Maintenance & Reliability
Maximize pump system energy savings
The approach saved $2 million per year at one site
Labyrinth compressors improve reliability in low-temperature service
Operating experience has been good in several installations
Money-based overall equipment effectiveness
Use this method to identify, prioritize and quantify inefficiencies
HP Reliability: Tackling your seal problems
A recent pump reliability improvement issue might serve as a model for tackling sealing issues in modern refineries. This one concerns crude vacuum bottoms pumps and explains a North American refinery..
Estimating corrosion in metallic stacks caused by hydrochloric acid
Simple method can be used to calculate the dewpoint temperature
Case 32: Piping flexibility concerns
Thermal upsets can cause pump problems due to piping loads
Delayed coking turnaround involving three civil engineering projects
Innovative project construction phasing, and the combination of precast, cast-in-place and pre-tensioned concrete construction technologies resulted in a proper restoration
HP Reliability: Vibration limits: Is there a consensus?
An experienced reliability manager recently asked our opinion on the subject of turbomachinery vibration. He and his staff had been discussing the vibratory behavior and applicable settings on one of ..
Understand cavitation in reciprocating pumps
Use these guidelines to help avoid problems
HP Reliability: Reasonable pump life assessed from published statistics
In the preface to a recent Pump User's Handbook (ISBN 0-88173-517-5) we alluded to pump failure statistics. These failure statistics are often translated into mean-time-between-failure (MTBF). For wha..
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