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COMPRESSOR FAILURES

ROOT CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS FOR GE GAS TURBINE COMPRESSOR FAILURES BY RODGER ANDERSON & ROBERT TRAVER Most gas turbines have axial flow compressors with multiple rows of ...
On December 7, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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OUR EVOLVING GRID

Red and blue may be the dominant colors on a political map of the U.S. But green and light blue are the only two shades that matter in ...
On October 22, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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ATPS INDUSTRY SUMMIT

BIG DATA, DIGITALIZATION AND THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS BY KALYAN KALYANARAMAN The biennial Asia Turbomachinery & Pump Symposium (ATPS) grew out of Texas A&M Turbomachinery Laboratories’ (TAMU) ...
On October 16, 2019 / By Kalyan
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Turbo Expo 2019

ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING, CLEAN POWER, LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS, WET GAS COMPRESSION AND SPACE TRAVEL DREW ROBB The 2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Turbo Expo took ...
On October 6, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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MYTH: YOU CAN OPERATE IN SURGE

We have previously written about surge in our Myth Buster column. It is a violent physical phenomenon that occurs in centrifugal compressor systems with the potential to cause ...
On September 27, 2019 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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ROTATING MACHINERY MAINTENANCE

Rotating equipment lies at the heart of most oil & gas processes. Wells, pipelines, refineries and liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants rely on turbomachinery to perform daily operations ...
On September 27, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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COMPRESSOR CHOKE

THE CATASTROPHIC EFFECT OF CHOKE IN AXIAL COMPRESSORS AND PREVENTION MEASURES BY LEYDEN LOPEZ Axial compressors are used in large-scale processes where a significant amount of gas is ...
On August 27, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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Western Turbine Users Inc. Conference

AERODERIVATIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, SERVICING HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS, AND RAISING FLEET RELIABILITY WERE AMONG THE MANY TOPICS PRESENTED BY DREW ROBB The Western Turbine Users Inc. (WTUI) ...
On May 16, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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HOW TO INSTALL HYDRAULIC HUBS ON TURBOMACHINERY

PROPER INSTALLATION IS CRITICAL TO TRANSMITTING TORQUE CONSISTENTLY AND RELIABLY By Pat McCormack Caption: Hub with shaft end hydraulics. The number of methods used to hydraulically mount tapered ...
On December 17, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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TURBO SYMPOSIUM 2018 SHOWCASES MECHANICAL SEAL INTEGRITY, LNG EFFICIENCY, COMPRESSOR FOULING AND PIPING DESIGN

By Drew Robb Some shows stress engineering talent. Others are all about vendor experience or academic excellence. The Turbomachinery Symposium — one of the year’s premier events — ...
On December 10, 2018 / By Drew Robb