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  My test is accurate

  Many of us have to verify compressor and driver performance in the field. We do a test, read the data, and convert it to flow, head, and some ...

  On April 9, 2021 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  Choke: Your centrifugal compressor is not a blower

  Many centrifugal compressors run in applications such as gas gathering, gas storage, or pipeline compression where a wide operating range is required. However, when specifying the desired flow ...

  On November 10, 2020 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  Myth: Gas turbines don’t belong on commercial ships

  The commercial shipping industry has generally avoided gas turbines for primary propulsion and onboard electric power needs, turning instead to reciprocating engines, which have a history of operating ...

  On October 2, 2020 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  Myth: Going bigger with steam turbines

  Engineers have a tendency to overdesign and oversize rotating equipment. In past articles, we discussed the impact of unnecessary oversizing for compressors and gas turbines. But in terms ...

  On May 21, 2020 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  MYTH: DATA CORRECTION: ALL I NEED ARE THE CURVES

  Testing turbomachinery requires corrections between actual test conditions and those originally specified as the acceptance, operating or design conditions. The factory or field test will usually be performed ...

  On April 9, 2020 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  Myth: You can always learn something from failure

  Mark Twain once said, “Good judgement is the result of experience; and experience the result of bad judgement.” That wise saying is something that turbomachinery engineers and machinery ...

  On March 13, 2020 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  MYTH: ONE MACHINERY SOLUTION FITS EVERY OIL & GAS APPLICATION

  Reality has the nasty habit of undermining well-intentioned theory. If compressor stations would always work at one well-defined, constant operating point, the weather would never change, and units ...

  On December 7, 2019 / By Drew Robb
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  MYTH: HYDROGEN FUEL IS THE FUTURE

  The use of hydrogen as a power plant fuel is all over the news. Several manufacturers are actively promoting their capability to burn hydrogen as a gas turbine ...

  On October 22, 2019 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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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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  MYTH: GAS TURBINE BLADES ARE VULNERABLE

  Many people who operate or otherwise work with gas turbines (GTs) are in awe about the extraordinarily harsh environment in which compressor and turbine blades operate. Yet these ...

  On July 24, 2019 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz