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Increasing Pump Life In Abrasive Service Through State-Of-The-Art Surface Protection
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
In hydrocarbon processing and oil and gas industries, many pumps are required to transport fluids containing some level of abrasive solids. If not properly designed and equipped with wear resisting materials, the pump ...
Improving Tribological Performance Of Mechanical Seals By Laser Surface Texturing
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
Significant improvement in load capacity, wear resistance, friction coefficient, etc., of mechanical seals can be obtained by forming regular microsurface structure in the form of micropores on their surfaces. A feasibility ...
New Development In Centrifugal Pumps For Optimum Cavitation Performance
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
During the past three decades, there have been notable advances in the design of pumps. In a number of projects, the designers of process plants had, during optimization of their layouts, established a requirement for pumps ...
Temperature Measurement At Low Flow On Typical ANSI Chemical Process Pumps
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
Chemical process pumps can be required to handle highly temperature sensitive liquids. Improper operation of such a centrifugal pump can lead to potentially dangerous liquid temperatures within the pump casing. Determination ...
Rolling Element Bearing Status Using Frequency Analysis
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
It has been said that if one has perfect information, then one can make perfect decision. In the daily operation of a production facility, many decisions are made each day concerning the mechanical condition of production ...
Future Of The Pump Industry
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
Successful Modification Of Vertical-Turbine Pumps For Capacity And Reliability Improvement
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
A modification of seven 560 hp vertical-turbine pumps was carried out with outstanding
results to improve their actual capacity. The installation was limited to 64% of its rated
capacity, which was never reached, and the ...
Mechanical Seals In Dead-End Service In The Pulp And Paper Industry
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
The pulp and paper industry as well as all other industry branches are subject to continuous, ongoing development. Mechanical seals have already replaced stuffing-box packings in virtually all pulp and paper factories in ...
Multiphase Pumping With Twin-Screw Pumps - Understand And Model Hydrodynamics And Hydroabrasive Wear
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
Crude oil and gas production can be enhanced by multiphase pumping from the well subsea to far distant production platforms. The twin-screw pump has proven quite suitable for this application. The positive displacement ...
Investigations Into The Contamination Of Lubricating Oil In Rolling Element Pump Bearing Assemblies
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2000)
The use of rolling element bearings in pumps is standard practice. Of the many factors that affect their long-term performance, contamination in the bearing lubricating oil plays a major part. Of particular concern are ...