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Using Fault Trees To Determine The Root Cause Of Rotating Equipment Failures
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1993)
The great value of using multidisciplinary task groups to conduct root cause failure analyses (RCFA) on pump and rotating equipment failures is discussed. The RCFA method offers its users a structured means of achieving ...
Non-Utility Generation and Transmission Access in Texas
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1993-03)
Power from non-utility generators (NUG) is an important part of the generation mix in Texas. In recent years approximately 10 percent of the total sales of electricity in the state was purchased by utilities from NUGs.
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Not a Babe in the Woods: Using MotorMaster Software to Make Sophisticated Electric Motor Purchase Decisions
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1993-03)
Three-phase motors use more than half of all electricity in the United States. Energy efficient models are available in most motor classes in the 1 to 500 horsepower range, offering simple pay backs under two years. In ...
Electric Utilities' Role in Industrial Competitiveness: Going Beyond the Energy Audit
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1993-03)
This paper describes EPRI's Partnership for Industrial Competitiveness. The Partnership, comprised of over 15 EPRI member utllities, was established to help electric utilities identify, develop; and implement competitiveness ...
The Clean Air Act's Impact on Environmental Regulation and Electric Power Conservation and Production
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1993-03)
The demand for electric power in Texas is expected to grow at about 2.3 percent over the next 15 years. Utilities plan to satisfy this demand by increasing the number of power generating facilities and improving energy ...
Understanding Utility Rates or How to Operate at the Lowest $/BTU
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1993-03)
This paper is intended to give the reader knowledge into utility marketing strategies, rates, and services. Although water is a utility service, this paper will concern itself with the energy utilities, gas and ...
Lubrication And Seal Oil Systems - Common Problems And Practical Solutions.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1993)
Current technologies now make it possible to build turbomachinery without the need for a lubrication and seal oil system. However, there is an established machinery population that still requires support systems for oil ...
Reduced Shaft Stiffness Lowers Running-Speed Bearing Loads And Vibration In A Single Stage Compressor.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1993)
Turbomachines that run well above their fundamental lateral critical speeds (super-resonant), and are not heavily influenced by higher vibrational modes, can often benefit from reductions in shaft stiffness to lower the ...
Retrofit Of A Steam Turbine With Dry Gas Seals.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1993)
The solution to a chronic utility problem, with a critical natural gas compression unit, at the Ammonia plant at Du Pont's Beaumont, Texas facility, is described. The most critical problem, chronic steam leakage from the ...
A Comprehensive Cause Analysis Of A Coupling Failure Induced By Torsional Oscillations In A Variable Speed Motor.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1993)
The analysis of two compressor train coupling failures that were caused by a subsynchronous torsional resonance is discussed. These torsional failures manifested themselves as fatigue cracks that propagated across the ...