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Advancements In Mechanical Sealing - API 682 Fourth Edition
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2014)
API 682 is the leading document for mechanical seals in petrochemical, chemical, and pipeline services worldwide. It has combined the aspects of seal design, testing, standardization, and applications to provide the users ...
Witness Testing Of API 610 Centrifugal Pumps And API 611 Steam Turbines
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2014)
The tutorial outlines the basic concepts and offers some tips on witness testing of API 610 centrifugal pumps and API 611 steam turbines. The section on API 610 pump testing discusses performance, NPSH and mechanical run ...
What Constitutes 'High Energy' In Centrifugal Pumps?
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2014)
Every engineer has his own idea of what makes a centrifugal pump a high energy pump, but getting 2 or more engineers to agree on a definition of "High Energy" is difficult. Is a pump high energy because it runs at > 6000 ...
Collection Of Field Data Using Wireless Instrumentation For Pump And System Evaluation
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
This paper outlines the benefits of utilizing a temporary data acquisition system with wireless instrumentation to collect field data for analysis and troubleshooting of pumps and pumping systems. It also discusses the ...
The Evolution Of Successful Elimination Of Electro-Corrosion In Mechanical Seals For Reactor- And Boiler Feed Water Pumps Handling Ultra-Pure Water
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
Since the introduction of mechanical seals in nuclear boiling water reactor (BWR) feed pumps operating with high drive ratings, keeping mechanical seal reliability high became a challenge. A problem also encountered in ...
Severe Casing And Impeller Erosion: Analysis And Resolution
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
Boiler Feed Water Pumps Performance Loss
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
ISO 13709 2nd Edition/ API 610 Eleventh Edition Highlights
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2011)
International standard ISO 13709:2009 (Identical), ANSI/API Standard 610: September 2010 “Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries” also referred to as ISO 13709 Second Edition / API Eleventh ...
Centrifugal Pumps For Co2 Applications
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2011)
There is a renewed interest in pumping CO2 in the liquid and supercritical states for many enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and new carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects. Referenced centrifugal technology currently ...
Improving Reliability In A High Static Head System Through VFD Application
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2010)
The static head content in the total head of a pumping system (static head factor - fHS) plays an important role on energy and reliability potential gains attainable with the use of variable speed (VS) controls in pumping ...