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Head-flange O-rings on Barrel Type Centrifugal Compressor Units at RasGas: Issues & Resolutions
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
RasGas is operating many centrifugal compressors from different major OEM’s. Of an OEM product-line, twenty-four (24) centrifugal compressors with a total rated power of roughly ~ 900 Mega-watt are in operation, out of ...
Resolving Cavitation Problems of High Energy Water Injection Pumps
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
•Introduction - Project objectives - History - Field data
•Analysis method - Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - Visualization test
•Project results
•Lessons learned
VSD Motor Intermittent Vibrations Excursions
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2015)
Solving a Coupling Unbalance Problem in the Field
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
When a large (3.4 meters long) diaphragm coupling was suspected of causing excessive (120 microns p-p) 1X unbalance vibration between a 90+ Megawatt Gas Turbine and a Propane Compressor in an LNG plant, there was not time ...
Severe Casing and Impeller Erosion : Analysis and Resolution
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
Introduction
-ØBackground information
-ØDesign data
-§Failure Analysis
-ØErosion pattern location
-ØFluid analysis
-ØOperating condition
-ØFlow path identification
-§New Design
-ØImpeller back improvement
-ØAxial ...
RE-ENGINEERING & PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE TO SOLVE INTERNAL RUBBING PROBLEM OF FCCU STEAM TURBINE
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
Modernization of Steam Turbine Diaphragms for the Saudi Aramco Gas Plants
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
The critical components of the Saudi Aramco Uthmaniyah and Shedgum gas plants are eight trains of turbomachinery, 4 trains per plant. Each train consists of a steam turbine and a centrifugal compressor. At the time of their ...
OPERATION OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS IN CHOKE CONDITIONS
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
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, the behavior ...
Resolving Intermittent Vibration Spikes on Steam Turbines
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
Content: Background. Machine description. Data analysis. Initial Analysis & Recommendations. Machine Inspection results. Subsequent Mechanical Failure Analysis. Conclusions. Lessons Learned.
METS2 Short Course 3
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)