Now showing items 12863-12882 of 17199

    • Doerksen, Glenn R.; Berggren, J. Charles (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2004)
      A series of failures of radial inflow hot gas expander driving a centrifugal compressor in a nitric acid plant plagued the second author’s former company over a 24 year period. The 19,000 hp single-stage radial inflow ...
    • Al-Shuhail, Yousuf; Al-Ali, Saad; Al-Qahtani, Abdulaziz; van den Berg, Nico; Bastiaansen, Tim (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
    • Sorokes, James; Aikens, Kurt; Malinowski, Russell; Franzke, Arno (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; Texas A & M University. Libraries; Texas A & M University. Libraries, 2020)
      A compressor aero-performance issue occurred during in-house Type 2 testing of a centrifugal compressor – the overload limit was close to the expected design capacity. Root cause analyses initially focused on the compressor ...
    • Sharma, Amit; Peton, Nicolas (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2016)
      Instrument Air Compressors are considered critical equipment in the plants, supplying compressed air to the instrumentations in the field. This case study focuses on cyclic vibration phenomena observed in the 2nd and 3rd ...
    • Ganesh , Sankar; Shalabi, Mustafa; Mubarak, Sami Al (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      High vibration were observed on the motor, pump,structure for more than 2 years with 1X dominant motor vibration. Assuming that the issue is of complete structural issue even though this motor was running well in the past, ...
    • Shalabi, Mustafa; Ganesh, Sankar; Al-Mubarak, Sami; Ahmad, F Bn Nawawi (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      There is a single stage vertical pump installed in Acetic Acid area in a petrochemical plant. The unit is vertical high pressure (HP) reactor feed pump (High speed single stage, 230 kW, 12338 rpm & 3.444 gear ratio) driven ...
    • Thiagarajan, Rajakumar; Abdelrahim, Ashraf; Ganesh, Sankar (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2013)
    • Thiagarajan, Rajakumar; Abdelrahim, Ashraf; Ganesh, Sankar (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.
    • Peton, Nicolas; Ganesh, Sankar (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
      There are three multistage pumps supplied as part of a new project for transporting diesel from one location to another. Earlier, the transportation of diesel was carried out using trucks for this facility. The availability ...
    • Drygin, Sergey; Leonov, Dmitry; Peton, Nicolas (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2017)
    • Ganesh, Sankar; Peton, Nicolas (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2017)
    • Mekawey, Sherief (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
    • Sudardjat, Isham; Mekawey, Sherief (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2013)
      Contents: Introduction to QP Offshore. Background. Technical Data and Acceptance Criteria. Contractual Vibration Points. Vibration Measurement Locations at Field. Analysis. Conclusions from Investigation. Proposed Actions. ...
    • Singh, Murari P.; Thakur, Bhabesh K.; Sullivan, William E.; Donald, George (Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 2003)
      The reliability of centrifugal compressors for the most part depends on the reliable operation of impellers. Most of the time, damage to impellers is due to mechanical fatigue. Fatigue damage has been observed in blades, ...
    • Godfrey, Curtis L.; Carter, Clarence R.; McKee, Gordon S. (Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1967)
    • Perry, L. E.; Meyers, G. R. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
      Frito-Lay, Inc., the world's largest salty snack food company, operates 39 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada. Operations in these facilities require substantial amounts of energy and water. In the past, these ...
    • Lester, P. A. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1984)
    • Sloan, Jack T.; Brown, Reagan; Suggitt, Frank (Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1967)
    • Sloan, Jack T.; Brown, Reagan (Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1969)
    • Faries Jr., Floron C. (2008-09-02)
      This publication lists agencies and other organizations that can help locate missing pets and livestock, assist with carcass disposal, provide animal feed, and help in other ways after a disaster. There are phone numbers ...