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• Auxiliaries

  Tips to boost reliability of control systems of auxiliaries

  The following are some of the causes of reduction in the reliability of auxiliary system control and instrumentation. The reliability can be boosted by considering the below factors. ...

  On March 17, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Compressors

  Digital transformation within the pump and compressor market

  The global motor-driven equipment market has been extremely volatile during the past few years, due to the decline of global oil and commodity prices. Equipment manufacturers, including pumps ...

  On March 12, 2019 / By Joanne Goh
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  Compressors

  Optimizing compressor control systems

  Control systems are the brain of the Process Plant. Their importance is well recognized, and, for this reason, the design and implementation of plant control systems are considered ...

  On March 7, 2019 / By Massimiliano Di Febo and Pasquale Paganini
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  Gas Turbines

  Mechanisms of performance degradation in gas turbines

  Any prime mover exhibits the effects of wear and tear over time. The problem of predicting the effects of wear and tear on the performance of any engine ...

  On February 28, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Containment seals, contacting and non-contacting

  Seal design with one flexible element, seal ring and mating ring mounted in the containment seal chamber makes containment seal. It follows that containment seals are a particular ...

  On February 27, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Auxiliaries

  Designing a dry gas seal system: Considering its disadvantages

  While the dry gas seal system has many advantages over the liquid sealing system such as far fewer systems, less maintenance required and greater reliability, there are a ...

  On February 23, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Pumps

  How to determine the Equipment Reliability Operating Envelope of a centrifugal pump

  If the centrifugal pump flow is too high or too low hydraulic disturbances will be present that can change the pumped fluid pressure and/or temperature. Since the majority ...

  On February 21, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Compressors

  Five requirements for successful surge avoidance

  The compressor map for a speed controlled compressor identifies the possible operating points for the machine. The possible conditions are limited by maximum and minimum operating speed, maximum ...

  On February 18, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Gas Turbines

  GT orders report for 2018: GE still overall leader, Mitsubishi leads in large machines

  GE leads overall in gas turbine orders for power generation in 2018 but fell to second place behind Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems in orders for bigger, advanced machines, ...

  On February 13, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Gas Turbines

  Gas turbine to operate on 100% hydrogen in Australian project

  At its recent 20th Annual Meeting in Florence, Italy, Baker Hughes, a GE company, announced the signing of an agreement with H2U, Australia’s leading Hydrogen infrastructure developer. The aggreement calls ...

  On February 9, 2019 / By Kalyan