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Maintenance Philosophy
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Goal: Develop a Maintenance Program that will Assure: Safety of Personnel and Equipment; Environmental Compliance; Long Term Business Profit f Holders.
Potassium Carbonate Pump Failure : High Axial Movement due to Uncontrolled (unbalanced) forces
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
A multi stage pump 1.4 MW was in operation till 4 years, the pump stand still for mean period without any failure symptoms , all last measurements (casing vibration, pressure ,flow) was OK , when the pump operated again ...
Solving an Acoustic Resonance in Crude Oil Pump Internals
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Specific Problem: Crude oil pump piping system that had previously operated without problems experienced a failure resulting in a release of oil: Vibration increased when a new well was opened and the fluid properties ...
Improved Mechanical Seal Design for High Temperature/Light Slurry Applications
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Extracting hydrocarbon products in oil sand formations requires high pressure to drive fluid out of the formation and to move the products out to production. The pump models that fit this operating envelope are not common ...
Revolving Vane Mechanism: A Novel Pumping Mechanism
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Case Study 25
Evaluation of Various Methods for Manufacturing One Piece, Small Tip Opening Centrifugal Compressor Impellers
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Lecture 12: Closed centrifugal compressor impellers have been manufactured using several methods through the years. Due to limitations of the materials and machining processes, most of these impellers have been manufactured ...
Effect of Inlet Cooling on the Performances of Isotherm Main Air Compressor Used for ASU Applications
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Lecture 10: Main air compressors used for air separation units (ASU) applications have a suction at ambient conditions and deliver air to a pressure range between 5.6 ~ 6.5 bara. Therefore, the performances of the compressor ...
Development of High-Pressure Ratio and Wide-Operating Range 700bar Compressor
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Lecture 1: Pre-Salt development projects continue to expand offshore Brazil into ever deeper waters year after year. Consequently, the required Discharge Pressures for Re-Injection Compressors aboard FPSO’s are likely to ...
Do You Have a Mechanical Seal Refurbishing Shop in Your Complex?
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Case Study 24: Author intends to convey: 1. Importance of having Mechanical Seal Refurbishment facility in a refinery complex, supported by interesting case studies on critical mechanical seal failures. Minimum set up ...
Revamp of Steam Turbine for Synthesis Gas Compressor at NFL Nangal
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Case Study 11: National Fertilizers Limited, Nangal Unit, India had under taken the revamp of Steam Turbine of Synthesis Gas Compressor in January 2014. The plant startup, after machine revamp, was delayed by 40 days, ...