Browsing by Author "Carmody, Chris"

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    • Dry Gas Seals: General (Installation, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Retrofitting), Controls 
      Asokan, S.P.; Srinivasan, R Sathya; Baldassarre, Leonardo; Bhat, Vasanth; Carmody, Chris; Doorenbox, Athal; Goebel, Daniel; Weegenhausen, Michael; Forsthoffer, Michael Sean; Forsthoffer, William Eugene; Woon Lip, Teo (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Suggested Topics for Dry Gas Seals Discussion group: • DGS operating characteristics • Unidirectional versus bidirectional • Seals faces and seats, O rings materials • Explosive decompression • Primary seal gas supply ...
    • Explosive Decompression And Other O-Ring Related Issues For Turbomachinery Service- Some User Guidance 
      Carmody, Chris (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
      Flexible sealing elements, typically elastomeric O-rings are commonly used to contain fluids within pressurized cavities of turbomachinery at the interfaces between adjoining components. All too often the only selection ...
    • Mechanical (Liquid) Seals: General (Installation, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Retrofitting) 
      Asokan, S.P.; Bhat, Vasanth; Carmody, Chris; Forsthoffer, Michael Sean; Forsthoffer, William Eugene; Lalithkumar, Seetharam; Morton, John; Necker, Nikolaus; Wu, Shifeng (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Mechanical seals are the most common method of sealing industrial centrifugal pumps and other rotary equipment. Although the basic concepts of a seals are simple, successfully using seals requires an understanding of the ...