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Cooling Tower Energy Conservation Through Hydraulic Fan Drives
(Energy Systems Laboratory, 1991-06)
Many companies offer gearboxes, shafts, and couplings for cooling tower fan drives, with little or no innovation. These companies have traditionally been purchased with an emphasis on cost and not "Return on Investment!" ...
Cooling Towers--Energy Conservation Strategies Preservative Spray Treatment Maintains Cooling Tower
(Energy Systems Laboratory, 1991-06)
Several problems common to most industrial wood framed cooling towers can be easily controlled with annual preservative spray treatment applications to the plenum area framework and drift eliminators. It eliminates the ...
Submerged Arc Weld Restoration Of Steam Turbine Rotors Using Specialized Welding Techniques.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)
In the past 10 years, there have been significant gains made in the repair of steam turbine rotors by the use of welding. This has been the result of improvements in several areas dealing with materials, engineering analysis, ...
Standardized Integrally Geared Turbomachines - Tailor Made For The Process Industry.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)
For more than 40 years, integrally geared centrifugal compressors have been in use worldwide, in the plant air sector first, and increasingly in the process industry. Apart from reliability, efficiency and operating range, ...
General Purpose Steam Turbine Reliability.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)
Several aspects of maintaining and operating small steam turbines at the A von Refinery are discussed. The discussion concentrates on areas that have historically resulted in unreliable performance and repetitive failures. ...
New Technology On High Performance And Reliability Of Mechanical Drive Steam Turbines.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)
The new design technology of the mechanical drive steam turbines used in the chemical plant industry is presented. In order to improve the performance of high speed turbines, the new high pressure ratio impulse stage has ...
Turbine Steam Path Audits for Improved Performance and Profitability
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1991-06)
This paper describes the use and value
of conducting steam path audits in
turbines. Critical measurements and
observations made during overhaul identify
and quantify the effects of component
degradations upon turbine ...
Protective Coatings for Turbomachinery
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1991-06)
The turbomachinery used by utilities and industrial plants represent the highest level of aerodynamic design and engineering. It is critical that airfoils and other gas or steam path components maintain their shape and ...
Process Integration Study of a Food Plant
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1991-06)
This paper presents the results of a recent process
integration study by TENSA Services of a food plant.
It shows the merit of pinch technology against the
traditional wisdom in plant utility management.
Through a ...
Do It Right The First Time - A Review Of An Ethylene Plant Turbomachinery Commissioning Test.
(Texas A&M University. Turbomachinery Laboratories, 1991)
Every user would like to check the mechanical integrity of rotating equipment in the field before startup. In the case of large compressor trains with steam turbine drives, running a mechanical string test with associated ...