ABOUT HOUSE OF MIRRORS

Note to readers of House of Mirrors

The genesis of House of Mirrors was a slip of the finger during searching for a book to read on my kindle. I inadvertently clicked on what was portrayed as an erotic story, mentally seeing the words as an exotic story. What I downloaded was a truly crude bit of pornography, written in language with which I am not comfortable. It was essentially street language that described sex acts in the crudest way, using crude language. I deleted it from my kindle.

That night, I began to think that over the years I have on occasion read erotic books, beginning as a boy with D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterleys Lover and later on one with a semi-erotic theme Being There by Jerzy Kosinksi that was made into a movie starring Shirley McLane. I conflated that thought with the notion that I could write a more interesting erotic story than what I had inadvertently downloaded to my kindle. And that I could do it without using street language to describe self-love and other forms of amorous activity. I let my imagination rove and House of Mirrors is the result.

I submitted it under my pen name, Stanley Israel to VP Publications and their subsidiary sent me a contract to publish the work as a novelette. This little book is the result.

I published it under my pen name to avoid embarrassing family and friends who might be appalled that a man of my age and profession has and is capable of expressing such thoughts. If such material is offensive please do not purchase the paper back or download it for your kindle or nook.

The forthcoming, Love, Sex and Erotica deals with the same themes and people uncomortable with such material should avoid it.

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Books by Stanley Yokell

Viewers if this blog can purchase an illustrated print copy of An Old Timer’s Scuba Tales, by Stanley Yokell from Amazon.com.
Stanley Israel’s novelette, “House of Mirrors” has been published and available for purchase on kindle and nook and in paperback. Please see the post that explains the genesis of this book.

Stanley Israel’s anthology, “Love, Sex and Erotica” will be published later this year.

Stanley Israel is a pen name that Stanley Yokell has used for his book “The Ride”, published by Xlibris in 2008.

Stanley Yokell’s murder mystery “Murder at Plato House” will be published later this year.

Stanley Yokell’s book, “A Working Guide to Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers”, McGraw-Hill, 1990 is out of print but used copies may be available on Amazon.Com.

“Tubular Heat Exchanger Inspection, Maintenance and Repair” written with Carl F. Andreone remains available from McGraw-Hill and other sources.

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PayPal Enabled

Purchasers of MGT’s courses and consulting services may now pay for them using PayPal
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PRESSURE TESTING FEEDWATER HEATERS AND POWER PLANT AUXILIARY HEAT EXCHANGERS

On July 20, 2011, the ASME published online Stanley Yokell’ article “Pressure Testing Feedwater Heaters and Power Plant Auxiliary Heat Exchangers,” in the Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (Vol.133, Iss.5).

Viewers can access the article at:

URL: http://link.aip.org/link/?JPV/133/054502
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003468

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ASSURING TUBE-TO-TUBESHEET JOINT TIGHTNESS AND STRENGTH

Stanley Yokell presented his paper, “Assuring Tube-to-Tubesheet Joint Tightness and Strength“, on July 13th, 2011 at the 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM Session 3-4, Experience Driven Reliability Improvements at the ASME Power Conference held at the Marriott City Center in Denver. A Power Point presentation is available on request.

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PROCEDURE SPECIFICATIONS

MGT Inc. now offers the service of preparing various procedure specifications based on our generic specifications for the following:

Welding tubes to tubesheets whether full- or partial-strength or seal welding.

Post welding roller expanding tubes into tubesheets.

Roller expanding tubes into tubesheets when tubes are not welded to the tubesheets.

Hydroexpanding tubes into tubesheets whether post welding or with tubes not welded to the tubesheet.

Hybrid expanding tubes into tubesheets whether tubes are or are not welded to the tubesheet.

Hydrotesting Heat Exchangers and Pressure Vessels in accordance with ASME Paragraph UG-99.

Liquid Penetrant Examination of surfaces; and

Miscellaneous other procedures for Nondestructive Examinations.

Please contact Stanley Yokell at syokell@mgt-inc.com or send your inquiries to Info@mgt-inc.com for prices and availability.

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A POST ABOUT TUBE EXPANDING & % WALL REDUCTION

Stan Yokell posts technical information on his blog at http://syokellpefasme.blogspot.com/. For example a recent post discusses tube expanding and % wall reduction. Another post discuss hydrotesting and tube joint leakage and a previous post discusses API 660 and the TEMA Standards.

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COMMENTS ON API 660 & ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE TEMA STANDARDS

Many questions addressed to MGT Inc. ask for comparisons of API 660 with the TEMA Standards.

EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF API 660. The scope of API 660 excludes vacuum-operated steam surface condensers and feedwater heaters.

STANDARDS NOT IN CONFLICT. Readers should be aware that these two standards are not in conflict with each other. Indeed, Paragraph 4.2 of API 660 requires construction to conform to TEMA Class R, unless the purchasers specifies another TEMA class.

CONSTRUCTION CODE REQUIREMENTS. Because API 660 is an international standard, it deviates from the TEMA requirement for construction to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code), providing instead in its Paragraph 4.1 that the pressure design code shall be specified or agreed by the purchaser.

TUBE-TO-TUBESHEET JOINTS. With respect to tube-to-tubesheet joining, Paragraph 7.6.7 has three classifications of joints:

Strength-Welded Only
Strength-Welded and Expanded
Seal-Welded and Expanded

PARTIAL STRENGTH WELDS NOT COVERED. Users should note that API 660 does not cover Partial-Strength Welded joints as defined in Paragraph UW-20 of Section VIII Division 1 of the ASME Code.

EXPANDED TUBE-TO-TUBESHEET JOINTS. Paragrah 9.10 Tube-to-tubesheet joints subparagraph 9.10.1 of API 660 states, “If roller expanded joits are utilized, the tube wall thicknes reduction shall be in accordance with Table 4.” Table 4 provides maximum allowable wall thickness reductions of 8% for carbon steel and low alloy (9% chromium) and non-work hardening non-ferrous tubing such as admiralty brass, 6% for stainless and high-alloy and 5% for titanium and work-hardening non ferrous materials. The table allows a further increase of 2% when agreed by the purchaser.

EXPLOSIVE EXPANDING, HYDROEXPANDING, HYBRID EXPANDING. API 660 does not discuss Explosive Expanding, Hydroexpanding or Hybrid Expanding but does not specifically exclude these processes. For such processes we have found that the maximum wall reductions listed in API Table 4 apply as well.

ANNULAR GROOVES. API 660 does not address annular groove widths and depths, requiring annular grooves only to be square-edged, concentric and free from burrs.
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WALTER j. SPERKO ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF SCix

Walter J. Sperko, P.E., Fellow of the ASME has been elected Chairman of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committee’s SCIX. Subcommittee IX is responsible for the ASME Code’s Section IX.

Walter’s term is for three years

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COURSE TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGER, INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE & REPAIR UPDATED

The 2010 Edition of our copyrighted course, “Tubular Heat Exchanger, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair is now available for purchase on media. Viewers should be aware that the course notes are based on the book, “Tubular Exchanger Inspection, Maintenance and Repair”, by Carl F. Andreone, P.E., Fellow of the ASME and Stanley Yokell, P.E., Fellow of the ASME and published by McGraw-Hill in 1997. The book is currently available for purchase from major book stores.

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