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    • Active Energy Management 
      Scotland-Stewart, Tim (2017-11-13)
    • Active Lift Seal Technology Impacted On Water Injection Services 
      Morton, John L.; Attard, Joe; Evans, John G. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2005)
      Increasing environmental awareness and the ongoing need for improved reliability has seen an increase in the number of water reinjection installations, both onshore and offshore, and in particular in recent years, the use ...
    • Adaptation Of A Propylene Refrigeration Compressor With Dry Gas Seals. 
      Dugas, John R.; Tran, Bich X.; Southcott, James F. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)
      The retrofit of a 35000 hp, two-case centrifugal, propylene refrigeration compressor with tandem dry gas seals in DuPont's ethylene plant at Orange, Texas, is described. The installation of these dry gas seals is one of ...
    • Adapting Hermetically Sealed Compressor Technology To Deal With Sour And Corrosive Gases 
      Buse, Marcel; Van Aarsen, Mark; Al-Khateeb, Eyad; Al-Jughaiman, Bader (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
      The Oil & Gas industry faces increasing challenges to meet growing energy demands with the most sustainable exploration and production techniques. Compressor manufacturers have responded to these challenges with the ...
    • Adaptive Optimization of Central Chiller Plant Equipment Sequencing 
      Fiorino, D. P.; Priest, J. W. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1987-09)
      Control strategies for plant engineering systems are a contemporary research topic of great interest. Their purpose is to provide control that adapts to changes in demand and other operating conditions in order to ...
    • Adequacy Of The Flow Loop Control Of Pumps Operating In A Parallel Configuration Whenever Any Of The Pumps Are Tripped 
      Bonniard, Marcelo de C.; Von Meien, Oscar Felippe (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2008)
    • Adjustable Speed AC Motor Drives-Applications Problems 
      Enjeti, P. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1997-04)
      Adjustable speed AC drives have become the preferred choice in many industrial applications where controlled speed is required. At the same time, the maturing of the technology and the availability of fast and efficient ...
    • Adjustable Speed Drive Industrial Applications 
      Poole, J. N. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1989-09)
      Electric motors are significant users of electricity in the United States. Approximately 66 percent of the total electricity in the U.S. is used by electric motors. Electronic adjustable speed drives (ASDs) can save energy, ...
    • Adjustable Speed Drives Applied To Large Ac Induction Motor And Pump Systems 
      Cookson, Timothy J.; Lang, Nicholas G.; Thornton, Edward J. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2008)
      Adjustable speed drives (ASDs) are commonly used today in conjunction with large alternating current (AC) induction motors to drive pumps. The ASD application can provide many operational and energy conservation advantages. ...
    • Adjustable Speed Drives in the U.S. Petroleum Refining, Petrochemical, and Chemical Industries 
      Foley, D. J.; Chodorowski, A. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1993-03)
      This paper describes applications and incentives for the use of variable frequency drivers (VFD) in the petroleum refining, petrochemical, and chemical industries. VFDs are a particular type of adjustable speed driver (ASD) ...
    • Adjustable Speed- A Tool for Saving Energy Losses in Pumps, Fans, Fans, Blowers and Compressors 
      Hickok, H. N. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1985-05)
      Petroleum and chemical plants of today are effectively cutting energy losses in their plants thermally, electrically, and mechanically in their process equipment. In rotating process equipment such as pumps, fans, compressors, ...
    • Adsorptive Drying of Organic Liquids- An Update 
      Joshi, S.; Humphrey, J. L.; Fair, J. R. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1986-06)
      Removal of small amounts of water from organic liquids is normally handled by adsorption or by azeotropic distillation. The latter method is well documented and analysis or design is straightforward so long as the ...
    • Advanced Burners and Combustion Controls for Industrial Heat Recovery Systems 
      Ferri, J. L. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
      When recuperators are installed on industrial furnaces, burners and ratio control systems must continue to operate reliably under a wider range of conditions. Most currently available hot air burners use dilution air ...
    • Advanced Chemical Heat Pumps Using Liquid-Vapor Reactions 
      Kirol, L. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1987-09)
      Chemical heat pumps utilizing liquid-vapor reactions can be configured in forms analogous to electric drive vapor-compression heat pumps and heat activated absorption heat pumps. Basic thermodynamic considerations ...
    • Advanced Cogeneration Control, Optimization, and Management: A Case Study 
      Hinson, F.; Curtin, D. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
      The performance of cogeneration power plants can now be assessed on line in real time using a distributed microprocessor-based data acquisition and control system. A representative implementation is described for ...
    • Advanced Control Technique Of Centrifugal Compressor For Complex Gas Compression Processes. 
      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 ...
    • Advanced Controls for Industrial Compressed Air Systems 
      Vold, P.; Gabel, S.; Carmichael, L.; Curtner, K.; Cirillo, N. C. Jr. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1997-04)
      An integrated solution to control compressed air systems has been developed which significantly improves the quality of the compressed air, while decreasing operating expenses. Honeywell's XCEED™ compressed air system ...
    • Advanced Distillation: Programs Proposed to DOE 
      Woinsky, S. G. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
      EPRI has provided proposal preparation assistance and offered cost share funding assistance for two projects proposed in 2000. EPRI is highly interested, since this technology is applicable in all distillation systems, and ...
    • Advanced Dry Gas Seal By The Dynamic Ion Beam Mixing Technique. 
      Takeuchi, Takao; Kataoka, Tadashi; Nagasaka, Hiroshi; Katutani, Momoko; Ito, Masanobu; Muraki, Ryoji (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1998)
      Ductile materials have been used for dry gas seal mating rings to replace conventional sintered materials that have experienced occasional brittle fracture. The ductile materials require a coating to make them suitable ...
    • Advanced Fluidized Bed Waste Heat Recovery Systems 
      Peterson, G. R. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
      The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Programs, has sponsored the development of a Fluidized Bed Waste Heat Recovery System (FBWHRS) and a higher temperature variant, the Ceramic Tubular Distributor Plate ...