The increasing demand of higher efficiency and increased equipment compactness is pushing the modern rotordynamic design towards higher and higher bearing peripheral speeds. Due to the increased viscous dissipation, fluid ...

The residual axial thrust acting on the rotor of a centrifugal compressor is the result of the non-uniform pressure distribution on the surfaces in contact with the process gas, plus the differential pressure acting on the ...

The results of a stability test on a centrifugal compressor during the full load test of the entire compression train are presented. A Magnetic Exciter was installed at the shaft end in order to excite the first lateral ...