TECH LIBRARY
- AVOID REFRIGERATION COMPRESSOR DAMAGE: Online monitoring helps prevent liquid injection and operating in choke - HYDROCARBON PROCESSING
- COMPRESSOR PERFORMANCE WEB CALCULATOR: Instructions on how to use the Flexware Online Compressor Performance Calculator.
- CONDENSING EXTRACTION TURBINE CALCULATION: Condensing Extraction Turbine Calculation using Flex Live Software.
- CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE MONITORING:This article will offer some reasons to continuously monitor compressor and turbine performance and present some case studies in support of continuous performance monitoring .
- EVALUATING MULTI-SECTION COMPRESSORS: Procedures, Equations, and Examples
- FLEXWARE SLEEVE SEAL LIFE: A case study based on the use of Flexware Gold Babbit on Seal Ring Bores.
- GAS PROPERTIES: A Listing of Various Gases and their Properties
- GAS TURBINE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: A regular check on the overall efficiency can tell a lot about the condition of the turbine and help decide if further investigation is necessary. All that is needed is the driven power and the fuel consumption.
- HYDROGEN RECYCLE COMPRESSOR FIELD PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: Compressor Performance Analysis Prior to Major Overhaul or Intended Rerate Can Reveal Important Costs and Time Saving Measures - www.compressortech2.com
- IDENTIFYING DOUBLE SPEED: Case Study: Electric resonance and double speed indication during steam turbine startup.
- LOST GRAPHICAL TECHNIQUES: The following is a means of determining the numerical points for a compressor performance curve so they can be transferred to an Excel spread sheet for plotting operating points.
- MONITORING CHOKE: The methods Flexware uses to determine the choke margin.
- ONLINE PERFORMANCE MONITORING: This Crucial Element of Condition-Based Monitoring Can Help Increase Plant Profits Linked with permission of Turbomachinery International.
- PARALLEL and DOUBLE FLOW COMPRESSORS: Recommended inlet piping for a double flow compressor.
- PRACTICAL STEAM TURBINE PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS: A steam turbine’s power and/or efficiency can be quickly and accurately calculated using Flex Live’s Steam Flex routines for steam properties calculations.
- REMOTE MONITORING: A big advantage to doing equipment monitoring remotely is that it brings all the data together quickly and easily. At the touch of a finger! Saving us all time and money.
- ROTOR DYNAMICS: The primary factor to assure long-term reliability of any rotating machinery is a good understanding of the rotor dynamics of that equipment.
- RUB TOLERANT LABYRINTH SEALS: A Simple Method for Estimating the Effect of Upgrading Your Compressor by conversion to Rub Tolerant Seals.
- SURGE IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURE: Guidelines and procedure for identifying and establishing location of the surge point.
- THE CONSEQUENCES OF COMPRESSOR OPERATION IN OVERLOAD: The potential consequesnce of operating a centrifugal compressor in overload and methods used by OEMs to define choke.
- TURBOCOMPRESSOR HYDRODYNAMIC BEARINGS: Synopsis of Turbocompressor Hydrodynamic Bearings.
- TURBOCOMPRESSOR LUBE SYSTEM NOTEBOOK: Synopsis of Turbocompressor Lubrication Systems.
- WEARING in PEEK SEALS: For a sustained rub, the PEEK material will locally overheat and soften and deform or even melt opening up the clearances to an amount that can be sustained.
- WET STEAM: Assessing wet turbine efficency.