Browsing by Author "Dowson, Phillip"
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Dowson, David; Dowson, Phillip (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2010)In today’s marketplace the repairs of various components especially long lead items for turbomachinery equipment are an important factor for the maintaining reliability and performance of the equipment. This paper will ...
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Dowson, Phillip; Walker, Michael S.; Watson, Andrew P. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2004)The use of abradable and rub tolerant polymer seals to reduce leakage between rotating and stationary members in centrifugal compressors and steam turbines has increased over the years. Abradable materials such as mica-filled ...
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Dowson, Phillip; Rishel, Douglas M.; Bornstein, Norman S. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1995)Power recovery expander turbines in the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) process operate under certain conditions that can adversely affect their performance and operational capability or integrity. For instance, erosion ...
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Dowson, Phillip; Ross, Stephen L.; Schuster, Carl (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)Clearances between sealing devices of rotating and stationary components of turbomachinery have always been important to engineers in controlling gas leakages. One way of accomplishing this is by the use of abradable seals ...
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Dowson, Phillip; Wang, Wenchao; Alija, Agustin (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2005)In today’s marketplace, a large percentage of oil refinery, petrochemical, and power generation plants throughout the world have been trying to reduce their operation cost by extending the service life of their critical ...
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Dowson, Phillip; Bauer, Derrick; Laney, Scot (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2008)In today’s marketplace the selection of materials for the various components for centrifugal compressors and steam turbines is very competitive and an important factor in the overall cost and delivery of the product. This ...
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Dowson, Phillip; Dowson, David (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2009)Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) power recovery turbines have been in existence for over 50 years and through the year many changes have been made to design, materials, and material related processes. This paper highlights ...