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Plasma Arc Technology Dedicated to Solving Military Waste Problems
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1997-04)
A thermal plasma is an electrically conductive gas capable of generating temperatures up to 10,000°C near its column. The energy generated by plasma arcs has recently been applied to hazardous waste disposal. Since 1989 ...
Control Valve Induced Pipeline Vibrations In A Paper Pulp Pumping System
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
A case history is presented pertaining to piping vibrations in a medium consistency paper pulp pumping system at a large North American integrated pulp and paper mill that ultimately resulted in pipe rupture. The system ...
Present Limits Of Operation Of Product Lubricated And Magnetic Bearings In Pumps
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
Interest in nonoil lubricated bearings is growing, due to a number of benefits derived from these bearings: improved pump performance and reliability, enhanced pump maintainability, elimination of the cost and maintenance ...
Mechanical Seal Reliability Improved With API Piping Plan 23
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
A reliable mechanical seal is a happy seal. A happy seal is one that runs in an environment that is cool, clean, and maintains a satisfactory vapor pressure margin. However, this is not always the case. Not all Pumped ...
Operating Efficiency Comes From Teamwork
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1997-04)
A group of operating and planning personnel formed the INter Plant Utilities Team [INPUT] to improve energy efficiency and reliability for Exxon's Baytown, Texas, refinery and chemical plants complex. The Team coordinates ...
Installation Tools for Hydraulically Fitted Coupling Hubs - Precautions and Design Requirements
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
The tools used to install hydraulically fitted hubs need to be as carefully designed and manufactured as the couplings themselves. The authors describe an installation of coupling hubs on upgraded machines where tools that ...
Cost Effective Re-Engineering Of A Propylene Compressor String.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
The discussed rerate method will provide users of turbomachinery with a new, cost/leadtime saving approach to plant upgrades. Although rerates of existing turbomachinery are common, this approach is unique in that the ...
Table of Contents for the Proceedings of the 26th Turbomachinery Symposium
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
An Assessment Of The Forces Acting Upon A Centrifugal Impeller Using Full Load, Full Pressure Hydrocarbon Testing.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
Although turbocompressors have been designed, built, and used in increasingly stringent conditions for more than 80 years, the turbomachinery industry, like all comparable industries, can only design and manufacture its ...
Understanding And Preventing Steam Turbine Overspeeds.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1997)
Destructive overspeeding of steam turbines due to poor component design, inadequate maintenance, and improper operating practices are all too common. The total cost of a turbine runaway can run into the millions of dollars ...