Browsing Category Operation

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  Magazine Featured

  Assessing asset life cycle, condition, reliability, and performance

  Comprehensive asset management consists of four main pillars: asset life cycle, asset condition management, asset reliability, and asset performance monitoring. Asset Life Cycle: Under this pillar, the equipment ...

  On March 8, 2021 / By Sultan Al-Shneiber & Rami Al-Shneiber
• Compressors

  Back to Basics – Rubbing or Not? Part 2

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  On May 15, 2015 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Compressors

  Anti-surge protection system for compressors

  This is the first of a three-part series by the author. This article explains surge phenomena and discusses why the anti-surge protection system is a very important part ...

  On April 29, 2015 / By Erik Shanabrough
• Compressors

  Multi-point vs. mono-point protection systems

  In the first part of this series, the author explained the significance of the anti-surge protection system in a compressor. In this article, he compares multi-point systems with ...

  On April 29, 2015 / By Erik Shanabrough
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  Instrumentation

  GE gas turbine LVDTs vs. conventional LVDTs

  The Alliance Sensors Group model S1A module, an advanced single channel LVDT signal conditioner, is capable of operating any LVDT currently available. But occasionally, users are confused by ...

  On March 27, 2015 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Gas Turbines

  GE’s gas turbines reach full baseload at Saudi Electricity Company

  Four of GE’s gas turbines have reached full commercial baseload operation at Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)’s combined cycle project Power Plant 12 (PP12) in Riyadh. Eight of GE’s ...

  On December 28, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Operation

  Alstom brings Slovenian coal plant to full load of 600MW

  Alstom announced recently that it has successfully operated Unit 6 of the Šoštanj coal power plant in Slovenia at its full capacity of 600 MW for the first ...

  On November 22, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Lubrication

  Extending the life of turbine oils

  Antioxidants (AO) are critical components in turbine oil formulations and largely determine the life and performance of a lubricant. Even though these sacrificial warriors make up about 1% ...

  On November 14, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  Back to Basics – Rubbing or Not?

  Metrix SETPOINT Contition Monitoring Group; Minden, NV The first item to be realized is that radial or axial rubbing is not a machinery malfunction.  A rub is secondary ...

  On September 10, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Lubrication

  Why Oils and Water Don’t Mix

  Why Oils and Water Don’t Mix Water and oil are immiscible because of the chemical nature of water and oil molecules. The old adage in chemistry used to ...

  On August 30, 2014 / By TMI Staff & Contributors