| dc.contributor.other | Turbomachinery Symposium (18th : 1989) | |
| dc.creator | Dugas, John R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-05T14:15:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-05T14:15:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/163576 | |
| dc.description | Lecture | en |
| dc.description | Pg. 85-90 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The ethylene plant in DuPont's major petrochemical complex
in Orange, Texas was designed and built in the late 1960s,
using the latest proven technology of that period. From plant
startup in 1967 to 1981, there were eighteen ethylene plant shutdowns
caused by problems associated with the large compressors
and turbines. After two very long outages which occurred
in 1980 and 1981, an extensive turbomachinery upgrading program
was undertaken to improve utility.
This presentation sets forth reasons for the reliability problems
experienced through 1981 and illustrates the program undertaken
to increase equipment utility. This program has allowed
the ethylene plant to run from 1981 to 1989 with only one
turbomachinery related shutdown. | en |
| dc.format.medium | Electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 18th Turbomachinery Symposium | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Turbomachines | en |
| dc.title | Maximizing An Ethylene Plant's Turbomachinery Reliability. | en |
| dc.type.genre | Presentation | en |
| dc.type.material | Text | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.21423/R1HW99 | |
