Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 19
Residual Oil Burning Experience At The Putnam Plant Of Lorida Power & Light Company
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
Florida Power & Light Company has four Westinghouse 501B gas turbines in operation at the Putnam Plant. The gas turbines are components of the two PACE 260 combined cycle units at that site. The units are designed to operate ...
Compressor And Turbine Shaft Repair A User's Viewpoint
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
Very stringent reliability requirements for large unspared compressors and turbines used in refineries and chemical plants demand the use of considerable judgment when repairing and salvaging shafts. Most repair techniques; ...
Application Of Recent Rotor Dynamics Developments To Mechanical Drive Turbines
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
Recent developments in rotor dynamics technology are providing significant improvements in the correlation between theoretical analyses and actual rotor vibration response for mechanical drive steam turbines. These ...
Two-Phase Mechanical Face Seal Operation: Experimental And Theoretical Observations
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
Experimental and theoretical results related to two·phase mechanical face seal operation are presented. The basic cause for the transition from low friction to high friction operation with increasing temperature is discussed. ...
Rotor Dynamic Analysis And Bearing Optimization Study Of A 3800 Hp Steam Turbine
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
This paper presents the highlights of a complete rotor dynamics analysis and bearing optimization study that was performed on a 3800 HP multistage steam turbine. This unit is coupled to a three stage, poster-type, centrifugal ...
Performance Improvement Of Mechanical Drive Steam Turbines
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
Recently, the importance of mechanical drive steam turbine efficiency has been much highlighted in addition to its reliability with drastic increase in fuel cost. In this paper the typical losses in steam turbines are ...
Aerothermal-Mechanical Health Monitoring And Diagnostics Or Turbo-Compressor Sets
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
High speed turbomachinery plays a critical role in today's petrochemical industry. There are very high penalty costs associated with nonavailability and catastrophic failure of critical unspared trains. Additionally the ...
The Calculation And Verification Of Torsional Natural Frequencies For Turbomachinery Equipment Strings
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
The analytical techniques used to design turbomachinery equipment strings from a torsional dynamics standpoint are discussed. Consideration is also given to both torsional natural frequency placement and potential excitation ...
Steam Turbine Blade Design Options: How To Specify Or Upgrade
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
This paper is intended to familiarize people, who are responsible for rotating equipment, with options in blade designs. The information is meant to be helpful in conjunction with blade specifications, design reviews, ...
Efficiency: The Silent Partner Of Machine Performance
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1982)
Careful attention is given to the most common, turbomachinery performance problems which result from an inadequate understanding of component and machine efficiency. Examples of several classical problems are presented and ...