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Dry Gas Seals: General (Installation, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Retrofitting), Controls
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
Suggested Topics for Dry Gas Seals Discussion group:
• DGS operating characteristics
• Unidirectional versus bidirectional
• Seals faces and seats, O rings materials
• Explosive decompression
• Primary seal gas supply ...
Mechanical (Liquid) Seals: General (Installation, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Retrofitting)
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
Mechanical seals are the most common method of sealing industrial centrifugal pumps and other rotary equipment. Although the
basic concepts of a seals are simple, successfully using seals requires an understanding of the ...
Steam Turbine Steam Control Valve Failure
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
The Wet Gas compressor is one of the most critical assets in a FCCU/RCCU of a oil refinery.
The back pressure steam turbine driver of this compressor faced two failures in the main valve stem of the steam inlet valve. ...
Operating With a Broken Pinion Teeth
(Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, 2018)
There was a failure in the gear box of the main feed pump of the hydrocracker unit. As no spare was available, there was no immediate fix to the failure. A quick evaluation of the damage to the gear was done and an interim ...