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Utility Marketing- Numbers Games, Technology Wars or Relational Marketing?
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
Natural gas and electric utilities seem to be feverishly
interested in expanding their business base, improving
consumption load factors while attempting to preserve
their customers' profitability. They have turned ...
Advanced Fluidized Bed Waste Heat Recovery Systems
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of
Industrial Programs, has sponsored the
development of a Fluidized Bed Waste Heat
Recovery System (FBWHRS) and a higher
temperature variant, the Ceramic Tubular
Distributor Plate ...
Using Pinch Technology to Explore Trade-Offs Between Energy Cost, Capital Cost, Process Modifications, and Utility Selection
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
Process design is a complex task. Many
decisions regarding feedstock, reaction routes,
separation alternatives, heat recovery and
utility systems must be made. Each of these
decisions, and interactions between them, ...
Operating and Maintaining a 465MW Cogeneration Plant
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
The on-line avilability of the five Frame-7E
gas turbine generators installed at the 465MW
Lyondell Cogeneration Plant was 90% and 95.2%
respectively for the first two years of operation
(1986-87). The 140MW steam ...
High Efficiency Gas Turbines Overcome Cogeneration Project Feasibility Hurdles
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
Cogeneration project feasibility
sometimes fails during early planning
stages due to an electrical cycle
efficiency which could be improved
through the use of aeroderivative gas
turbine engines. The aeroderivative
engine ...
Remarks Concerning the Public Utility Commission of Texas Study on Bulk Power Transmission
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1988-09)
An Open Letter To The Pump Industry
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1988)
Every industrial process which underlies our modern civilization involves the transfer of liquids from one level of pressure or static energy to another level, and, as a result, pumps have become an essential part of all ...
Solutions To Abrasive Wear-Related Rotordynamic Instability Problems On Prudhoe Bay Injection Pumps
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1988)
Prudhoe Bay produced water injection pumps suffered serious vibration problems and high balance piston leakage a few months after initial startup. Even though initial pump orientation at low water rates was satisfactory, ...
Vertical Diffuser Type Turbine, Mixed-Flow, And Axial-Flow Propeller Pumps - A Brief Overview
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1988)
Vertical diffuser type pumps, their applications, advantages, disadvantages, multistaging, manufacturing, material selection, construction possibilities, operation, and repair are reviewed. Also discussed are semi-open and ...
User Experience With Portable Data Terminals In A Machinery Monitoring Program
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1988)
A description is presented from a user’s viewpoint, of a vibration monitoring program using a portable data terminal (PDT) system. A brief description of these systems is given, followed by an explanation of what they can ...