Interview- I

 Current working profile.

 Various projects worked on.

 Draw detail P&ID of pumps delivering liquid from one vessel to other.

 Explain Steps for pump sizing calculations.

 Draw and Pump curve.

 What is shutoff pressure and its application.

 Pressure drop formula for line sizing.

 Friction factor in formula is fanning or darcy.

 Heat exchanger sizing steps by Kern's method.

 Heat exchanger example of water getting heated by steam initial steps.

 LMTD for concurrent, countercurrent and cross flow.

 From where we get LMTD correction factors.

 How to assume value of heat transfer coefficient U ?

 Tube sizes normally used in industry.

 Cooling tower working principle.

 Dry and wet bulb temperatures.

 Various utilities used in industry.

Interview- II

 What is shutoff head?

 What can we infer from shut off head?

 How to calculate shutoff head?

 What is scope of interception in pump curve?

 Types of psv? And it's condition?

 Explain different scenarios of psv?
 What is CS and SS Material of contruction?
 Line sizing criteria for gas?

 Do u know @ two phase line sizing??

 What is full form of EDR?

 Why Aspen is used?

 Pipenet is used for which service?

 How ERD is different from HTRI?

 What is NPSH available?

 How to calculate NPSH available?

 How to size inlet of psv?why less than 3% not 4 or 5%?

Interview- III

 Pump Performance curve

 Shutoff head ?how it is calculated ?
 Shutoff head on pump curve is different or same as design head(using formula)
 operationg condition in case of shut off position
 Minimum circulation flow ?is it always necessary to have a minimum circulation line ?
 Is it necessary to operate a pump near BEP even in case the downstream services doesn’t demand that
 much flow ?
 What happens if a pump doesnt have a mcf line and if the discharge valve is throttled ?
 line sizing criteria for liq,gas,steam
 how is erosion velocity calculated for two phase flow
 Is the line sizing criteria same for Hp,LP,MP steam
 Unit conversion p to head
 Draw a PID for vessel pumping liquid a fluid to some other location with all the control logics.
 Control logics to maintain level in a vessel
 How a cascade control system different from split range controller.
 Use a split range controller logic to maintain level in a vessel

Interview- IV
 Bernoulli’s equation
 Pump suction and discharge calculations
 What is NPSHA and NPSHR?
 What we can do to meet NPSH if value is lower ?
 If there is valve in pump suction then which type of valve is more suitable ?
 Pump curve
 Effect on pump if running at leftmost point and rightmost point on pump curve i.e. shutoff
and rundown points
 Types of shell and tube heat exchanger
 Basic equation for starting a heat exchanger calculation
 Effect of LMTD on surface area
 How to calculate LMTD ?
 HTRI?
 TEMA configurations
 What to include in various datasheets ?

Interview- V
 Your role as a Engineer in present company
 Line hydraulics, where can it be used in a running plant.
 How i used line sizing in troubleshooting activities
 PID of Centrifugal pump
 Vessel tag numbering, why?
 Use of RO and Control valve in minimum circulation line
 Comparison between RO and CV on different parameters
 When will RO be prefered
 Advantage of control valve on min circulation line while operating a pump
 Changes that will take place in pump design if CV or RO is used in pump design
 How do we start a centrifugal pump ,what changes will happen if discharge valve will is
kept open
 (i had pointed the case of non primed pump ,so he askedquestion )if a pump is primed show
the condition of start up on characteristic curve ,what are the circumstances if discharge
valve is kept open why we shouldnt do that.
 Is it necessary to have a drain valve between a strainer and isolation valve
 Is the strainer permanent,(i said yes) he asked why is it required.
 What will happen if a pump seal breaks .he asked about the type of seals
 Controller in a vessel and pump system
 Level controller, master slave controller & how it works
 Instrumentation part of master slave controller,what the instrument people do.
 Mass and energy balance of desuper heater
 Is Cp same in case of liquid and gas
 Normally what is value of suction side head
 Velocity criteria for pump inlet amd discharge
 Why velocity of pump suction is lesser as compared to discharge.
 Objective from resume, he complimented and asked Did u thought about the objective ,he
asked me to elaborate it.

Interview- VI
 Topics covered during course?
 Explain what is included in PFD and PID?
 Why is minimum distance required note used and where in p & id?
 Draw PFD of liquid coming into tank and then through pump going to another tank?
 What is NPSH? Formula?
 What will u do to meet NPSH?
 What is vapor pressure
 Vapour pressure depends on which factor?
 What is NPSHr?
 Draw pump curve and explain?
 What is shutoff and what will be suction side pressure at shutoff?

Interview- VII

 What will happen if pump suction velocity is less than min velocity criteria?
 Can you draw PFD for distillation column and explain the working of it?
 What are various overpressure scenario applicable for column?
 How to decide column pressure and design pressure?
 API’s referred for PSV sizing?
 What will be set point of PSV?
 What is overpressure and accumulation?
 What is PSV back pressure?
 Different type of PSV and selection criteria?
 Explain pump shutoff and blocked outlet scenario.
 How to calculate orifice area for liquid, gas and steam PSV sizing?
 What is PSV inlet and outlet pressure drop criteria?
 Explain PSV fire scenario calculation