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Low Cost Reliability Through Operator Involvement
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
At most industrial facilities, the engineering, maintenance, and operation groups are under great pressure to increase reliability and also reduce costs. This paper discusses the role of operators in achieving low cost ...
Selection Of Lube Oil Systems Components For Process Pumps And Auxiliaries (External, Pressurized)
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
Lube oil systems are utilized in rotating process equipment to lubricate and cool hydrodynamic bearings. These systems are essential to the life and maintenance free operation of the process equipment. Dependable performance ...
Case Study - Increasing The System Flow In An Existing Sump
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
The status of our country’s infrastructure is a topic that has been discussed at length in the past few years. Aging roads and bridges are no longer capable of meeting the demands of a growing population. They suffer either ...
Double Gas Seal With Coplanar Coaxial Rayleigh Pad Faces For Pump Sealing Applications
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
There has been a rapid growth in the application of noncontacting double seals with a gas buffer fluid to pump sealing. The advantages of such a sealing arrangement are:
• There is no liquid buffer fluid to maintain or ...
Finding And Eliminating Chronic Pump Failures
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
A Gulf Coast refinery decided to actively address rising pump maintenance costs and risk of production losses by using accumulated failure data and maintenance costs to identify bad actor pumps, then solving the problems ...
Development Of A Twin Hybrid Noncontacting Gas Seal And Its Application To Process Pumps
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
In this paper, an innovative approach of applying gas-lubricated, noncontacting sealing technology to process pumps is presented, in which a novel “twin hybrid” design is incorporated to address the issues of gas seal ...
Component Balance For Centrifugal Pumps - Effects Of Product Design, Balance Machine Tooling, And The Balancing Process On Balancing Repeatability
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
Balancing of pump rotating components, especially impellers, is common practice. The purpose of this effort was to determine the proper design of pump components and balance arbors, create appropriate procedures, and ...
Finite Element Transient Thermal Analysis Of An Axially Split Horizontal Multistage Pump
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
Often the industrial power generation market specifies that boiler feedpumps must be capable of withstanding thermal transient conditions when operating in boiler feed service. A thermal transient analysis was performed ...