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Toward Reduced Pump Operating Costs, Part 3 - Minimizing The Effects Of Wear And Optimizing Pump Efficiency
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2002)
This tutorial will help the user to distinguish between premature failure and failure due to the normal wear-out process. Once the normal wear-out process has been identified, then what technologies can be used to minimize ...
Containment Seals For API 682 Second Edition
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2002)
The impending revision of API 682/ISO 21049 will include dry containment seals for the first time. These seals have been commercially available for over 15 years. This paper reviews the performance of these seals both in ...
Best Practices In The Application And Maintenance Of Oil Sump Lubrication Of Horizontal Process Pumps
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2002)
Anti-friction bearings in process pumps, by design frequently utilize oil sump lubrication technology. For many years, it was an accepted condition that the lubricating oil used in oil sump bearing lubrication needed to ...
Developments In Sealing Technology Within Multiphase Pumping
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2002)
Turbomachinery Laboratory / International Pump User Symposium (19th : 2002)
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2002)
Table of Contents for the Proceedings of the 19th International Pump Users Symposium
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2002)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Compressed Air Management Program: A Performance Assessment Approach to Improving Industrial Compressed Air System Operation and Maintenance
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2002-04)
The Compressed Air Management Program (CAMP) provides Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E's) large industrial customers with measurement-based performance assessments of their compressed air systems. Under this program, the ...
Product Design for Energy: An Inverted Pyramid Approach
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2002-04)
The product design function is important within the spectrum of the product life cycle. Manufacturing processes are likely to consume much energy, as evidenced in aluminum and steel industries. The product design parameters ...
Practical Energy Savings and New Process Control Options for Parts Washing and Cleaning Processes
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2002-04)
Substantial potential energy savings exist for many parts washing and cleaning processes in use today. Energy usage is frequently the largest single variable cost involved in parts washing and cleaning operations. Several ...
Clean Power for the Internet
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2002-04)
Data centers have been increasingly large users of energy over the past 10 years. With the rapid increase in Internet use, these facilities continue to be built, stressing the local electricity grids with their immense ...