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• Compressors

  Retrofits to save energy in centrifugal compressors

  Centrifugal compressors offer several opportunities for energy savings. Some of the typical saving opportunities lie in: Anti-fouling coating resulting in improved performance over longer period of time 2) ...

  On November 18, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Elements of a gas turbine filtration system

  In order to protect the gas turbine from the variety of contaminants present in the ambient air, several filtration devices are used. Weather Protection and Trash Screens Weather ...

  On November 15, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Gas turbine filtration mechanisms

  Filters in the filtration system use many different mechanisms to remove particles from the air. The filter media, fiber size, packing density of the media, particle size, and ...

  On November 11, 2019 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
• Auxiliaries

  Pros and cons of prox probes

  Shaft displacement probes (non-contacting eddy current sensors) measure the displacement of the rotor or shaft typically adjacent to or inside a hydrodynamic journal bearing. Displacement probes are significantly ...

  On November 7, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  How dangerous is compressor operation at choke conditions

  Centrifugal compressors are frequently used in the oil and gas industry in higher pressure applications. One of the characteristics of applications in the oil and gas industry is ...

  On October 31, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  The fine print in world record efficiency claims

  At the 2019 ASME/Turbo Expo held in Phoenix, Arizona, S Can Gülen, a Bechtel fellow at the Bechtel Infrastructure & Power, spoke about the fine print in OEM ...

  On October 29, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Gas Turbines

  3D printing of 8000H shows state-of-the-art, limitations

  Together with the H+E-Produktentwicklung GmbH in Moritzburg, Saxony, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Dresden has developed a true-to-scale gas turbine that impressively ...

  On October 27, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Evaluating barrier fluids for mechanical seal applications

  Water is readily available. It is environmentally acceptable and has no health and safety restrictions. It also has a high specific gravity and specific heat which aids in ...

  On October 24, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  Online washing of steam turbines to arrest performance degradation

  To compete in today’s economic climate, petrochemical plants are strategizing on continuous long-term operation to reduce maintenance costs and increase productivity. This strategy has led some plants to ...

  On October 19, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  What a dry gas seal application in 1986 showed

  The Kårstø K-Lab dry gas seal in Norway was among the first Dry Gas Seal installations with a high sealing pressure as 132 Bara. In 1986, when the ...

  On October 17, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors