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NSCA's Financial Analysis of the Industry Report spotlights operations
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, November 7, 2007 — Business owners know competition is a fact of life. A "keeping up with the Joneses" mentality can be a useful strategy to measure yourself against others in your field. But knowing exactly what the "Joneses" are up to is key. That's where NSCA can help.
Each year, the National Systems Contractors Association conducts research to zero in on industry financial ratios. The recently released 2007 Financial Analysis of the Industry focuses on three main areas of interest: company background, balance sheet and summary information, and sales ratios.
"The Analysis is a proactive yardstick to help measure your bottom line against other like-size companies in the industry," said Senior Director of Member Services Jodi Montgomery. "It provides information on what the most profitable companies are doing. In addition, the Analysis outlines the technologies, vertical markets and sales methods that contribute to their profitability.
Company sizes were split into five different ranges — beginning with companies who earned less than $1 million a year up to one in 10 reporting gross revenues of more than $20 million. Companies that took part in the research were measured against the "best of the best;" those with the highest gross profit and those who had the highest income before taxes. A top 10 category is also included.
To further detail ratios, the study examines a company's age, U.S. region, primary sales methods, primary technological/systems focus and primary vertical markets. A few findings include:
• The singular most popular technology continues to be audio-visual presentation.
• Negotiated/direct sales account for 62.8 percent of company revenues.
• Corporate and educational markets topped all other vertical markets for total company revenue.
• A typical company has 30 full-time employees.
• Salaries were highest in the north central part of the United States.
To learn more financial information about the commercial electronic systems industry, corporate members may download the full report at: http://www.nsca.org/fai
About NSCA
NSCA is the leading not-for-profit association representing the commercial electronic systems industry. With more than 2,500 member companies worldwide, the National Systems Contractors Association is a powerful advocate of all who work within the low-voltage industry, including systems contractors/integrators, product manufacturers, consultants, sales representatives, architects, specifying engineers and other allied professionals. NSCA is dedicated to serving contractor members and all channel stakeholders through education, advocacy, outreach and member services. NSCA University offers a variety of courses on topics such as project management, business, sales, design and technical knowledge. Courses are delivered through a variety of methods including conferences, regional trainings, online learning and webinars. NSCA works in conjunction with a variety of industry partners to provide relevant and meaningful education and certification programs. It also provides leading industry research and market intelligence, insurance solutions, the industry's most comprehensive manual of practice, Essentials of Systems Integration™ and other business tools. For more information, please visit www.nsca.org.
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A friend of mine used to be in an unsigned Metal band. He told me that one of the most boring parts is copying CDs. Apparently commercial CD copy companies usually had a minimum order that was quite large, and always invented problems with whatever was sent to them, creating longer turn around and more hassle. The cost per CD was also quite high compared with burning their own on a CDR.
Instead, what he would do, is to setup his PC next to a sofa in front of the TV, and manually swap CDs, while watching TV. He said that if he managed 20 CDs per hour (on his 40x burner) he would be doing well, but tropically managed less than that.
It was of course, boring, and prone to error.
A contraption to automatically load, burn and unload CDs, like in the article, would have been much better. He could have loaded it up with 200 blanks, gone to bed and come back in the morning to find it jammed, but at least with ~100 CDs done
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A. McDONALD. I CUTTER HOLDER FOR STONE, DRESSING MACHINES Inventpr;
UNITE :STATEs ALEXANDER MCDONALD, or CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO PATENT OFFICE,
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IateritNo. 278,352, dated May 29, 1883.
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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER; McDON- ALD, of Oambridge,in the countyot'Middlesex, r of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have scribed in Letters Patent .No. 222,194, granted to me onDecember 2, 1879, the parts in question being a disk-shaped cutter, its confiningbolt, shouldered tube or sleeve, and the tubular box or bearing t'orthe reception of such sleeve, allof which are duly represented in Figure 7 of the drawings and described in the specification ot' the said patent.
In practice I have found the bolt-head liable to break off the shank and the disk cutter to revolve independently of its bolt and tubular sleeve, and, besides, I have also found it preferable to have the sleeve supported in its box by other, means than two nuts screwed on the bolt, as such nuts are liable to work loose or bind the sleeve too strongly in its bearing, such sleeve, bolt, disk, cutter, and nuts revolving together and the sleeve turning in the bearing. Furthermore, on removal ot"the nuts from the bolt there is nothing to prevent the sleeve dropping out of the bearing.
In the drawing, A denotes the disk-shapeda cutter, B thesleeve, and O the tubular box or bearing for reception of such sleeve. The
bolt for confining the disk-shaped cutter to the sleeve is shown at D as provided with a head, b,which,where within the cutter, is tapering or conical. The holding-nuts of the bolt are represented at E and F.
In carrying out my invention I make the sleeve B with a recess, a, in its head, such recess being concentric with and larger in diameter than the bore of the sleeve, and, be-
sidesextendin'g the head I) of the bolt into and through the cutter, I project it within the recess a and make such head in its part or extension 0 of a diameter larger than that of the shank-of thebolt, generally having the extension to correspond in size or shape with or about with that of the recess. By such means the bolt-head becomes supported within and by the sleeve, and cannot be separated from the shank by the cutter when at work. Furthermore, I recess both the cutter and the sleeve-head, and place within the two recesses (shown at (I and e) a dowel,f, such preventing the cutter from turning and working loose on the bolt-head. I also make the box or bearing 0 with a recess or chamber, g,iu its. upper end, and within such recess and against the upper end of the sleeve extended to the bottom of the recess, and concentrically on the bolt, I arrange or place a fiat annulus, G, which I connect to the sleeve B by screws h it, going throughthe annulus and screwed into the sleeve, all being as represented. The lower nut, F, screws against the annulus and covers the heads of the screws h h, the nut E serving as a set-nut to the nut F. The annulus G, by lapping on the box 0 and being fastened to the sleeve, sustains the sleeve, so
as to preventit from dropping out of the box, after removal of the nuts from the bolt and withdrawal of the bolt from the sleeve.
I herein make no claim to the disk-cutter supporting devices as shown in my Patent No. 222,194, as in such the bolt-carrying sleeve is not recessed to receive, the head of the confining-bolt, nor does such head extend into and through the cutter and into the sleeve.
I claim- 1..The shouldered sleeve B, having in its head the bolt-receiving recess a, in cornbina tion with the bolt D, having its head tapering where within the cutter A, and extended beyond such cutter and into and to fit within such recess, all being substantially as represented.
2. The combination of the sustaining-sleeve B, provided at one end with the bolt-headreceivin'g recess a, and at the other with the fastening-annulus G,connected to it by screws,
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Vaccination jitters abound
That finding comes as a relief, and perhaps a bit of surprise to some, following as it does on the heels of the death of Natalie Morton, 14.
Her passing initially cast doubt on the safety of immunization programs against the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), even those associated with products not made by GlaxoSmithKline.
Of course, the latest news concerning the British teen is not going to change the minds of people who are opposed to the use of vaccines on principle.
As well, even though a purported link between autism and various vaccines has effectively been proven false, people who want to blame the mysterious disorder on modern science will continue to do so. And people who don't like to be poked with needles are sure to cling to any sort of excuse that gives them a reason not to get immunized against the regular flu or H1N1 flu.
And to be fair, there are genuine -- but generally reasonably acceptable -- risks associated with some vaccines.
Furthermore, some people should be immunized and some people should not -- depending on their medical circumstances.
The confusion surrounding immunization programs for the regular flu and H1N1 this fall has made it more difficult than ever for ordinary Canadians to know what to do concerning vaccinations.
All anyone can really suggest is that the public pay close attention to information put out by reputable sources, such as physicians and health regions.
News that many health professionals are not planning to get immunized against the flu, however, is indeed a little perplexing. In case you missed it, a recent report from Toronto Public Health, shows that for the past three years, flu shot uptake rates among staff of Toronto's hospitals and long-term care facilities have been lower than the provincial median rates.
The median rate among acute care hospitals in Toronto was 42 per cent, and 55 per cent among the staff of complex continuing care hospitals.
That means Ontario health professionals are putting patients at risk. Their refusal to get immunized makes little sense.
Then again, believe it or not, when the SARS epidemic hit the Ontario capital, some nurses there refused to report for duty. That truly is scandalous and one can only hope that nurses in Alberta would not behave similarly if such an outbreak ever strikes here.
For the record, Alberta Health Services strongly recommends that seniors, people with chronic medical conditions, children between the age of six and 23 months and pregnant women get the seasonal vaccine. When the H1N1 vaccination is ready, people should get that shot as well -- even if they've already had the seasonal shot.
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Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 15, 2009 A10
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Excellent story, I really enjoyed the style of your writing. Not to mention that Nightwing is my favorite hero. Good job!
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I like Zauriel, he is so sweet. A angle in the Eagle host since the beginning of time and he is still so niave about it all. The way you had these characters interact was grand. It woulf be nice if you did this with some moe of the characters. Couldn't you just see him having a heart to heart with Batman or Robin the I?
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Well I went to rookies on Saturday night we all go to sing karaoke only to find out they only do dance music now on Saturdays kind of upsetting the there was a girl DJ and she played so awesome music so it was not all bad. Kinda nice to see a girl DJ. now the down side!!!! there was a bartender if that's what you could even call him I think his name was karl or kent I am not sure but red head guy .....we waited for our drinks for over 20 min as he talked and joked with a lady at the bar at one point they were trowing paper back and forth at each other while a crowd of people sat and waited I later found out that it was his girlfriend or wife as they were talking about her being pregnant! Pregnant in a bar real classy! He would serve a few drinks and then go right back over to talk to her we were so upset by this we left. That place gets busy and they only have one bartender and on cocktail waitress they should at least have 2 bartenders and ones that actually do their jobs!! PS bring back karaoke on Saturday.
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By Kelley Barnes, Director of HR
If you have a 'Joe Fraser type' in your company, then you know how lucky you are.
What do I mean by that – a 'Joe Fraser type'? In this case, it means to have that outgoing, social personality who also has the uncanny ability to get things done. In the offices of PetRelocation, in addition to being the point of contact for a number of our corporate accounts, Joe is the driving force behind our well-attended, regular monthly outings to experience Austin culture and fun. (Of course it doesn't hurt that our offices are one block over from Austin's legendary Sixth Street Entertainment District).
Joe is someone we can always rely on to have a smile on his face and to generally rally the troops when a cheerleader is needed. It's clear he draws on his skills in Improv and Comedy on a daily basis. It's also no accident that he sits next to the office gong.
For Joe and the other members of our Corporate Accounts team, the end of February is the start of high season. More and more requests will come to us for clients who are being moved around the world by their companies during the start of summer as they plan ahead for the big life change.
Before things get hectic for Joe, he was able to take a few minutes to answer the profile questions below. I hope his answers will bring a smile to your face as they did to mine.
Why did you decide to apply to PetRelocation initially?
I applied for the Sales Consultant role right before I got married in 2011. At that time, I was managing a Segway tour company in downtown Austin. While it was one of the most fun jobs I had ever had, it didn't provide me the means to provide my soon-to-be wife the life that she needed. So I was searching for a "cool job" that paid more than the Segway job and also had benefits. When I found PetRelocation, everything just fell into place. February 1, 2015 marked my 3-year anniversary with the company.
What's your first memory of working at PetRelocation?
My first memory of PetRelocation in general is when I interviewed for the job and had to give the presentation. I was so nervous that I showed up for the interview 1.5 hours early, so I sat in my car and gave the presentation to my steering wheel for an hour. It ended up paying off because the presentation went very well. After I finished, the CEO told me that I basically got the job. So when I left the office, I did Kung Fu kicks all the way to my car. Little did I know, all of the windows on the building face the street that I kicked my way down…
Joe's dogs Django & Gypsy
What's your favorite client story?
My favorite client story was when I moved a Ball Python named Jesus for a corporate client. I was nervous throughout the entire process because snakes are so sensitive. I was afraid that something would go wrong and I would be "the guy who lost Jesus." Fortunately, the move went off without a hitch and Jesus was safely reunited with his family.
What was your most challenging move/client?
My most challenging move to date was for a 13-year old epileptic Yellow Lab from the US to the Dominican Republic. The dog was so large that she required a custom travel crate in order to meet international airline standards. The size of kennel required ended up being too large to fit on any standard commercial aircraft that serviced Santo Domingo. The result is that we had to drive the dog to Miami and take a cargo flight to Santo Domingo before driving 3 hours to the client's home. Fortunately, all went well and Molly is now home safe with her family!
You started as a Sales Consultant and moved into Corporate Accounts. What is different about the two roles?
The difference between the consulting role and managing accounts really comes down to the types of clients you are dealing with. When working with clients on the web, anyone can "walk into our store" and request service. These clients come from all types of situations, backgrounds and locations, which always kept me guessing before each call. When managing the accounts, we are typically dealing with high-level corporate executives, HR professionals and 3rd party relocation companies. So in the corporate business, I must be accountable to two or more parties for each move and there are no set "regions" of the world that I work with. But I love that account management keeps me on my toes!
What do you think will change about pet travel in the next five years?
I think that the major changes in pet travel in the next five years will come from the airlines and government organizations of the world. The western attitude towards pets is rapidly spreading to countries all over the world and more people are moving pets internationally than ever. I believe this will spur more and more airlines to implement pet safe programs so as to cash in on this industry trend. I also believe that the governing bodies of the world will begin working to standardize import requirements across the world. This will allow pets to travel more freely by streamlining airline and country import requirements.
Joe and his wife Emily
What do you wish other people knew about the company?
I wish people knew what a small group that we are. From the outside looking in, we look like a multi-million dollar corporation that moves an unfathomable amount of pets around the world. In reality, we are 30 committed pet-shipping professionals changing peoples' lives in a way that has never been done before.
What's your best hidden talent?
My best hidden talent is my skill at singing R&B karaoke. I love getting up on stage, pretending to be nervous and watching people immediately assume that I am going to sing country music or be a poor performer. Then Brian McKnight kicks on and I blow their expectations out of the water. #KaraokeSwag
What do you like to do when you aren't working?
When I'm not working, I like to spend time with my wife and two little Chihuahuas. During the warmer months here in Texas, you can find us floating the river, diving into Central Texas' many swimming holes and attending the endless number of festivals in the Austin area. From SXSW to The Texas Renaissance festival, from Carnaval Brasileiro to the X Games, we do it all and enjoy the Austin lifestyle to the fullest.
What was the last book you read for fun? What did you enjoy about it?
The last book I read was Clive Barker's Coldheart Canyon. I am a lover of everything Horror (movies, books, etc.), so Clive Barker and I are old buddies. I love the imagery he uses to paint a picture in my mind of the hellish nightmares in his novels.
Hollywood wants to make a movie about your life. Who do they cast to play you?
Hugh Jackman... obviously. :)
Read more about Joe and the rest of the PetRelocation team here. Want to work at PetRelocation? Take a look at our current open positions.


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Mitchell's political and ecological tirades have never sat well with an audience that idolizes her for her frustrated romantic confessions of yore. "Shine" won't satisfy that lot, but it's a welcome return to songwriting after a pair of bloated orchestral projects. Yet while Mitchell poignantly articulates disdain for careless modern living and rage at war's brutality, the hollow, largely keyboard-generated arrangements and overall chilly digital recording detracts from her startling observations. Using programmed beats makes "Hana" and "Night of the Iguana" sound tinny.


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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel and Hamas have exchanged messages through Egypt after a rise in tensions along the Gaza border, the Al-Quds newspaper reported Saturday.
Israel bombed the Gaza Strip early Wednesday after militants fired rockets toward southern Israel following the death of a Palestinian with cancer in Israeli custody.
Israel's airstrikes were the first since it agreed to an Egypt-mediated ceasefire with Hamas in November.
Through Cairo, Israel relayed that it holds Hamas responsible for all attacks from the Gaza Strip, Al-Quds reported.
Israel also informed Hamas that it would respond to every ceasefire violation with military action and by restricting crossings and the permitted fishing zone, the report said.
Israel said Hamas should inform Egyptian mediators if it is unable to control the Gaza Strip in order to reconsider the ceasefire.
Hamas responded to Israel's messages, also via Cairo, and said it had tightened control of its border areas and informed all factions to abide by the ceasefire.
Hamas said it had arrested Salafi militants responsible for firing rockets at Israel, Al-Quds reported.
According to the report, Hamas informed Cairo that it cannot exercise complete control of Gaza, especially after the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh in Israeli custody.
However, the Islamist movement said it was working hard to control the situation and asked Egyptian authorities to request Israel refrains from further attacks on the Gaza Strip.
On Thursday, the interior ministry in Gaza denied claims by a Salafist group that its members were arrested by Hamas forces for firing rockets at Israel.
Interior ministry spokesman Islam Shahwan denied there had been any "arrests for resistance to the enemy (Israel)," saying such action would "not help national consensus (unity)."
"Our security apparatus is part of the resistance and does not arrest anyone who resists the occupation. On the contrary, we encourage resistance," Shahwan said.
A Salafist source told AFP that Hamas's "internal security apparatus in the last two days arrested two mujahedeen. One was released after several hours. The other is still detained."
The source said it was part of a "campaign to pursue Salafists after the targeting of Israel with rockets."
The Mujahedeen Shura Council said it fired rockets at Israel on Tuesday in response to Abu Hamdiyeh's death.
In a statement Thursday, the group urged "the rational-minded in Hamas to pressure its security to release Salafists."
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06/04/2013 15:53
So now we can see that Hamas is no different from Fatah - they obey orders from Jerusalem and are afraid to be punished. They like only two things - money and power, even just over Gaza. And as long as they have such beloved power they agree to forget about "resistance", "liberation of Palestine" and palestinian terrorists in jails. What a jerks. Sorry - not jerks, but "freedom fighters".
2 ) Outsider / EU
06/04/2013 15:58
Good, let the two sides talk - even indirectly. It would be stupid to have another conflict due to lack of communication.
3 ) Robby / USA
06/04/2013 20:02
Too bad all conflicts can't be solved this way.
4 ) Robby / USA
06/04/2013 20:05
1 ) Two / Things - The residents of Gaza should be the number one priority of HAMAS. Boasting about the "resistance" and being "freedom fighters" sounds really cool but accomplishes very little for the health and welfare of their people. If this stops further violence it is the RIGHT THING TO DO.
06/04/2013 20:10
Good thing they won the war!!
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06/04/2013 23:49
It funny how over 100 Israeli violations of the ceasefire with sniper fire and attacks on fisherman, famers, incursions, flyovers, etc. go completely unpunished - and there is no accountability for Israel whatsoever. The 'ceasefire' isn't worth the paper it is not printed on.
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07/04/2013 00:16
The Mujahedeen Shura Council said it fired rockets at Israel on Tuesday in response to Abu Hamdiyeh's death. In a statement Thursday, the group urged "the rational-minded in Hamas to pressure its security to release Salafists."" they should be sent to jail
8 ) Joe Z / UK
07/04/2013 12:29
'Israel' will respond to every ceasefire violation with a militart action? They already violated the ceasefire themselves over a hundred times with no Palestinian action triggering it. What a joke.
9 ) @ Robby-4 / USA too
07/04/2013 16:08
a- Hamas is more interested in killing Jews, so that they leave the region, than "the health and welfare of the people" living in Gaza, and b- HAMAS WILL NEVER CONSIDER "the right thing to do", which is to accept A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE BECOMING A PERMANENT PEACE, SINCE THAT MEANS JEWS WILL NEVER LEAVE THE REGION.
10 ) Robby / USA
07/04/2013 23:43
9 ) @ Robby-4 / USA too - I understand that is the HAMAS has acted in the past, lets hope you are wrong about the future.
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Powdery Mildew on winter squash...Pick them?
Should I go ahead and pick my winter squash now that the leaves and stalks are getting powdery mildew? Will it hurt the squash to leave them a little longer? I think they're about ready anyway... Of course, I have little idea of what I'm talking about, since I'm a relatively inexperienced gardener, but they look about right. We're due for some sunny days, so I could separate them from the plant and leave them so the skins harden/cure. A lot of what I read says they're mature when the skins can't be cut with a fingernail. I am afraid to try that in case they're not really ready and I'll introduce a hole that might prevent them from lasting in storage...?
We're in maritime Western Washington and probably a month (or more?) from frost.
Don't worry about the powdery mildew hurting your squashes. The winter squashes I have that have come from infected plants have lasted just as long in storage. Although, I would try to fight the powdery mildew because you really want to make sure they are ripe and given a change to grow all they will.
Don't worry about any holes from your fingernail. It will not go deep enough to harm the fruit and should scar over quite fine and should not have an impact on storage.


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We told you yesterday about the swift and commendable response of the Arlington Police Department to acts of vandalism that included anti-LGB slurs on a same-sex couple's car.
The actions of the APD are commendable and deserve broad recognition. It's a shining example of the system working and those entrusted with protecting us doing just that. It also sends a strong message that everyone – regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity – deserves to feel safe and respected in their communities.
The Dallas Morning News is on the story as well, explaining why police are recommending the DA pursue charges under Texas' hate crimes protections:
Most significantly, one of the victims appeared to have been chosen "based upon bias and prejudice related to their sexual orientation," according to the cops.
These hatemongers did not take into account two things. The first is that Arlington police, to their credit, took this very seriously from the very beginning. The second is that the investigation quickly discovered that the crime had been captured on "excellent" surveillance video, which made the identification of the suspects pretty easy.
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Sept. 25, 1962 F. F. A. BRACONIER ET AL 3,055,957
PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS FilecLJune 3, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept. 25, 1962 F. F. A. BRACONIER ET AL PROCESS AND APPAR OR PRODUCTION OF ATUS F ED HYDROCARBONS UNSATURAT 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 5. 1958 u Z /iniiiii ATTORNE Sf Sept. 25, 1962 F. A. BRACONIER ET AL- 3,055,957 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS Filed June 3, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 United States Belgium Filed June 3, 1958, Ser. No. 739,605 Claims priority, application Austria June 8, 19 57 7 Ciaims. (Cl. 26t)--679) This invention relates to a process for the thermal treatment of hydrocarbons and to furnaces for executing this process, and more particularly for preparation of unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as acetylene, ethylene and other olefines.
It is known that said unsaturated hydrocarbons can be produced by heating more saturated hydrocarbons for a very short time at high temperatures, either in the gaseous state or as liquids if finely dispersed, e.g., by spraying.
It is also known that to heat the hydrocarbons for pyrolysis, they may be introduced into the hot combustion gases of a flame. To promote high concentration of acetylene, or desired olefine, in the product gases, the dilution of the pyrolysis gases with inert gases is kept as low as possible. For this purpose, the burner is conveniently fed on one hand with oxygen containing only a small quantity of other gases, mostly nitrogen, and on the other hand with a fuel having a high caloric value, preferably a hydrogen-rich gas (e.g., more or less pure hydrogen, coke oven gas, etc.). The Water vapor formed by combustion of the hydrogen is readily condensed and separated from the pyrolysis gases.
In most of the previously proposed processes, the furnaces employed are of circular type, in which the fuel and the comburent gases (i.e., the combustion-supporting gases), after being separately led through concentric pipes, are mixed at the discharge point, outside the burner, with formation of a flame in the combustion chamber. The hydrocarbons to be pyrolyzed are then transversely or tangentially injected into the hot combustion gases of said flame; and, under the effect of the high temperatures there encountered, they are decomposed into unsaturated hydrocarbons. This decomposition takes place in the pyrolysis chamber, and is terminated at the end of said chamber by quenching, advantageously by a transverse water spray.
The present invention is an improvement on such processes, particularly from a thermal point of view.
In particular, the combustion reaction is carried out in a combustion chamber under conditions as adiabatic as possible with a minimum oxygen consumption.
To obtain this result, the following conditions are observed:
Preheatin'g the fuel and comburent gases at the highest feasible temperature;
Introducing said reagents into the combustion chamber under such flow rates and directions that mixing is substantially instantaneous and homogeneous, requiring consequently the least possible reaction time and allowing the use of a chamber having a small volume;
Reducing the losses of reaction heat through the walls of the combustion chamber.
When trying to meet these conditions, very high reaction speeds are easily obtained, with turbulence effects, which permit very small volume chambers. On the other hand, some very diflicult problems arise in the design of the combustion chamber, which has to resist very high temperatures while limiting as much as possible heat loss through the walls.
The radiation of the intense flame onto the walls and atent 1 3&55357 Patented Sept. 25, 1962 the turbulence inside the combustion chamber are so high that the refractory materials generally used for the construction of said walls would exfoliate rapidly. Metallic walls externally cooled With water do not offer a solution for the problem because of the high heat losses.
It is an object of this invention to overcome such shortcomings and to obtain conditions which substantially avoid caloric loss from the gases in the combustion chamber.
The process now to be used for making the unsaturated hydrocarbons from more saturated hydrocarbons according to this invention, comprises forming one or more rings of oxy-hydrogen flames projected in a direction parallel with the axis of the combustion chamber. By a further feature of invention, the walls are protected inside by a gaseous screen, particularly a screen of water vapor at a high temperature. Another gas having, like water vapor, an important absorption power for the radiation, may be used; but the separability of water by condensation, and its other properties, make water uniquely advantageous for this purpose.
The fuel gas and the oxygen are preheated to a high temperature adapted to reduce the oxygen requirements as much as possible and to obtain flames at very high temperature. Each of the preseated reagents is introduced into the combustion chamber through a series of perforations of small diameter arranged on a circle, each perforation for the introduction of the fuel gas is paired with (i.e., is counter-positioned to and in a common plane with) a perforation for the introduction of oxygen, whereby the resulting jets actually impinge.
These impinging jets of the reactive gases converge at an angle of at least The said perforations for these jets, moreover, have such dimensions that the gases have high outlet flow rates and substantially equal momenta.
With such disposal of the perforations for introducing the reaction gases, there results a circular series of elementary burners in each of which the mixing is realized in an efiicient and homogeneous way, very near but outside the gas distributor. The very short elementary flames of said burners merge into a substantially continuous and very short ring of flame, propagating in a direction parallel with the axis of the combustion chamber, but not contacting directly the inner wall of said chamber By thus concentrating the energy produced by said flames within a small chamber under substantially adiabatic conditions, the heat losses are reduced, but the inside Wall of said chamber would be subjected to a heavy radiation, were it not protected so as to avoid rapid deterioration. This protection is achieved with a ring of a vapor which acts as a radiation-protecting screen, and the inner wall is thus under good conditions of thermal resistance.
For the best efficiency of said screen, Water vapor is injected at high temperature as a continuous, homogeneous and full sheet, along the Walls of the combustion chamber.
In addition to its function as a thermal screen, water vapor may serve other advantages with respect to the yield and the economy of the pyrolysis process. Thus, it may transform a portion of the carbon monoxide of the combustion gases into carbon dioxide, which is more easily separated from the pyrolysis products. Without modifying the amount of the available calories, it makes it possible to cool the combustion gases, if their temperature is too high for the intended reaction, e.g., the production of ethylene or other olefines.
The nature and the advantages of this invention will be more apparent from the following description and the schematic representations in the example shown in FIG- URES 1 to 4.
FIGURE 1 is a section through an annular furnace for .for exit of the steam and an 12 and 12', with high the production of unsaturated hydrocarbons by injecting the hydrocarbons to be pyrolyzed into a flame ring.
FIGURE 2 shows, on a larger scale and in isometric view, a fragment of the furnace of FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 3 shows schematically a distributor adapted to be used in a large capacity furnace.
FIGURE 4 is a section through another type of furnace having a large capacity.
The annular furnace of FIGURE 1 comprises the distributor 1, the combustion chamber 2, and the pyrolysis chamber 3. Both chambers 2 and 3 have a continuous refractory wall 4. Pipes 5 and 6 provide for separately introducing the fuel gas and the oxygen through concentric annular conduits 7 and 8, each formed of spaced, concentric sleeves, passing through the distributor 1, for introducing these gaseous reagents in the combustion chamber 2. Pipe 9 feeds the hydrocarbon to be pyrolyzed through an annular header 9 and feed ports 22 in the chamber wall. Spray device 10 supplies water for quenching the pyrolysis gases and thus terminating the pyrolysis reaction.
On the inside of the combustion chamber, the distributor 1 is provided with an annular groove 11, coaxial with the pyrolysis furnace. The concentric rings 7 and 8 are fitted into corresponding slots in the distributor 1; and the sides of the groove 11, inclined to form an angle of not more than 90, are perforated with holes 12 and 12 which connect said slots and the annular conduits 7 and 8 with the combustion chamber 2.
FIGURE 2 shows, on a larger scale, a part of this annular groove 11.
The diameter of said holes 12 and 12 is such that:
(1) Each of the fluids has a high outlet flow rate, advantageously in the range 100-200 m./sec.; and
(2) The momenta of both fluids coming out from the adjacent counter-positioned holes 12, 12' are substantially identical.
A cooling system may be provided to protect the distributor 1 from adverse eflects of the intense radiation of the flame in the combustion chamber. This is illustrated in the drawings by the pipes 13 and 14 through which cold water is circulated to and from the annular passages .15 and 16, and the pipes 17 and 18, through which cooling water circulates to and from the central water jacket 17 in the distributor 1.
An annular steam distributor ring 19 is provided on the wall 4 below the distributor 1. A narrow slit 20 provides annular guide 21 directs the superheated steam along the refractory wall 4 of the combustion chamber 2, thus thermally protecting said wall.
Perforations 22 for injecting said hydrocarbon from feed pipe 9 are positioned at the top of the pyrolysis chamber, below the combustion chamber.
Preheated hydrogen, or hydrogen-rich gas, and oxygen are fed through pipes 5 and 6 and concentric conduits 7 and 8, into combustion chamber 2 through the perforations outlet flow rates and substantially equal momenta.
These gas flows impinge on one another, coming together at an angle of at least 90. This provides eificient and homogeneous mixing with the formation of a ring of short flames extending in the direction of the axis of the combustion chamber, thus making it possible to use a chamber with a small volume.
The energy produced by said flames is concentrated and the heat losses are reduced, but it is advisable to thermally protect the wall 4 of the combustion chamber 2 with a screen of water vapor, which is injected as a ring through slit 20 and along guide 21.
At its bottom, the combustion chamber is open to the pyrolysis chamber. Here, the super-heated steam of the protecting screen, passing into and through the pyrolysis chamber, is mixed with the hydrocarbon injected through the perforations 22 transversely to the direction of said steam flow.
The hydrocarbon is pyrolyzed in chamber 3 into acetylene and/ or ethylene or other olefines under the effect of the high temperature. The resulting pyrolysis gases are quenched at the bottom of chamber 3 by transversely injecting cold water through a sprayer 10.
This type of furnace is particularly suitable for average capacities for the production of pyrolysis gas; but even for greater capacities, the principle of the flame rings and the water vapor protection screen with a relatively small combustion chamber may be also applied.
According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of this invention, the burner may comprise several pipes feeding oxygen and hydrogen so that several concentric flame rings are formed in the combustion chamber. By way of example, FIGURE 3 shows such a burner and furnace, for which that principle has been used.
The reference numbers have the same signification in FIGURE 3 as in FIGURE 1. The fuel gas and the oxygen are fed through pipes 7 and 8, and come into the three annular grooves 11 through a series of opposite perforations 12 and 12', thus forming at the outlet of distributor 1, in the combustion chamber 2, three rings of flame. The wall 4 of the combustion chamber is protected from the radiation of the flames by a screen of water vapor originating from the collector 19 and passing through the slot 20 and along the guide ring 21.
According to a modified embodiment, water vapor may be additionally fed into the combustion chamber through a series of perforations distributed between the annular notches 11, so as to form additional rings of water vapor between the flame rings. Consequently, the thermal conditions and the reaction state are more homogeneous in each cross section of the combustion chamber, in which the combustion gases are located.
Another embodiment of this invention, which is particularly advantageous for the realization of industrial units with a large production, comprises using an annular furnace, such as is schematically represented, by way of example, in FIGURE 4.
The combustion chamber 2 is annular and situated between the side wall 4 and the annular ring 23', it is provided with a wall 24 of refractory ceramic or metallic material, and it is cooled with cold water circulating in jacket 25.
The fuel gas and the oxygen fed through the pipes 7 and 8, respectively, are intimately mixed in the annular groove 11, at the outlet of distributor 1, forming a ring of oxyhydrogen flames in the annular combustion chamher 2. The Walls 4 and 24 of said combustion chamber are protected from the radiation of the flame ring by screens of water vapor originating from the collectors 19 and 26, respectively, injected through slits 20 and 27 and guided by the annular plates 21 and 28.
The hydrocarbon to be pyrolyzed is injected into the superheated steam leaving the combustion chamber 2, through a series of perforations 22 and 22, distributed on two concentric and annular rings situated on the periphery of the combustion chamber 2 and on the central ring 23, respectively. The hydrocarbons are fed to these perforations in two separate streams through pipes 9 and 9'. By thus directing jets of the hydrocarbon to be pyrolyzed against one another and transversely to the direction of the flow of the overheated water vapor, a complete mixing of the reactant gases is obtained.
The pyrolysis gases are quenched by transversely injecting water through the sprayers 10 and 10'.
This type of annular furnace, with one or several flame rings is particularly advantageous, since it makes it possible to treat important quantities of the hydrocarbons to be pyrolyzed under homogeneous operating conditions, as well in the combustion chamber as in the pyrolysis chamber, even in furnaces of large dimensions. In fact, if one uses central rings 24 of diameter depending on that of the furnace (i.e., greater when the diameter of the furnace is greater), the conditions for penetrating and diffusing the gaseous hydrocarbons into the combustion gases can be kept the same.
It is to be understood that the abovedescribed examples are given for the purpose of illustrating the invention and its principles and showing others skilled in the art how it may be used to advantage and it may be also modified. Thus, water may be injected along the walls of the combustion chambers, said water being evaporated under the effect of the high temperatures of said chambers, and forming a thermal screen. This operating method is particularly interesting when it is desired to cool the combustion gas for the pyrolysis of hydrocarbons into olefines.
The following examples are illustrative:
Example 1 The furnace represented in FIGURE 1 is used for the simultaneous production of 2 tons/day of acetylene and 2.5 tons/day of ethylene. The combustion chamber 2, delimited by the distributor 1 and the wall 4, both of refractory material, has an internal diameter of 140 mm. and a height of 160 mm. Distributor 1 comprises an annular notch 11, the sides of which are each inclined on 45, while being provided with 24 perforations 12' with a diameter of 7 mm., said perforations being distributed on a ring with a diameter of 104 mm., and with 24 perforations 12 of 4.5 mm., distributed on a ring with a diameter of 66 mm.
Coke oven gas, preheated to a temperature of 450 C. and having the following composition:
Percent by volume is fed with a throughput of 5,200 Nm. /day (cubic meters per day, calculated to normal conditions, i.e., 0 C. temperature and 760 mm. pressure), through pipe 6 and annular passage 8, and is introduced in the combustion chamber through perforations 12'. 96% pure oxygen, also preheated to 450 C., enters the combustion chamber 2 by passing through pipe 5, annular passage 7 and perforations 12, its throughput being at the rate of 4800 Nmfi/day.
When entering the combustion chamber, said gaseous reagents interpenetrate, meeting at an angle of 90, and igniting to form a flame ring. The latter, propagating in a direction parallel with the axis of the combustion chamber, is surrounded within the wall 4 of said chamber, by a screen of water vapor at 700 C., coming from the distributor 19 with a throughput of 8 metric tons/ day and under a gauge pressure of 2 kg./cm. The slit 20* is 1 mm. in width.
The perforations 22 are 160 mm. below the distributor 1. 4070 Nm. /day of a propane-butane mixture, preheated at 350 C. and having the following composition:
Percent by volume Propane 82.3 Butane 15 .3 Butene 2.4
For treating larger quantities of gas, an annular furnace as represented in FIGURE 4 is advantageously used.
The annular chamber 2 surrounds a central ring 23 75 having a diameter of 200 mm. The chamber 2 is limited by a refractory wall 4 at a distance of 70 mm. from the refractory wall 24. It is 1 60 mm. in height between the distributor 1 and the devices 22 and 22' for injecting the hydrocarbons to be pyrolyzed.
The coke oven gas, fed through pipe 8, is introduced in the combustion chamber through 100 perforations 12 having a diameter of 7 mm. and distributed on a circle having a diameter of 294 mm. Oxygen is fed through pipe 7 and introduced through 100 perforations 12, each having a diameter of 4.5 mm., and distributed along a circle of 246 mm. diameter.
The refractory walls 4 and 24 of the combustion chamber are thermally protected with water vapor injected under pressure of 2 kg/cm. through the slits 20 and 27, each of 1 mm. width.
By using 16,800 Nmfi/day of coke oven gas heated to 450 C. (having the same composition as that given in the preceding example), 22,800 Nm. /day of oxygen at 700 C. (actual volume is greater by the amount of impurities as this is calculated on the basis of 100% oxygen) and 3.2 metric tons/day of vapor at 700 C., a pyrolysis gas containing 8 metric tons/day of acetylene and 9.25 tons/day of ethylene (calculated on dry gas) is obtained by injecting 19,000 Nmfi/day of a mixture preheated at 350 C. and comprising 82.3% by volume of propane and 15.3% by volume of butane (the remainder being butene).
What We claim is:
1. A furnace for production of acetylene, ethylene, or other olefines by pyrolysis of more saturated hydrocarbons which comprises annular conduits for feeding, respectively, fuel and comburent gases, a distributor for said gases, a combustion chamber and a pyrolysis chamber, said combustion chamber having a small volume, said distributor being provided, on the face thereof adjacent to said combustion chamber, with an annular groove coaxial with said combustion chamber and with the annular conduits for feeding the gaseous reagents, the sides of said groove diverging at an angle not greater than and having small perforations connecting said groove with said annular conduits, said perforations communicating with the conduit for introducing one of the gases being paired with corresponding perforations for introducing said other reactive gas, a steam distributor ring adjoining the combustion chamber and spaced from the inner periphery thereof adjacent to the distributor for reactive gases, said steam distributor being provided with a narrow slit for injecting steam longitudinally adjacent the wall of the combustion chamber.
2. A furnace according to claim 1, wherein the combustion chamber is annular, being provided throughout its length with a central core.
3. A furnace according to claim 2, wherein the wall of the central core is provided with passages for circulating coolant, and a steam distributor ring is provided therein adjacent the distributor for the reactive gases whereby the core is externally protected by a screen of water vapor.
4. A furnace according to claim 1, wherein the distributor for the reactive gases is provided, on its side toward the combustion chamber, with several of said concentric annular grooves and between them are provided steam distributor rings for flowing a curtain of steam around the rings of flame formed by the perforations in said grooves.
5. In a process for pyrolysis of saturated hydrocarbons for the production of unsaturated hydrocarbons by rapid heating in a combustion chamber by the hot combustion gases of a fuel gas flame therein, the steps which comprise separately introducing into said combustion chamber at one end thereof said fuel gas and a comburent gas for forming said flame, each of said gases being introduced in a plurality of pairs of separate streams at flow rates of about -200 ma/sec. and with substantially equal momenta and each said pair including a stream of said fuel gas and a separate stream of said comburent gas impinging on each other at an angle of at least 90 C. and at a point axially spaced from said end of said combustion chamber, said plurality of pairs of separate streams being distributed within said combustion chamber so that said points of impingement of said separate streams form a generally circular configuration across said combustion chamber and inwardly spaced from the periphery thereof, igniting said fuel and comburent gases at said points of impingement of said separate streams thereof forming a ring of a plurality of short flames which extend axially of said chamber and inwardly spaced from both said end of said chamber and said periphery thereof for concentrating the heat energy produced by all said flames axially of said chamber and away from the periphery thereof, injecting said hydrocarbon to be pyrolyzed radially into said combustion chamber and into said hot combustion gases from said ring of flames therein at a point spaced axially of said combustion chamber from said ring of flames therein for pyrolyzing said hydrocarbon with the heat from said ring of flames, and quenching the products of the pyrolysis reaction for arresting said pyrolysis at a point in said combustion chamber where pyrolysis of said injected hydrocarbon by heat from said ring of flames has achieved pyrolysis production of said unsaturated'hydrocarbon.
6. A process as recite also introduced into sai said ring of flames adjacent sai screen of heat-insulating vapor products of said flames, and vapor flowing a for enclosing combustion References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Metzger Nov. 7, 1939 Hartwig et al Oct. 23, 1951 Jones Mar. 16, 1954 Mullen et al Oct. 16, 1956 Cunningham Sept. 3, 1957 Braconier et a1. Feb. 4, 1958 Fox Jan. 13, 1959 Hale et al Jan. 13, 1959 Kircher et a1. Mar. 15, 1960 Schultz Mar. 22, 1960 Krause et al June 14, 1960 FOREIGN PATENTS Belgium Dec. 9, 1953 d in claim 5 in which there is d combustion chamber around d end of said chamber a maintaining said screen of Xially of said chamber and between said
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