Browsing by Author "Cary, John B."

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    • General Purpose Steam Turbine Reliability. 
      Cary, John B. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)
      Several aspects of maintaining and operating small steam turbines at the A von Refinery are discussed. The discussion concentrates on areas that have historically resulted in unreliable performance and repetitive failures. ...
    • An Independent Refiner's Approach - Practical Solutions To Complex Gear Problems. 
      Cary, John B. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1990)
      Numerous failures and near failures spanning the last quarter century have occurred on a 4000 hp, single induction, double helical speed increaser in hydrogen recycle service. A persistent and unexplainable wear pattern, ...
    • Rebuilding Process Pumps To Comply With Fugitive Emissions Standards 
      Rossi, Stephen C.; Cary, John B. (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
      Most states have adopted regulations that limit fugitive hydrocarbon emissions from mechanical seals in centrifugal pumps. In California, limits as low as 100 ppm have been imposed. Users are faced with few choices to meet ...