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The New Energy Management Frontier: The Critical Role of a Systematic Management Approach in Making Technology Improvements Successful
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2003-05)
Improvements in technology certainly play a pivotal role in the quest for increased energy efficiency. However,
sophisticated industrial energy users are increasingly learning that technology alone cannot drive ...
Tilting Pad Journal Bearings With Spray-Bar Blockers And By-Pass Cooling For High Speed, High Load Applications.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2003)
With performance considerations driving the design of rotating equipment, operating speeds and journal loads have increased greatly in recent years, often exceeding generally accepted design limits. In order for tilting ...
Recycle Gas Compressor Designed For High Unbalance Tolerance And Stability.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2003)
A process recycle gas compressor was needed that would be highly reliable and tolerant of suction contaminants of sticky material that is abrasive and corrosive. Squeeze film dampers, pinched diffusers, and other technologies ...
Evaluation Of Centrifugal Compressor Stability Margin And Investigation Of Antiswirl Mechanism.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2003)
Stringent stability screening criteria by the American Petroleum Institute (API) result in higher level rotor stability analyses to be performed on more intermediate-pressure compressor rotors and in more detail. These ...
Energy Conservation Opportunities in Hydrocarbon Resin Manufacturing Facilities
(Energy Systems Laboratory, 2003-05)
"The results of a plant-wide assessment of the manufacturing facilities of Neville Chemical Company, a manufacturer of hydrocarbon resins will be presented in this paper. The project was co-funded by US Department of Energy ...
Compressed Air Energy Savings: SAV-AIR Monitor and Control System and the PNW Compressed Air Challenge
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2003-05)
This paper presents the results from two compressed air programs supported by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (Alliance) over the last five years. In 1997 the Alliance funded the Northwest regional version of the ...
Compressed Air 101: Getting Compressed Air to Work
(Energy Systems Laboratory, 2003-05)
"Air compressors are a significant industrial energy user. Based on a survey (conducted by Oregon State University and the Bonneville Power Administration) of energy audit reports from 125 plants, air compressors account ...
Using Compressed Air Efficiency Projects to Reduce Peak Industrial Electric Demands: Lessons Learned
(Energy Systems Laboratory, 2003-04)
"To help customers respond to the wildly fluctuating energy markets in California, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) initiated an emergency electric demand reduction program in October 2000 to cut electric use during peak ...
A New System of Energy Intensity Indicators for the U.S. Economy Focus on Manufacturing
(Energy Systems Laboratory, 2003-05)
The U.S. commitment to energy efficiency and conservation policy was emphasized in the National Energy Policy (NEP) made public in May 2001. Recommendation 14 in Chapter 4 of the NEP - "Making Energy Efficiency a National ...
Comparing Two Types of Magnetically- Coupled Adjustable Speed Drives with Variable Frequency Drives in Pump and Fan Applications
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2003-05)
This paper presents the results from laboratory tests on MagnaDrive Corporations fixed-magnet magnetically-coupled adjustable speed drive (MC-ASD) and Coyote Electronics electromagnetic MC-ASD as compared to a typical ...