Browsing Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station by Title
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1989)The Princeton University Campus provides an excellent opportunity for evaluating energy data analysis techniques that use historical energy consumption data for the entire campus to target conservation opportunities. The ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1987-09)Cogeneration projects that are organized by developers fail to reach fruition for reasons other than the basic economical or technical soundness of the opportunity. Cogeneration development projects fail because ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; Texas A & M University. Libraries; Texas A & M University. Libraries, 2020)This paper focuses the use of additive manufacturing (AM) for the production of gas turbine (GT) combustion system components. It discusses how AM methods are being employed to improve the reliability and thermo-mechanical ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)Consider the following questions: 1. Which is bigger, a nickel or a dime? 2. Which weighs more? 3. Which is worth more? The answers are obvious: a nickel is bigger and it weighs more, but a dime is worth more. So size ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1980)An evaluation of the energy systems in a plant can be accomplished by different techniques which require different levels of effort. Three alternatives are described: Rational Analysis, Energy Audits and Energy Management ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1986-06)We have all struggled to convince management to pursue energy conservation alternatives using economic arguments such as internal rates of return, project payback, and net present value. Some have tried life cycle ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1983)Flow measurement is a complex and application related discipline. It borders on being an art rather than a science, and as such it has developed its own mystique, traditions and customs. While it is true that no meter is ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2012)Throughout many manufacturing facilities, colleges, commercial sites or industrial complexes, pressure reducing valves (PRV's) provide a cheap, reliable method to produce low pressure steam from a high pressure source in ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)Crosshead guide acceleration measurements have gained mainstream acceptance by operators of API 618 recips and now joins frame velocity as a recommended shutdown parameter in the 5th edition of the API 670 Machinery ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1984)Combustion trim control systems are utilized to maximize the combustion efficiency of a boiler. The type and cost of a fuel, as well as the size of a boiler, should be considered when selecting the type of combustion trim ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2007)
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(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1985)Wind energy has been used by man since the first ships sailed the Mediterranean Sea more than four thousand years ago. In the last two thousand years, wind has been used as a motive force to pump water for the cultivation ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2002)The use of high performance windows represents a promising opportunity to reduce energy consumption and summer electrical demand in homes and commercial buildings in Texas and neighboring states. While low-e glass coatings ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)Background: Three multistage canned vertically-suspended pumps are installed at Kerrobert, Canada to transfer crude oil. The pumps are driven by 1000 HP vertical motor at 885 RPM. Problem Statement: The installed pumps ...
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(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2009)
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2012)Energy needs to be used as effectively as possible by anticipating on the human behaviour with the purpose of providing optimal comfort. The purpose of this research is to assess the energy saving potential by sending the ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2015)
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2012)The tutorial outlines the basic concepts and offers some tips on witness testing of API 610 centrifugal pumps and API 611 steam turbines. The section on API 610 pump testing discusses performance, NPSH and mechanical run ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)The tutorial outlines the basic concepts and offers some tips on witness testing of API 610 centrifugal pumps and API 611 steam turbines. The section on API 610 pump testing discusses performance, NPSH and mechanical run ...