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Technical Challenges for Compressors and Steam Turbines for Efficient and Sustainable Operation in Mega Ethylene Plants
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Tutorial 9: Changing markets, industry demands for increased efficiency and long term operation, and availability of new technology have all contributed in development of more efficient and reliable turbomachines. The ...
Carbon Foot Print Reduction Techniques with Rotating Machinery
(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. ...
Conttol Systems. Surge Control and Dynamic Behavior for Centrifugal Gas Compressors
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Tutorial 10C: This tutorial discusses the design and function of surge control systems, or more precisely, surge avoidance systems on the basis of the behavior of centrifugal compressors when they interact with compression ...
Four Quadrant Centrifugal Compressor Performance
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Lecture 16: The characterization of the compressor behavior in all quadrants of performance map has acquired, in the last years, growing attention. Two dedicated experimental campaigns have been performed to characterize ...
Dry Gas Seal Contamination During Operation and Pressurized Hold - Background and Potential Solutions
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Technical Brief 1: This paper will discuss the challenges with contamination of gas seals. The reliability of gas seals is largely dependent on having a continuous supply of clean and dry seal gas. In dynamic mode, gas ...
Turbo Expander Technology Contribution in Development of Ethylene Plant Process
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Lecture 8: Ethylene plant process and turbo expander technology developments have been interrelated and dependent on each other’s. Design improvements and technology innovations associated with inflow radial turbine, turbo ...
Bad Actor Elimination in Pumps
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
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Centrifugal Compressor Surge Control Systems - Fundamentals of a Good Design
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Lecture 2: Many facilities employ two or more centrifugal compressors, operated in either series or parallel configurations. An accurately designed surge control system that includes multiple compressors with the associated ...
Solutions To Requirements On Electrical Drives In O&G Applications
(Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
Lecture 3: Variable-frequency drives (VFDs) are being increasingly employed in oil and gas (O&G) applications due to their better efficiency, reliability and process control when compared to conventional drives. In comparison ...
Operation of Centrifugal Compressors in Choke Conditions
(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, ...