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  Turboexpander with skid-mounted magnetic bearing controller

  L.A. Turbine (LAT) has introduced ARES Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) turboexpander-compressor designed for a 200MMSCFD gas processing plant. The ARES AMB Turboexpander features a skid-mounted AMB control system ...

  On July 18, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Novel turboexpander operates in gas, gas-liquid states

  Recent testing of the RadMax prototype gas expander with compressed air produced predicted torque and power generation at all tested speeds, the company Regi U.S. has said. In ...

  On January 27, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Expanders

  Evolution of turboexpanders

  Conventional turbine technology developed from hydropower, where flow is directed from a higher elevation to a lower elevation, so that the high pressure inlet is located above the ...

  On January 31, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Expander-compressors, an introduction

  An expander-compressor, also referred to as a turboexpander-compressor or simply a turboexpander, refers to a machine with a common shaft, with a centrifugal expander wheel on one end, ...

  On July 31, 2016 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  Back to Basics – Rubbing or Not? Part 2

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  On May 15, 2015 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Bearings

  Magnetic bearings to support LNG turboexpanders in Australia

  SKF today announced it will supply magnetic bearings to two new major gas projects in Australia. SKF’s S2M magnetic bearings will equip the natural gas treatment turbo expanders ...

  On September 7, 2012 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Using CFD to design erosion-resistant expanders

  Turbomachinery flows that contain solid particles represent an undesirable yet often inescapable condition because of practical operating considerations. Dust, sand, fly ash, iron oxide, process-originated materials, and debris ...

  On April 17, 2011 / By TMI Staff & Contributors