Browsing by Author "Brown, Royce N."

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    • API 671 - Couplings What Is The Impact On The User? 
      Brown, Royce N. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1981)
      Flexible coupling are a very small part of turbomachinery train in terms of the total capital investment. In terms of its contribution to reliability, the flexible coupling takes on a more significant role. Unfortunately, ...
    • Centrifugal Compressor Application Sizing, Selection, And Modelling. 
      Brown, Royce N.; Lewis, Richard A. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1994)
      The objective here is to build on the fan law paper presented at the Twentieth Turbomachinery Symposium [1]. The centrifugal sizing and modelling tutorial draws on the pseudo compressor stage curves presented in the fan ...
    • Critical Speeds And The Importance Of Stiffness - A Case Study In The Design And Testing Of A Large Mechanical Drive Steam Turbine To API Standard 612. 
      Bethel, Lawrence L.; Gans, Bruce E.; Brown, Royce N.; Lewis, Richard A. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1993)
      Rotordynamics has long been one of the major considerations in the design of variable speed rotating equipment. Bearing support stiffness is a significant factor in the designer's ability to predict critical speeds and ...
    • Fan Laws, The User And Limits In Predicting Centrifugal Compressor Off Design Performance. 
      Brown, Royce N. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)
      The fan laws, particularly what the limits are in their use is described. The derivation is covered very briefly. To help understand some of the fan law uses, centrifugal impeller characteristics are covered, particularly ...
    • Practical Approach to Surge and Surge Control Systems 
      Boyce, Meherwan P.; Bohannan, William R.; Gaston, John R.; Meier, Robert H.; Brown, Royce N.; Meher-Homji, Cyrus; Pobanz, Norbert E. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1983)
      This paper addresses the area of compressor stability, surge and surge control and relates to the practical aspects involved. An emphasis is placed on the physical understanding of surge phenomena and on the practical ...
    • Torsional-Damping-Transient and Steady State 
      Brown, Royce N. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1984)
      Couplings play an important role in the solution of many turbomachinery torsional problems. Due to inherently high inertias, many systems have torsional natural frequencies in the units' operating range, and operational ...
    • Turbomachinery Problems - Lube And Seal System Revisited 
      Brown, Royce N. (Texas A&M University. Gas Turbine Laboratories, 1978)
      Even an apparently well-designed lube and seal system can and will cause turbomachinery problems to occur if all operating parameters are not considered in the design of the lube and seal system. Lube and seal system design, ...