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    • Tinagaran; Ng, Wei Sing (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)
      High pressure lean amine pump performance dropped within a span of about 1 month due to internal fouling. Fouling was caused by accumulation of iron sulphide. To address the fouling, pump would have been to taken out of ...
    • Lu, Xueliang; San Andres, Luis; Koo, Bonjin (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)
      In rotating machinery, squeeze film dampers (SFDs) reduce rotor synchronous response amplitude motions, provide structural isolation and enhance rotordynamic stability. Compared to conventional squirrel cage supported SFDs, ...
    • San Andres, Luis; Lu, Xueliang; Jie, Zhu (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      In the subsea oil and gas industry, multiphase pumps and wet gas compressors add pressure to the process fluid thus enabling long distance tie back system that eliminates topside facilities such as an oil and gas separation ...
    • San Andres, Luis; Abdollahi, Behzad (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Energy efficient operation of fluid film bearings demands savings in delivery flow while also managing to reduce fluid film and pad temperatures. To achieve this goal, tilting pad journal bearings (TPJBs) implement a variety ...
    • Arghir, Mihai; Mariot, Antoine (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Floating ring annular seals are used when large radial rotor displacements must be accommodated. They belong to a larger family of sealing devices that includes face seals and segmented seals. They all use carbon rings and ...
    • Bhat, Vasanth; Loh, Keith (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      There was a failure in the gear box of the main feed pump of the hydrocracker unit. As no spare was available, there was no immediate fix to the failure. A quick evaluation of the damage to the gear was done and an interim ...
    • Kurz, Rainer; Marechale, Russell K.; Fowler, Edward J.; Ji, Min; Cave, Michael J. (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
      Lecture 14: Centrifugal compressors are at times required to operate in or near the choke region. Various limits of the degree of allowable operation in choke have been established. Based on test data and numerical data, ...
    • Singh Khaira, Niran; Matheidas, Michael; Meruani, Azeem; Mortada, Mohamad-Ali; Wilson,David (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Turbomachinery has increased in complexity and monitoring capabilities over the last several decades. This has resulted in an increased number of trips to protect various machinery systems. The prevailing OEM philosophy has ...
    • Guerrero, Armando; Raghavendr, Sreenivas; Schmitz, Ulrich (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Suggested Topics: • Offshore and marine applications • Cryogenic considerations • Industry standards – API 617, 618, API 688, API 670, etc. • Bearings, seals, and couplings • Capacity Control – Speed, IGV, DGV, ...
    • Wygant, Karl; Allison, Tim; Pelton, Robert; , (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Cycles involving super critical carbon dioxide (sCO2) have the potential to increase system efficiencies well beyond current industry norms. Research on advanced direct and indirect cycles is ongoing in national labs and ...
    • Cyca, Michael; Eberle, Kelly; Gendron, Guy (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
      Tutorial 11: Operators face significant integrity risks on offshore production facilities due to vibration of machinery and piping systems. These applications are more challenging than land-based systems because compressors, ...
    • Hafeez, Fadlil; Faizal, Mohd (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)
      A gas turbine's intake system usually has 3 4 stages of filtration After the primary and secondary filter, the final marine vane separator ( is used These filters are designed to keep rainwater debris, and salt from entering ...
    • Crowther, Paul; Eberle, Kelly; Ghattas, Mena (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Many plunger pumps are installed without adequate pulsation and vibration considerations at the design stage. Pressure pulsations from normal pump operating can cause high shaking forces throughout the entire piping system. ...
    • Schaefer, Alex; Pettinato, Brian (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)
      Well designed and properly commissioned auxiliary systems are crucial to the reliability of rotating equipment. This paper addresses the upfront hardware selection and commissioning of pneumatically actuated control valves ...
    • Zin, Tan Chek; Sing, Ng Wei; Tharakaram, Arni R.; Koguchi, Satoshi (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
      Case Study 5: This paper presents a case study on the rapid deterioration of compressor polytropic efficiency relating to systemic fouling and corrosion issues. Due to such issues, compressor service life was reduced from ...
    • Schiavello, Bruno; Visser, Frank (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      This short course gives insight into roto-dynamic pump cavitation and provides deeper understanding of particulars like cavitation inception, three-percent head drop, 40,000 hours life criterion, cavitation damage potential, ...
    • Steigerwald, Tom; Wasser, Jim; Morton, John (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)
      As crude oil remains the dominant fuel and raw material source for transportation and industry the crude oil pipeline continues to be the preferred crude transportation method across large land masses. Along with this ...
    • Jakubiak, Jason; Mascherpa, Luigi (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      Pump Design Conditions, Sealing/Packing System Design Features, Sealing/Packing System Failures, Pump Improvements, Conclusions and Lessons Learned
    • Forsthoffer, William Eugene; Forsthoffer, Michael Sean (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
      Tutorial 4
    • Ahmad, Waqar (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2022)
      A de-superheating boiler feed water pump was facing high vibration issue for last 19 years. Pump had been overhauled multiple times in past, but the issue was not resolved. Dominant frequency appearing in vibration spectrum ...