38th Turbomachinery Symposium (2009) Table Of Contents pg. ___ PREFACE LECTURES pg. 1 DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A VERTICAL HIGH SPEED MOTOR-COMPRESSOR SIMULATOR FOR ROTOR DROP ONTO AUXILIARY BEARINGS David Ransom, Andrea Masala, Jeffrey Moore, Giuseppe Vannini, Massimo Camatti, Michel Lacour pg. 13 TRANSIENT SURGE MEASUREMENTS OF A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR STATION DURING EMERGENCY SHUTDOWNS J. Jeffrey Moore, Augusto Garcia-Hernandez, Matthew Blieske, Rainer Kurz, Klaus Brun pg. 27 MECHANICAL AND PERFORMANCE TESTING METHOD OF AN INTEGRATED HIGH-SPEED MOTOR COMPRESSOR Thomas Alban, Olivier Pellerin, Pierre Laboube, Bernard Quoix, Alain Gelin, Matthieu Oliva pg. 41 KNOWLEDGE-BASED TOOL DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN FOR RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS Brian Howard, John A. Kocur, Jr. pg. 53 INVESTIGATIONS ON THE DYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS OF IMPELLER EYE LABYRINTH SEALS Norbert G. Wagner, Klaus Steff, Rainer Gausmann, Marcus Schmidt pg. 71 FULL-SCALE AERODYNAMIC AND ROTORDYNAMIC TESTING FOR LARGE CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS James M. Sorokes, Thomas A. Soulas, Jay M. Koch, Jose L. Gilarranz pg. 81 TORSIONAL MODE DAMPING FOR ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN GAS COMPRESSION TRAINS IN EXTENDED VARIABLE SPEED OPERATION Christof Sihler, Simon Schramm, Joseph Song-Manguelle, Paola Rotondo, Stefano Del Puglia, Einar Larsen pg. 93 COMBINED TORSIONAL AND ELECTROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF AN LNG COMPRESSION TRAIN WITH VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE SYSTEM Paola Rotondo, Davide Andreo, Stefano Falomi, Pieder Jrg, Andrea Lenzi, Tim Hattenbach, Duccio Fioravanti, Sergio De Franciscis pg. 103 AEROACOUSTIC PHENOMENA IN HIGH PRESSURE CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS - A POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSE FOR IMPELLER FAILURES Sven Konig, Nico Petry, Norbert Wagner pg. 123 ASSESSING LIQUID DROPLET EROSION POTENTIAL IN CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR IMPELLERS Jorge Pacheco, H. Allan Kidd pg. 129 VERIFICATION FULL LOAD TEST OF 1,980,000 LB/H LARGE MECHANICAL DRIVE STEAM TURBINE FOR ASU UP TO 200 MW BASED ON PRINCIPLE OF HIGH SCALE MODEL SIMILARITY Osamu Isumi, Takashi Niiyama, Kazushi Mori, Satoshi Hata pg. 137 DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF A HIGH-SPEED, DIRECTLY-COUPLED, MULTI-MEGAWATT PERMANENT-MAGNET MACHINE Cassandra Bailey, Daniel M. Saban, Delvis Gonzalez-Lopez TUTORIALS pg. 149 DRY SCREW COMPRESSOR PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATION RANGE Jurgen Wennemar pg. 157 TURBINE OVERSPEED SYSTEMS AND REQUIRED RESPONSE TIMES Scott L. Taylor, Sheldon S. Smith pg. 169 CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR APPLICATIONS - UPSTREAM AND MIDSTREAM Peter C. Rasmussen, Rainer Kurz pg. 187 SELECTION OF MATERIALS AND MATERIAL RELATED PROCESSES FOR FCC POWER RECOVERY TURBINES Phillip Dowson, David Dowson pg. 213 PREVENTION OF TORSIONAL VIBRATION PROBLEMS IN RECIPROCATING MACHINERY Troy Feese, Charles L. Hill SPECIAL PAPERS pg. 239 THE EFFECTS OF PULSATIONS ON THE SURGE MARGIN OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS IN STATIONS WITH BOTH RECIPROCATING AND CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS Klaus Brun, Rainer Kurz pg. 251 ROTORDYNAMIC STABILITY OF A 9500 PSI REINJECTION CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR EQUIPPED WITH A HOLE PATTERN SEAL- MEASUREMENT VERSUS PREDICTION TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE OPERATIONAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Yves Bidaut, Urs Baumann, Salim Mohamed Hamed Al-Harthy pg. 261 STUDY OF LARGE VSI DRIVE SYSTEM FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY Masahiko Tsukakoshi, Mostafa Al Mamun, Kazunori Hashimura, Hiromi Hosoda pg. 267 PIPING FORCES AND MOMENTS ON COMPRESSORS AND STEAM TURBINES Katsuki Yagi, Atsushi Higashio, Hirokazu Kawashima pg. 275 DISCUSSION GROUPS pg. 295 SHORT COURSES pg. 303 ADVISORY COMMITTEE pg. 309 PROFESSIONAL STAFF pg. 313 TURBOMACHINERY LABORATORY CASE STUDIES Case Study 01 Successful Avoidance of Major Secondary Damages Using Proximity Measurements to Detect a Partially Fractured Piston Rod Uwe Ladwig, Skip Morrison Case Study 02 Centrifugal Compressor Degradation Detection Through Remote Vibration Monitoring Fabio de Norman et d'Audenhove Case Study 03 Intermittent Spikes on Vibration and Motor Current Caused by Water Carryover on the Third Stage of a Centrifugal Air Compressor Jos A. Vzquez, Bradley Addison, Robert J. Eizember, James C. Moore, Stephen R. Locke Case Study 04 Application of Corrosion Resistant/Antifoulant Coating on Latter-Stage Steam Turbine Blades Derrick Bauer, David Tadeu Silveira Morais Case Study 05 Practical Root Cause Analysis of Connecting Rod Bushing Failures in a New Reciprocating Compressor and the Theory Behind the Failure Mechanism Matthew E. Barker, Brian K. Bertelsen, Klaus Hoff Case Study 06 Influence of Jacking Oil Supply Configuration on Shaft Vibration of a Super-Synchronous Motor Tim Hattenbach, Feroze Meher-Homji, Mark Sandberg, Michael Larkin Case Study 07 Wire Wool Failure of a Compressor Rotor Bryan Barrington, Keith Burnikell Case Study 08 Development and Testing of a Very High Speed Oil Lubricated End Face Mechanical Seal Jigger Jumonville, Ralph Gabriel, Bill Price, Brad Platt Case Study 09 Practical Uses of Advanced Rotordynamics Tools to Ensure Trouble-Free Operation of a Gearbox Manuel Marin Case Study 10 Repeated Failures on Second Stage Impeller Linked to Blade Natural Frequency Excitation Jos A. Vzquez, James D. Elmore, Michael Skalski, Russell A. Houston Case Study 11 Temperature Considerations for Trouble-Free Oil-Free Screw Operation Shreekant Shah, Jim Hudson, William Egan Case Study 12 Seal Oil Piping Vibration on an Oil-Free Screw Compressor in an FPSO Application Ray D. Kelm, Dean Jeffery, William Egan Case Study 13 75MW Turbine-Generator Journal/Thrust Bearing Upgrade Julia Postill, Boris Drigant Case Study 14 Torsional-Lateral Coupled Vibration of Centrifugal Compressor System at Interharmonic Frequencies Related to Control Loop Frequencies in Voltage Source Inverter Kenji Tanaka, Akira Adachi, Naohiko Takahashi, Yasuo Fukushima Case Study 15 Diagnosis and Solution of High Noise and Vibration Issues after a Propylene Refrigeration Compressor Rerate Zheji Liu, Mark J. Kuzdzal, Kenneth E. Atkins, Randy Rials Case Study 16 Steam Turbine Pipe Strain Case Study Kevin Yates Copyright 2012 Texas A&M University System Turbomachinery Laboratory. Design: Web Unlimited
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