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Applications of Mechanical Vapor Recompression to Evaporation and Crystallization
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-04)
Over the past 10-15 years, mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) has become the preferred system in many industrial evaporation and crystallization applications, because of its economy and simplicity of operation. In most ...
Merging Energy Conservation and Air Toxic Compliance for DOD Industrial Facilities
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-04)
Many of the Department of Defense (DoD) industrial operations are being consolidated and some facilities laid away. While this process is underway, DoD has attempted to renovate the old plants with state-of-the-art ...
Thermal Efficiency Optimization for Industrial Power Plants Under Load Fluctuations Using Fuzzy Logic
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-04)
The automation of the control to a power plant is indeed a challenge mainly because of the occurrences of random and unpredictable variations in output demands as well as because of highly non-linear behavior of the system ...
Monitoring Repairs To Your Pumps
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995)
Many centrifugal pumps are doomed to premature failure because the total pump installation was not evaluated or the repair activity coordinated to correct the basic cause of the initial failure. Pump users have a great ...
Justifying The Reinstallation And Upgrading Of Problem ANSI Pumps At An Operating Chemical Plant
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995)
Many facilities do not obtain the expected life out of ANSI and other centrifugal pumps, seals, and bearings that need to be obtained to be competitive in today’s market place. The analysis of this situation leads to two ...
Modern Manufacturing Of Advanced Impeller And Diffuser Vane Profiles
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995)
Both fluid dynamics and manufacturing technology have seen rapid progress over the last few years. Vane profiles need no longer be developed in cavitation demonstration experiments, but can be optimized by computerized ...
Effect Of Mechanical Unbalance On Vibrations, Forces And Reliability Of A Single-Stage Centrifugal Pump
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995)
The effect of rotor mechanical unbalance on pump vibrations was tested for a typical ANSI pump. It was found that significant damping of vibrations occurs at actual (wet) operations as compared to dry run. Rotor forces and ...
Running Process Plant Utilities Like a Business
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-04)
The one constant common to corporate re-structuring, re-engineering, right sizing, etc., in petroleum and petrochemical companies, is the extremely focused pursuit of business objectives, measured in business terms, compared ...
Doing It: A Process to Screen, Design, Implement, and Evaluate Industrial Eco-Efficiency Projects
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-04)
Eco-Efficiency is a term to describe productivity enhancements achieved by improving resource efficiency, preventing pollution, and incorporating environmental considerations into product design. As such, Eco-Efficiency ...
Discovering the Value of "Gaining Through Training"
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-04)
This paper is dedicated to five situations where unrecognized needs were discovered while general and generic training was being conducted. The initial training classes were on the proper use and importance of steam energy ...