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  Myth: The Surge Line Is Always The Surge Line

  FIVE COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SURGE IN CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS Surge is a global system instability caused when a centrifugal compressor’s process gas flow fully reverses, causing load swings on ...

  On November 1, 2015 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  MYTH: Axial thrust does not matter

  For the last ten years, we have only seen sporadic mention in publications about axial thrust calculations. Yet axial thrust management in centrifugal compressors has recently become a ...

  On August 1, 2015 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  Turbo Speak: Striking a Chord

  Letter from the Editor Last issue’s Myth Busters column on the bloat in American Petroleum Institute (API) standards has struck a chord with our readers. Comments poured in ...

  On August 1, 2015 / By Drew Robb
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  MythBusters: Gas Turbine Surge Can’t Happen to Me

  Industrial gas turbines are designed to operate safely during startup, shutdown, and over a wide range of normal load and speed conditions. Within the gas turbine, the axial ...

  On July 1, 2014 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  Myth Busters: Myth: There is Not Enough Instrumentation in Modern Turbomachinery

  Sometimes in my early adolescence after a girlfriend had just broken up with me, I (Brun) would innocently ask her the rather stupid question, “Why?” Thus I learned ...

  On March 1, 2014 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz
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  Myth Busters: Myth: More is Better

  Equipment sizing decisions in the oil & gas industry frequently have to be made based on incomplete or uncertain data. Process conditions for turbomachinery are based on numerous ...

  On January 1, 2014 / By Klaus Brun & Rainer Kurz