Browsing Tag centrifugal compressors

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  TORSIONAL OSCILLATIONS ARE NO PROBLEM IN CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS

  Those of us who have used gas turbines as drivers for compressors have, for many years, thought that the problem of torsional train excitation was well understood and ...

  On July 18, 2018 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  RAISING PERFORMANCE

  HOW GAS MIXTURES AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS BY MASSIMILIANO DI FEBO & PASQUALE PAGANINI Assuring the availability of centrifugal compressors is one of the primary tasks ...

  On July 5, 2018 / By Massimiliano Di Febo and Pasquale Paganini
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  REVIVAL OF PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

  By Joanne Goh, IHS Markit The global oil & gas industry has experienced weak demand, high inventory and low oil prices since 2015. Several major oil companies have ...

  On October 15, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  AIR TURBO-COMPRESSOR PACKAGES

  Compressed air is one of the most important utilities in industrial plants. Instrument air is widely used to operate instruments, control systems, actuators and pneumatic systems. Instrument air ...

  On October 15, 2017 / By Amin Almasi
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  TURBO SPEAK: CENTRIFUGAL FORCES

  Centrifugal is an interesting word. The dictionary defines it as, “moving or tending to move away from a center.” The Latin derivation basically means “center-fleeing.” Some might suggest ...

  On August 21, 2017 / By Drew Robb
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  CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS

  MATCHING THE CONFIGURATION TO THE APPLICATION Back-to-back compressor. Courtesy of Dresser-Rand, a Siemens business By Mark Sandberg Complex compression trains may be supplied in series and parallel arrangements ...

  On August 21, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  TURBO EXPO 2017

  SUPERALLOYS, COATINGS, FAILURE ANALYSIS, REPAIR, VANE LIBERATION, FILTRATION, HRSG FOULING AND BLADE CRACKING by Drew Robb Keynote speakers and ASME Gas Turbine executives during the opening address at ...

  On August 21, 2017 / By Drew Robb
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  Industry News

  MAN digest MAN Diesel & Turbo is equipping gas turbines (GT) with 3D printed metal components. For example, 3D printed guide vane segments have been incorporated into its ...

  On May 20, 2017 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  LNG, NEW TURBINES AND DIGITIZATION

  THE GE OIL & GAS ANNUAL MEETING SEES A REVIVAL OF THE LNG MARKET, THE LAUNCH OF TWO NEW GAS TURBINES AND THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF DIGITIZATION By ...

  On March 19, 2017 / By Drew Robb
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  CHALLENGES FOR TURBOCOMPRESSORS

  Higher reliability and availability are primary requisites of turbomachinery operations teams. Modern turbocompressors, after all, are often designed to be operated unmanned with minimum support from operations and ...

  On March 18, 2017 / By Amin Almasi