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  ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, ANALYTICS, DIGITALIZATION AND AUGMENTED REALITY

  Dr. Kang Ju Lee, Technical Sales Leader for Asia Pacific at Aveva, discusses asset performance management, digitalization, augmented reality, and the company’s recent merger with Schneider Electric’s industrial ...

  On September 4, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

  CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACKING OF STEAM TURBINE AND GENERATOR ROTORS By Teodoro Leon-Salamanca, Rheinhart & Associates Service-induced defects of steam turbine (ST) rotors can begin in several areas. This includes ...

  On September 4, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  SPECIFYING PUMPS

  FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN CENTRIFUGAL PUMP SELECTION AND DESIGN FOR POWER GENERATION By Gary Fitch Centrifugal pumps make up nearly three quarters of the industrial pumps in use ...

  On September 4, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF OPERATING PUMP SYSTEMS

  CENTRIFUGAL AND VERTICAL PUMPS, PIPING, VIBRATION, SUCTION, CAVITATION AND VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES By Amin Almasi   Centrifugal pumps are an important class of turbomachinery. Attention must be paid ...

  On September 4, 2018 / By Amin Almasi
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  Myth: THE PARTICULARS OR PARTICULATES ARE IMPORTANT

  The automotive industry in Europe, especially in Germany, is in turmoil. Certain European cities are considering a ban on vehicles with diesel engines from downtown areas. The diesel ...

  On September 4, 2018 / By Mythbusters: Klaus Brunn & Rainer Kurz
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  MYTH: TEENAGERS AND COMPRESSORS CAN’T STAY OUT OF TROUBLE

  As a teenager, I (Klaus) took chances and subsequently got into a fair share of trouble. No lasting damage was done … I think. From this, I learned ...

  On August 13, 2018 / By Mythbusters: Klaus Brunn & Rainer Kurz
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  NEW DIRECTOR AT THE TURBO LAB

  Dr. Eric Petersen, the new director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory, discusses the purpose of the lab, his immediate plans and developing trends in the industry. What is the ...

  On August 13, 2018 / By Drew Robb
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  REGENERATIVE CYCLE

  POWER PLANT OPTIMIZATION VIA EXERGY ANALYSIS By Paolo Roberto Gomes De Sousa The Rankine cycle is the most widespread cycle in the world. Used since the late nineteenth ...

  On August 13, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  LUBRICATION MAINTENANCE

  BEST PRACTICES CAN PREVENT CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF AERODERIVATIVE GAS TURBINES By Sarma Krishnamoorthy Aeroderivataive gas turbines (GTs) are being deployed in power plants and petrochemical facilities in increasing ...

  On August 13, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  FUTURE PUMPS

  ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF SUBMERGED MOTOR PUMPS by Amin Almasi Old fashioned pumps using external electric motors, mechanical seals and conventional lubrication oil have presented many problems to ...

  On August 13, 2018 / By Amin Almasi