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Centrifugal Pumps In Heated Bitumen Pipeline Service
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2004)
World scale deposits of oil sands (bitumen) in North Alberta are being developed to extract hydrocarbons from the sand. A pilot facility was built to pump raw heavy tar-like bitumen in a heated state through an insulated ...
A Cavitation Resistant Hydrostatic Seal For High Pressure Breakdown
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1999)
A unique hydrostatic throttle bushing concept has been developed and successfully tested. The throttle bushing is based on the concept of typical hydrostatic face seals, but incorporates improvements to minimize cavitation ...
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 ...
Seismic Analysis On Modified Service Water Pumps
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2003)
At one nuclear power plant, the original essential service water pumps were replaced by another set of pumps with higher capacity. The latter were transferred from another “idle” nuclear power plant. Due to some important ...
Reliability Improvement Of End Suction Pump In Severe Service Through Engineered Component Upgrade
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2003)
An end suction pump for amine service at an Ammonia plant was successfully upgraded by improvement of its components. Two 290 kW (390 HP) pumps, turbine/motor driven, rated for 262 m^3/hr (1,153 gpm) and 271 m (889 ft), ...
Use Of Noncontacting Seals In Volatile Services
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2003)
Sealing volatile high-pressure fluids has always been a challenge unless the temperature is cold enough to produce a true liquid state around the seal. Even handling true liquids having low boiling points can result in low ...
API 685 Tutorial
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2003)
For the first time, there is an API standard relating to the use of sealless pump technologies [canned motor pump (CMP) and magnetic drive pump (MDP)]. While sealles technology has been well accepted in chemical process ...
Selection Of Large Water Transport Pumps And Field Experiences
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2004)
This paper covers the selection criteria with respect to suction behavior and optimum efficiency of large water transport pumps to meet various system requirements. Simplicity of pump design and operating behavior of pumps ...
Sealing Systems For Water Pumps
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2004)
Short Courses / International Pump User Symposium (21st : 2004)
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2004)