WHAT IS FLOODING?
Flooding is an expression of the capacity of the fractionating device in a column. Flooding is evidenced by the holdup of liquid in the column. This increased liquid holdup is denoted by the increased pressure drop across the tray. As pressure drop increases with an increase in either liquid or vapor flow rate, the liquid level in the downcomer increases. Ultimately, the liquid level will reach the tray above, and if the condition persists, the whole tower fills with liquid. If an attempt is made to increase either the vapor or liquid rate when approaching the flood point, the other rate must be reduced. A flooded column is very unstable and exhibits a reduced efficiency.
Flooding is the act of repeatedly making comments in a single area with the obvious intent of overwhelming a single webpage with your commentary. Flooding can also take the form of filling a single comment or small group of comments which a huge amount of text, again with the obvious intent of overwhelming the page in question and possibly with the intent of causing substantial page load difficulties or browser crashes. These acts are considered an abuse of the system and may lead to your account being suspended or banned without warning.
We appreciate that many people have special areas of interest. However we have noticed a tendency from some members to “flood” the public area with media. Staff will reject these videos. In these situations we recommend starting a group for your media and uploading only certain media to the public areas. You are free to publicise your group(s) within the media post. Please work with us to keep the site flowing.
