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Upstream Pumping Technology In Centrifugal Pump Mechanical Sealing Applications—Field Experience With High Duty Seawater Injection Pumps
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2010)
Among the technologies developed for oil and gas production centrifugal pump sealing applications, active lift technology is one of the most promising. The reliability of any centrifugal pump in a critical application is ...
Risk-Based Pump Seal Selection Guideline Complementing ISO 21049/API 682
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2010)
The API 682 (2004) seal “Arrangement” selection logic is a questionnaire posing question about customer experience, local regulations and seal leakages requiring a vendor, customer iterative dialogue. The proposed selection ...
Fast And Ultimate Vibration Field Solution: From Problem Detection To Field Performance Validation
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2010)
Experience With API Plan 53b Pressurized Dual Seal Systems
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2010)
Plan 53B is one of the newest API seal flush plans. It first appeared in the second edition of API 682. This case history is based on experience on a large project in China. This petrochemical complex is the first that the ...
Evaluating And Correcting Subsynchronous Vibration In Vertical Pumps
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2010)
Mechanical Vibration Testing Reciprocating Pumps
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2010)
Improving The Reliability Of A Decoking Jet Pump Train With A Hydrodynamic Variable Speed Drive
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2010)
Delayed coking is a refining process that consists of the upgrading of petroleum residues into lighter and more valuable hydrocarbon fractions by promoting thermal cracking on the residue stream. Petroleum coke is a ...
Conversion Of A Pipeline Station From Centrifugal To Rotary Positive Displacement Pumps
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2010)
A major U.S. pipeline company was experiencing multiple problems at a crude pipeline intermediate pump station: Pipeline pumps were rated for 3500 to 7000 bph on 20 cSt crude (original design); Reliability and mean time ...
An Improved Heat Soak Calculation For Mechanical Seals
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2010)
Heat soak is defined as heat transfer from the metal of a seal chamber to the fluid within the seal chamber. Many variables affect heat soak including materials, surface configurations, and film coefficients. Heat soak can ...
Corrosion And Materials Issues In Converting A Conventional Pump To A Canned Motor Pump - Experience Is What You Have Just After You Needed It
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2010)