Browsing by Author "de Noronha, Roberto Firmento"

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    • ASME PTC 10 Modified Test For Mechanical Assessment Of Centrifugal Compressors. 
      Miranda, Marcelo Accorsi; de Noronha, Roberto Firmento (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2007)
      The rotordynamics paragraphs of the latest version of the API 617 Standard (2002) have been thoroughly reformulated and the prevention of subsynchronous vibrations and instability phenomena are dealt with in a very ...
    • Compressor Failures due to CO2 Corrosion 
      da Silva Marques, Bruno; Guedes, Andre Varella; de Norman et d'Audenhove, Fabio; de Noronha, Roberto Firmento; Castanharo, Carlos Alexandre; Fernandes, Gabriel dos Reis (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2012)
    • Gear Box Failures Due To Bull Gear Slippage 
      de Noronha, Roberto Firmento; de Sousa, Dione Alves; de Norman et d'Audenhove, Fabio (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2010)
      Bull gears slippage in speed multiplier of compressor trains occurred on two FPSOs offshore Brazil. These events produced high impact on the amount of flared gas and also in oil production. After being called, the supplier ...
    • Vibrations in High Pressure Centrifugal Compressors of Offshore Platforms 
      de Noronha, Roberto Firmento (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2008)
      During the startup of one of the compression trains of an offshore platform, in August/2006, excessively high vibrations were observed at the high pressure compressor. The same problem was also verified one week later, ...