Browsing by Author "Drosjack, Michael J."
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Drosjack, Michael J.; Miller, Harry F.; Sorokes, James M. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2011)The machinery utilized in the Oil and Gas Industry, (Upstream, Midstream and Downstream) is undergoing very significant changes. In the past years, the use of new designs or prototype machinery was strongly discouraged. ...
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Drosjack, Michael J.; Miller, Harry F.; Sorokes, James M. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2012)The machinery utilized in the Oil and Gas Industry, (Upstream, Midstream and Downstream) is undergoing very significant changes. In the past years, the use of new designs or prototype machinery was strongly discouraged. ...
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Singh, Murari; Drosjack, Michael J. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2008)New industrial processes sometimes require equipment that either has not yet been applied to the new use or even a completely new design. In some situations, established design criteria that have resulted in reliable ...
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Root Cause Analysis Of A Long Term Reliability Problem With Reciprocating Compressors In H2 Service. Drosjack, Michael J.; O'Neill, Philip E.; Lorio, Dale V. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1998)Three large reciprocating compressors in H2 makeup service had been a chronic reliability problem for 30 years. Unit revisions greatly compounded this issue by eliminating builtin spare capacity. A Root Cause Analysis ...
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Drosjack, Michael J.; Adams, Ronald B. (Ron); Sorokes, Jim; Miller, Harry (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2013)
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Singh, Murari; Linden, David; Drosjack, Michael J. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2012)
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Christ, Timothy J.; Drosjack, Michael J.; Tanner, G. Mark (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)There are currently no-or at best, very limited-industry guidelines or requirements on which to quantify the risk associated with turbine inspection intervals. Insurance industry data indicate that steam turbines are a ...
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Drosjack, Michael J.; Felten, John W.; Seamon, George H.; Griffin, Timothy R. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)A methodology is presented to identify the most likely cause of failure for a cat cracker hot gas expander in which the “classic” failure mechanisms did not fit the evidence collected after the failure. Because the classic ...