Maintenance & Reliability
HP Reliability: Consider composite materials in centrifugal pumps
Fluid processing industries have embraced the use of current- generation composite materials in centrifugal pumps to increase efficiency, improve mean-time- between- repair (MTBR), and reduce repair c..
HP Reliability: Upgrade your compressor antisurge control valves
Compressor “surge” is a low-flowphenomenon known to exist in “dynamic,” i.e., centrifugal and axialcompressors found in petrochemical plants, liquefied natural gas(LNG) facilities ..
Case 18: Problem-solving technique
An orderly procedure allows data to be organized and analyzed
Integral gas engine compressor failures and solutions
Here are the causes and how to remedy them
HP Reliability: Pay attention to pipe spring hangers and supports
Hanger and spring support-relatedinstallation oversights are responsible for many excessive pipestress incidents. Piping-induced loads will often cause pumpcasings to deflect. Consequently, important ..
HP Reliability: Apply optimized method of stiffening pump base plates
In the late 1990s, Houston-basedStay-Tru Services developed a highly effective method to minimizefield installation costs and improve reliability of pump baseplates. Its "Stay-Tru Pre-Grouted Base Pla..
Case 17: Wreck of a centrifugal pump
Understanding the entire flow system is important when determining the cause of a failure
Applications for multifunction pressure instruments
Case histories show how these devices can improve reliability and lower costs
Management’s role in achieving and sustaining reliability focus
This column has been published for over 13 years and although its content was, and still is, primarily targeting the reliability professional, many of its musings contained messages tha..
Top of line corrosion in industrial wastewater pipelines
Here are the causes and the solution
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