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Handbook 2022

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.

Real-world operational turbomachinery problems can be challenging. Fast decision making is often required. 

Turbo Tips: Tackling real-world challenges 

A step-by-step guide on the turbomachinery specification process, including considerations for unusual conditions and indoor vs. outdoor installation. 

Turbo Tips: How to specify turbomachinery 

Turbo tips: High-pressure turbocompressors

Surge can be a major challenge for turbocompressors. Operation in the surge area 
will result in an instability, exposing the machine to destructive stresses and forces, high vibration, and even serious damage. 


Turbo Tips: Factors impacting compressor surge

Many factors once considered negligible in ordinary piping may become significant for piping connected to turbomachinery.

Piping and Nozzle Loads

There are many reasons for turbomachinery problems and failures. Resonance, for example, is often overlooked.