Articles

The Talegaon facility will manufacture air and gas compressors for Pune’s local market, as well as for export. 

Atlas Copco Installs Compressor Manufacturing Facility in India

Amin Almasi is senior rotating equipment consultant in Australia. He is chartered professional engineer from Engineers Australia and IMechE and registered professional engineer in Australia and Queensland (M.Sc. and B.Sc. in mechanical engineering). He specializes in rotating equipment, condition monitoring and reliability.

The four phases of commissioning are important developmental stages for any turbomachinery package. 


Turbo Tips: Commissioning Turbomachinery

Podcasts

In Part 2 of this episode of the TurboTime podcast, Myth Busters Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz discuss the impact CO2 has on centrifugal compressor performance and carbon sequestration.

TurboTime Podcast: Part 2 - Compressing CO2

The signed strategic agreement will promote the joint operation of Commonwealth LNG’s natural gas facility in Cameron Parish, LA.

Baker Hughes to Install LM9000 Gas Turbine at Commonwealth LNG Plant, Enters Strategic Agreement 

Chart Industries enters the all-cash transaction to part with Howden Roots, expanding Ingersoll’s portfolio of compression and vacuum technologies. 

Ingersoll Rand Acquires Howden Roots for $300M, Joins IT&S Division

The Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in Jefferson County, TX, will be outfitted with pumps, expanders, and compressors from Elliott Group. 

Elliott Group Supplying Cryogenic Rotating Equipment, Compressors for Port Arthur LNG Project

Klaus Brun is the Director of R&D at Elliott Group. He is also the past Chair of the Board of Directors of the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute and the IGTI Oil & Gas applications committee.

Rainer Kurz is the Manager of Gas Compressor Engineering at Solar Turbines Incorporated in San Diego, CA. He is an ASME Fellow since 2003 and the past chair of the IGTI Oil and Gas Applications Committee

Dual drivers—a combination of an electric motor and a gas turbine to power a centrifugal compressor—play on the individual strengths of each driver in a single package.

Myth Busters: Dual Drives Always Work Better!

As hydrogen continues to dominate discussions about decarbonization and energy security, the fall Sept/Oct 2023 issue of Turbomachinery International features insights from a roundtable of experts and OEMs into hydrogen’s current and projected role in the energy sector.



Turbomachinery International: Sept/Oct 2023

In Part 1 of this episode of the TurboTime podcast, Myth Busters Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz discuss pumping/compressing CO2. 

TurboTime Podcast: Part 1 - Compressing CO2

Pumping molten sulfur can be challenging for end users. With several design options, knowledge of proper system maintenance is crucial. 
