Browsing Asia Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia by Title
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(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)Tutorial 7: Integrally geared compressors (IGC’s) are common in plant/instrument air service as well as air separation applications, and continue to gain acceptance over a wide range of other applications. An IGC can achieve ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)Test results for an ASME Power Test Code 10 (PTC) Type 1 test of a 4,500 psia (310 Bara) discharge pressure gas lift centrifugal compressor outfitted with dynamic pressure-balanced seals at the impeller eyes; shaft interstage ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)The axial flow loop reactor pump installed in a polymer unit facilitates slurry circulation in the reactor. The pump is installed with triple mechanical seal having API seal flushing plans 32, 53C and 52. The seal cartridge ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)This is a mechanical seal upgrade case study about applying advanced upstream pumping technology instead ofconventional tandem seal arrangements with external flushing in high corrosive fluid pump seal applications in order ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)At a facility with four quintuplex pumps, pulsation dampeners were being used to control pulsations in the discharge line. However, the initial dampeners were both undersized and undercharged for the application. As a ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)Case Study 12
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)On 19th Aug 2017, abnormal noise noticed from RO (Reverse osmosis) Membrane Feed pump coupling area. Checked the vibration for pump & motor and found very high vibration at Pump Drive end. The vibration level at Pump DE ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)Many problems in today’s industrial environment require smart modeling assumptions in order to make them numerically accessible with an acceptable amount of effort. This case study shows how a field problem (main bearing ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)It is well understood that static pressure at the inlet of reciprocating pumps, quantified typically by Net Positive Suction Head Available (NPSHA), must be sufficient to avoid cavitation in the pump suction manifold and ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)A fifteen stage axial compressor including a bleed extraction was subject to a major overhaul after nearly 20 years of trouble free operation. Shortly after recommissioning and resumption of the production the compressor ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)Tutorial 8: Global Environment concerns and need for more optimized production costs is driving all industries including Oil & Gas to look at more ways to reduce energy consumption without compromising on plant throughputs. ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)Four sets of hydraulic turbocharger based energy recovery systems (2000 hp each) were successfully designed, manufactured, tested and commissioned for Acid Gas Recovery plants (AGR) in Saudi Arabia. These five units can ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)This paper presents the effect of balance gear on a reciprocating engine which drive the crude oil transfer pump that had experienced vibration at one of the offshore platform in Malaysia. Based on this case, it is ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2024-02-27)At one of our customer/end-user chemical plants in Singapore, they had a problem with frequent replacement of the Hastelloy C impellars casted used in their centrifugal pumps in service with Sodium Hypochlorite application. ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)Off Spec Condensate Recycle Pumps on an onshore gas production facility exhibited high lube oil temperature in pump bearing housing that exceeded the alert limits since commissioning. A Structured Root Cause Analysis was ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)Case Study 7: This case study narrates an incident of random vibration spikes which occurred in year 2014 on one of the steam turbine bearings of a propane refrigeration compressor train. The random vibration spikes caused ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)Gas Injection Compressors are critical for offshore oil production facilities. A compressor downtime lowers oil production. This case study is about a Gas Injection Compression train at an offshore platform in the Middle ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)This failure lead a root cause analysis and a series of investigations that was taken place in a similar design unit deployed at a different site. This paper will describe the bump test and modal analysis procedures and ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)Usage of mechanical seal is widely used in rotating equipment especially pump It prevents fluid or product of the pump from leaking to atmosphere Consequence of seal leaking will be more critical if the product itself is ...
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(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)In this case study, presence of moisture, contaminant and H2S in process gas has ben discussed that lead to compressor component deterioration and damage. In addition, having situation of idling the compressor close to its ...