Browsing Tag March/April 2012

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  LIMITATIONS OF HERMETICALLY SEALED CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS

  Over the last few years, a number of compressor manufacturers have started offering hermetically sealed, electric motor driven compressors where the driver and the centrifugal compressors are installed ...

  On March 1, 2012 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

  Alstom turbine upgrade Alstom is introducing an upgraded version of its GT13E2. The GT13E2 E-class turbine was originally launched in 1993. More than 150 have been installed worldwide ...

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  TURBOMACHINERY TRENDS IN OIL & GAS

  Prady Iyyanki, Vice President Turbomachinery, GE Oil & Gas, discusses LNG, trends in turbomachinery technology, and the process of preparing gas turbines for mechanical drive duty. What trends ...

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  TURBINE CONTROL UPGRADES IN AGING PLANTS

  AS WELL AS ANALOG SYSTEMS, OLDER DIGITAL CONTROLS MAY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT Aging control systems pose maintenance and operational challenges to operators. As many of the companies that built ...

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  IMPROVING EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY

  REQUIREMENTS OF SMALL BORE ATTACHMENTS ON COMPRESSORS, PIPING AND PUMPS Centrifugal compressors and pumps can emit low- and high-frequency excitations within the piping system, creating reliability concerns on ...

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  SOLVING BEARING AND SEAL CHALLENGES

  PTFE POLYMERS CAN BE USED IN DEMANDING APPLICATIONS TO ENHANCE TURBOMACHINERY PERFORMANCE Choosing the correct seal or bearing material for a rotary or reciprocating system is critical to ...

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  Massa and Avenza plants

  Each year, GE Oil & Gas offers attendees of its Annual Meeting a tour of its Massa Machining and String Testing Facility on the west coast of Tuscany. ...

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  GE UPBEAT AT OIL & GAS ANNUAL MEETING

  PACKEDAGENDA INCLUDEDADVANCES IN GAS TURBINES, LNG, SHALE GASAND THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL ENERGY INDUSTRY Over 1,000 customers from more than 70 countries assembled in Florence, Italy, in ...

  On March 1, 2012 / By Drew Robb
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  CONOCOPHILLIPS OPTIMIZED CASCADE “TWO-TRAIN-IN-ONE” APPROACH

  Natural gas is treated to remove contaminants including CO2, water and mercury, then chilled to about –260°F in successively colder heat exchangers that use propane, ethylene and methane ...

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