design and the sealing technologies used. Hence, when evaluating a plate heat exchanger, it is very important not only to explore the details of the product being supplied, but also to analyze the level of research and development carried out by the manufacturer and the post-commissioning service and spare parts availability.
An important aspect to take into account when evaluating a heat exchanger are the forms of corrugation within the heat exchanger. There are two types: intermating and chevron corrugations. In general, greater heat transfer enhancement is produced from chevrons for a given increase in pressure drop and are more commonly used than intermating corrugations.
businesses and developers are warming up to the idea of solar electricity generation, but before the idea heats up any more, Texas Wind Energy Clearinghouse intends to get more information out about the possibilities of solar energy throughout the state.

To educate and network players in the energy sector, the clearinghouse is hosting this year's Lone Star Solar Summit in San Angelo later this week.
Advantages
Compactness- The units in a plate heat exchanger occupy less floor space and floor loading by having a large surface area that is formed from a small volume. This in turn produces a high overall heat transfer coefficient due to the heat transfer associated with the narrow passages and corrugated surfaces.
Flexibility- Changes can be made to heat exchanger performance by utilizing a wide range of fluids and conditions that can be modified to adapt to the various design specifications. These specifications can be matched with different plate corrugations.
Low Fabrication Costs- Welded plates are relatively more expensive than pressed plates.Plate Heat Exchangers Plate heat exchangers are made from pressed plates, which allow greater resistance to corrosion and chemical reactions.
Ease of Cleaning- The heat exchanger can be easily dismantled for inspection and cleaning (especially in food processing) and the plates are also easily replaceable as they can be removed and replaced individually.
Temperature Control- The plate heat exchanger can operate with relatively small temperature differences. This is an advantage when high temperatures must be avoided. Local overheating and possibility of stagnant zones can also be reduced by the form of the flow passage.

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Colombian Juan Manuel Santos has urged people to evacuate a hillside neighbourhood near Medellin, after a landslide buried around 50 houses.

哥伦比亚总统桑托斯敦促人们迅速撤离麦德林附近的山区，此前该地区发生山体滑坡，近50座住宅被掩埋。

More than 30 bodies have been recovered since the landslide in Bello on Sunday, about a third of them children.

More than 80 people are still missing, but rescue efforts have been hampered（阻碍，限制） by continued heavy rains.

President Santos said the collapse of the hillside was a "tragedy foretold" that could be repeated.

"To all the residents of this high risk zone, I ask you: in so far as is possible, let us evacuate this area. They have shown me places where what happened on Sunday could happen again and we have to avoid that," he said.

Mr Santos promised his government would build 1000 new homes in Bello for people whose houses were destroyed or had to be evacuated, and would help pay their rent until they could be re-housed.

He was speaking during a visit to the scene of the disaster, where hundreds of rescue workers and desperate residents have been digging through the mud in search of the missing.

"We are going to work 24 hours a day until we recover the last body, it is the least we can do", Mr Santos said.

National emergency

The landslide in the La Gabriela district of Bello on the outskirts（郊区） of Medellin is the deadliest single incident in what has been Colombia's worst rainy season in decades.

Across the country, around 200 people have died as a result of floods and landslides and hundreds of thousands have had to leave their homes.

President Santos is considering declaring a state of emergency, which would give his government more powers to address the crisis by raising emergency loans and even taxes.

"The tragedy has overwhelmed（打击） the current capacity of the state to confront it," he said.

Neighbouring Venezuela is also experiencing heavy flooding.

Some 100,000 people have been driven from their homes there.

President Hugo Chavez has said his government plans to take over private land to build new houses for some of those forced to abandon their homes.

Venezuela has also been offered help by its allies in Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Brazil.

President Chavez said he had asked Brazil for military bridge-building equipment to replace vital road bridges that had been swept away.

The May-November rainy season in Mexico, Central America and the northern part of South America has been severe（严厉的，剧烈的） this year.

The extreme weather is attributed to the La Nina climatic phenomenon, which is caused by colder than usual water currents along the Pacific coast.

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The county of Los Angeles has come up with a set of new guideline regarding future hosting of electronic music festivals in an effort to make the raves safer, the county's Board of Supervisors announced on Tuesday.

The 10 guidelines were authored by a task force consisting of public health and safety officials in collaboration with police and event promotors.

The county requires participants at the raves must be at least 18 years of age, people must reach the legal age of 21 years of age before they are allowed to drink alcohol, all events must be closed by 2 a.m. and medical personnel must be on side in case of an emergency.

Fifteen-year-old Sasha Rodriguez overdosed on Ecstasy after attending the 14th annual Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and died June 29. The event was held from June 25 and 26, drawing a huge crowd of 185,000 music fans. Police made more than 60 arrests at the scene. Drug overdoses and drunkenness were cited as a problem.

The owner of the Coliseum enacted an indefinite moratorium on the event, and agreed last week to abide by the latest recommendations. The moratorium was only lifted on Nov. 3.

The next rave at the Coliseum is slated to be held for New Year's Eve.

Last week, commission member and county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky asked that raves be allowed to continue only if organizers' security and operational plans pass muster with the commission. That move requires that organizers submit detailed plans for approval at least two months before the event.

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The rate of diabetes in Singapore has risen to a 12-year high, according to the latest national health survey.

Singapore TV broadcaster Channel NewsAsia reported on Saturday that 11.3 percent of adults aged between 18 and 69 years are diabetic, compared to 8.2 percent in 2004 and 9 percent in 1998.

The survey is done every six years.

The national survey also found there are more smokers with a bigger rise among youths, and 16.3 percent of youths aged 16 to 29 years smoke daily in 2010, compared to 12.3 percent in 2004. Also, 14.3 percent of adults smoke daily in 2010, compared to 12.6% in 2004.

For hypertension, the rate has dropped to 23.5 percent from 26. 8 percent in 2004 while that for high cholesterol has fallen to 17. 4 percent from 19.1 percent.

Meanwhile the obesity rate stands at 11 percent now, up from 6. 9 percent in 2004.

Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan hopes to reverse this. One way is to have guidelines to protect children against indiscriminate advertising of unhealthy foods.

But some doctors said this only addresses part of the problem.

Dr Nancy Tan, a paediatrician with SBCC Baby and Child Clinic, said that often, a child picks up eating habits from his or her family. And many of her obese patients also have overweight family members.

"Advertising doesn't raise awareness. You take away the advertisements but the shops are still there," she said.

Besides, she noted, "you can have tons of salad with tons of salad cream. It's how much you eat."

The Ministry of Health (MOH) also plans to reach out to pregnant women as well as parents of pre-schoolers through pre- schools.

Speaking at the National Health Award on Friday, Mr Khaw noted that "obesity and development are not Siamese twins. The Japanese and the Koreans have remained slim. Their obesity prevalence at 4 percent... is less than half of ours. We must understand their approach and see if it can be adopted here."

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At least 500,000 Cubans, or one out of every 22, have diabetes, a Cuban health official said Thursday.

There could be more Cubans who have the disease without knowing their conditions, said Neraldo Orlandi Gonzalez, director of the Diabetes Care Center of the National Institute of Endocrinology.

Official research estimated that another 12 percent of the population is pre-diabetic, which means they have the potential risk of becoming diabetic in the coming years if they do not receive proper guidance and assistance, he said.

Cuba has a comprehensive, polyclinics-based care system for diabetes, and almost every province has at least a diabetes care center, he said, adding that diabetes is not only Cuba's challenge, but also a "world epidemic."

Education is the best therapy, and patients should be told to control their sugar consumption, the official said.

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