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An Overview Of Hardfaced Coatings For Industrial Use
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1986)
The wear of critical pump components costs the industry millions of dollars annually. This loss can be mitigated by the use of hardfacing to minimize wear. The correct selection of a hardface coating requires an understanding ...
Pump-Pro - A Centrifugal Pump Diagnostic Expert System
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1986)
Expert systems are a part of that developing branch of computer science known as Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence, how it related to the other branches of computer science and where expert systems fit into ...
System Problem Experience In Multiple Reciprocating Pump Installations
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1986)
Installations utilizing multiple reciprocating pump equipped with common suction and discharge headers can experience severe problems including cavitation, piping vibration and fatigue failure, or destruction of pump ...
Coatings For Centrifugal Pump Components
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1986)
Coatings are used to combat wear on a number of centrifugal pump components, including wear rings, vanes, diffusers, impeller seal surfaces, and bearing areas on shafts or shaft sleeves. Their use provides a manifold ...
Power Recovery Turbines For The Process Industry
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1986)
Pumps running in reverse as turbines are often used for energy recovery applications in the hydrocarbon processing industry. Empirical methods for predicting turbine performance from known pump performance are reviewed. ...
Reverse Indicator Cold Alignment With Graphical Plotting
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1985)
An update and a demonstration of the reverse indicator alignment method with graphical plotting are presented. Hot alignment methods are not covered, but it should be clear that heat rises (falls) can be plotted directly ...
Reliability Improvement In Mechanical Seals - Analysis Of Design Considerations
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1985)
The differences between mechanical and shaft seal devices intended for high reliability and seals which were designed without reliability as the foremost consideration are examined and explained. Highlighted are such ...
Technical Features Of Large Vertical Concrete Volute Pumps
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1985)
A summary of the current technique of concrete volute pumps, a technique which is widely used in several countries (Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, the Soviet Union and, more particularly, ...
The Prediction Of Bearing Lubricant Temperatures And Cooling Requirements For A Centrifugal Pump
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1985)
A thermal analysis of a centrifugal pump bearing frame using fundamental thermodynamic and heat transfer principles is presented. This analysis enables prediction of bearing lubricant temperatures for a wide range of ...
Pump Selection And Application In A Pressurized Water Reactor Electric Generating Plant
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1985)
Various pump applications utilized in a nuclear pressurized water reactor electric generating plant are described. Emphasis is on pumps installed in the auxiliary systems of the primary nuclear steam supply system. Hydraulic ...