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Significant MTBF improvement of a water injection pump application by using diamond coated seal face material technology
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2021)
A well-known oil company in Oman is producing crude oil using “produced water injection” as their favorite Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques. This nasty water is reinjected into the well by high-pressure multistage ...
New Analytics to Improve Pump Performance
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2021)
Kempner Water Supply Corp. in Central Texas serves a population of 20,000. After installing VFDs, they experienced high pressure spikes which strained their pipe network as well as their staff. Line breaks became a common ...
Modifying a Non-Clog Pump Experiencing Multiple Natural Frequency issues Based on Field Vibration Testing and FEA Analysis
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2021)
In order to fully understand the true causes of the elevated vibration of a non-clog pump, driven by a long drive-shaft, a detailed FEA analysis was used to simulate the entire pump system (foundation and piping) to identify ...
A New Bolted Joint Profile, Optimized with FEA, Fixes a Leaking Propane Pump
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2021)
A bolted raised face Joint (with O-ring gasket) was failure prone. An axisymmetric FEA (finite element analysis) of the Joint verified why: the flanges were not stiff enough (not thick enough); too much flange rotation ...