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Advanced Mechanical Seals 201 - Demystifying Piping Plans and Support Systems
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
Mechanical seals are a critical component in the operation and reliability of centrifugal pumps and other rotating equipment. While there is a great deal of focus on the fundamentals of mechanical seal design, there is an ...
MPP Short Course: Key Features of Topside and Subsea Multiphase Pumps
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
This short course targets Rotating Equipment engineers, Process engineers, and Project engineers interested in gaining a better understanding of the unique characteristics of Multiphase Pumps. The agenda is built to go ...
Pumps 101
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
This course is aimed at engineers and technical professionals who need a broad-based introduction to basic pump selection, application, and operation. This course starts with the basics and builds to provide a full ...
Pump Cavitation - Physics, Prediction, Control, Troubleshooting
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
500 Centrifugal Pump Failures Prevented Using New Prevention Strategy
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
In a major refinery there was excessive failures of centrifugal pumps, that cost the company millions of dollars every year. A new failure prevention strategy was developed to reduce the high cost of failures.
Maintenance Philosophy
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
The Effect Of Impeller/Cutwater Clearance On Pump Vibration
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
Qualification And Optimization Of Solid Polymer Tilting Pad Bearings For Subsea Pump Applications
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
Tilting pad bearings are used extensively in high power and/or high speed pump applications. Traditional white metallined also known as babbitted tilting pad bearings are used for oil lubricated bearings. Babbitted tilting ...
Lubrication Delivery Advances For Pumps And Motor Drivers
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
A ranking order is found in the Eschmann-Hasbargen-Weigand text “Ball and Roller Bearings” (ISBN 0-471-26283-8) for oil and grease-lubed bearings. The author re-assesses this ranking with input derived from the collective ...
Acid Gas Removal Optimization With Energy Recovery
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
Acid gas removal (AGR) using a high pressure amine solvent in a contactor tower is widely used to sweeten sour gas and render it suitable for commercial distribution. Acid gas removal is also common in other applications ...