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Know Your Turbomachinery’s Operating Environment!
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
Not accounting for detrimental environment factors in the design and environment degradation are two of the most common causes of Turbomachinery component failures. This paper discusses the importance of knowing the operating ...
Gas Turbine Emissions Improvements by Advances in Design, Analysis, Materials, Manufacturing, and Control Technology
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
This tutorial provides a general overview of the state of gas turbine combustion technology. Fundamental considerations for key pollutants are discussed along with techniques to control them. Since the commercial introduction ...
A New Methodology for Verifying Pressurized Start-Up of Centrifugal Compressors Driven by Direct-On-Line Electric Motor by Leveraging String Test Results and Dynamic Simulation Analysis
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
Fixed-Speed Electric Motors driving Centrifugal Compressors are designed considering the pressurized start-up as the most critical condition in terms of the torque requirement. Their capability is checked during the design ...
Worldwide Deployment of Predictive Asset Management at Air Liquide
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
Air Liquide launched an international program to monitor and assess equipment asset health, resulting in a positive step-change in availability and reliability worldwide. Using predictive analytics, potential asset failures ...
Development of New Heat Treatment Method to Impart High Creep Strength and High Toughness to Rotor Material for Condensing Steam Turbine
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
Higher temperatures in the HP section of the condensing Turbine requires rotor with high creep strength while low temperatures in the LP section require the rotor to have high toughness. The design basis for current rotor ...
Torsional Rotordynamics Of Machinery Equipment Strings
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
One of the foremost concerns facing rotating equipment users today is that of torsional vibration. In contrast to lateral
vibration, torsional vibration is rarely monitored. As a result, torsional failures can be especially ...
Development of New On-Line Wash Oil Injection System for Centrifugal Compressor
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
The process gas compressor is the most critical unit in ethylene plants and several types of contamination can often foul the
compressor flow path and plant production is significantly lost. In order to prevent this ...
Industrial Gas Turbines
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
The course covers the new advanced technology gas turbines by outlining all the major components of gas turbines, such as axial flow compressors, axial flow turbines, and dry low NOx combustors. The components of a gas ...
Compressor Controls
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
Surge Detection Logic - Trip or not on Surge Detection?
Compressor Control Redundancy Requirements
Is the primary purpose of an anti-surge valve a control or protection?
Check valve locations and their impact on ...
Gas Turbines and Associated Auxiliary Systems in Oil and Gas Applications
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
This tutorial elaborates on the various gas turbine auxiliary systems; for mechanical drive applications in oil and gas projects, from an EPC contractor perspective. The tutorial briefly introduces the basics of gas turbines ...