Browsing by Author "Turbomachinery Symposium (35th : 2006)"
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Postill, Julia; Batiste, Emile; Husbands, Selcrest (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)This case history discusses the upgrade of the #1 combination journal/thrust bearing assembly in an 80 MW turbine generator. The existing taper land thrust plates experienced frequent failures and the sleeve journal bearing ...
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Takeda, Kazuhiro; Hirano, Kengo (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)Centrifugal compressors are widely used in petrochemical industries and natural gas fields. One of the major control problems associated with these compressors is pressure fluctuation. In recent years, various control ...
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Brun, Klaus; Moore, Jeff (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)This tutorial provides an overview of the latest edition of American Petroleum Institute (API) Code API 616 (1998) and also provides a brief summary of API 614 (1999), 617 (2002), 670 (2000), 671 (1998), and 677 (1997) as ...
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Turbomachinery Symposium (35th : 2006) (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)
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Syverud, Elisabet; Brekke, Olaf; Bakken, Lars E. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)Gas turbine performance deterioration can be a major economic factor. An example is within offshore installations where a degradation of gas turbine performance can mean a reduction of oil and gas production. This paper ...
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Dugas, Johnny (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)
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Dugas, Johnny (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)
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Mitchell, Mark; Quillen, Steve C.; Pardue, E. Forrest; Hancock, Dick (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)By the mid-1990s, a large chemical company, in Kingsport, Tennessee, had over 10 years’ experience with several condition monitoring technologies, and were recognized as being technically proficient in predicting equipments ...
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Sorokes, James M.; Miller, Harry F.; Koch, Jay M. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)This work describes the potential consequences associated with operating a centrifugal compressor in overload. Nomenclature is offered to explain what is meant by overload operation, and methods that are used by original ...
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Smith, James S.; Watson, Andrew P. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)The paper will present the design, manufacturing, and testing of a high speed 10 MW permanent magnet motor and discussion of potential applications. The paper will cover from concept through design and development to the ...
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Naldi, Lorenzo; D'Ercole, Michele (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)This paper describes the steps performed by the authors’ company to validate and qualify the introduction of a new fire protection system for heavy-duty gas turbines based on water mist technology. Initially, a finite ...
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Pitkar, M. M. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)
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Davis, Frank; Agahi, Reza; Wu, Randy (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)
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Mansfield, Donald H.; Boyce, Douglas W.; Pacelli, William G. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)Steam turbines may be rerated, reapplied, or modified to meet several specific goals. This tutorial will review possible reasons for these changes, including optimizing performance, improving reliability, reducing maintenance ...
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Beer, Paul; Tessaro, John E.; Eckels, Brian; Gaberson, Paul (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)Past industrial gas compressor application have utilized existing technology to achieve high rotational shaft speeds. Direct drive high-speed gas turbines or a slow-speed electric motor coupled with a speed increasing ...
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Kumar, Arun (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)Objective: To share with users of Turbomachinery the fact that High Speed Turbomachinery with components possessing Residual Magnetism produces high shaft voltages & high current, which can lead to severe problem like high ...
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Schiffer, Donal M.; Syed, Asadullah (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)A standardized and cost-effective risk assessment toolkit is described in this paper to comprehensively analyze centrifugal compressor impellers under steady and dynamic loads. The first step in this process occurs in the ...
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Reynolds, Kevin; Hodson, J. W.; Fulton, Lynn (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)
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Bernstein, Henry L. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)Material issues are of paramount importance for the reliable and cost effective operation of gas turbine engines. Because of the high turbine temperatures, the materials degrade over time, which requires their repair or ...
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Syverud, Elisabet; Bakken, Lars E. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2006)This paper reports the results of a series of online water wash tests of a GE J85-13 jet engine at the test facilities of the Royal Norwegian Air force. The engine performance was deteriorated by injecting atomized saltwater ...