Compressors

Texas A&M’s TPS 2024 hosts a full house of rotating equipment engineers and technicians from more than 50 countries.

Federal investment allows manufacturers to produce additional residential heat pumps, residential heat pump water heaters, school heat pumps, and heat pump compressors.

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) will conduct sustainability research, which includes hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, renewables, and more.

Regal Rexnord manufactures products for turbomachinery applications, including diaphragm and disc couplings.

The Anchor floating production unit (FPU) is an all-electric facility with electric motors and electronic controls to reduce carbon emissions.

Driftwood LNG, a development opportunity near Lake Charles, LA, will comprise five LNG trains in four phases with a total permitted capacity of 27.6 mtpa.

The Danish heat pump plant will use four oil-free, hermetically sealed HOFIM motor-compressor units without dry gas seal and lube oil systems.

The company will support Wabash Valley Resources (WVR), an ammonia fertilizer producer, with turbomachinery and carbon sequestration solutions.

In addition to the 25 MW heat pump solution, Scout Motor’s order includes electric motors and process equipment such as condensers, coolers, evaporators, piping, and a control system.

Gas turbine systems are the heart and soul of many defense—including naval and aero—and commercial offshore operations, providing reliable, efficient power.

This agreement builds on a 2021 collaboration in Australia in which Baker Hughes supplied gas turbines and compressors for Woodside’s Pluto LNG train 2 project.

The July/August 2024 issue offers comprehensive coverage on industrial and aeroderivative gas turbines, steam, and hydro turbines.

ASME's European Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition is expecting 2,500 attendees and more than 100 exhibitors from 22 countries.

RMS performed a digital overlay using a real-time scanner to prepare for the virtual assembly process before replacing the blower.

The Dark Horse Treating Facility contains two acid gas injection wells, Independence AGI 1 and 2, which permanently sequester greenhouse gases up to 18,000 feet underground.

Turbomachinery operators can prevent leakage at pressure stations and pneumatically operated valves along the length of the compressor by using leak- or loss-free technologies, says NETL.

Turbomachinery coatings are designed to be an added layer of protection for base materials, but even coatings wear down.

The multi-year contract includes the deployment of wireline, coiled tubing, cementing, tubular running, and more within Petrobras’ salt fields offshore Brazil.

What’s the history of additive manufacturing, how is it used to manufacture turbomachines, and does it really have a future in the turbo industry? Find out more from the Myth Busters in this episode of the TurboTime Podcast.

The course will use the Agile Engineering Design System (AEDS) and Advanced Rotating Machine Dynamics tools (ARMD) to design and develop an electric turbopump for a notional rocket engine.

Baker Hughes and Tecnimont (MAIRE) will supply 20 compression trains to increase gas production at Algeria’s Hassi R’Mel gas field.

Technology designed to reduce carbon emissions is supporting the power generation industry’s move toward decarbonization.

The new unit increased the facility’s capacity by about 50%. The company’s air permit from New Source Review (NSR) supports additional expansion projects.

The Thailand-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project contracted Ebara Elliott for a motor-driven recycle compressor.

Ingersoll Rand and a consortium of partners provided $19 million in financing to accelerate Inkbit’s multi-functional additive manufacturing system, Vision-Controlled Jetting (VCJ).

The May/June 2024 issue features coverage of the growing carbon-capture industry, a tour of GE Vernova’s Facility in South Carolina, a Q&A on digital ecosystems with Emerson, and more.

Gas turbines, including the air compressor and combustion chamber, face challenges such as high temperatures and the need for blade-cooling systems.

Tenigzchevroil commenced operations at the Wellhead Pressure Management Project (WPMP), converting a metering station to low pressure and activating the pressure boost facility.

In this episode of the TurboTime podcast, Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz discuss turbomachinery factory and field testing—what they are good for, cost, and more.

Aramco’s order for Phase 3 of Saudi Arabia’s Master Gas System project will support the new pipeline aimed at increasing gas distribution across the Kingdom and reducing carbon emissions.