Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Rotating Equipment

Pregrouted baseplates reduce installation time and costs

Jacobs Engineering: Hasselfeld, R.
Flowserve Pump Division: Korkowski

Improving pump reliability is another benefit

Condition monitoring for reciprocating compressors

Prgnost Systems GmbH: Drewes, E.

Practical experience with computer-aided online systems shows how useful they can be

Avoid open impeller failures

Borsig Technologies, Inc.: Knight, C.

Numerical methods can help determine causes of failure

Case study in reliability implementation

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

These guidelines can be beneficial to any plant

Simplified method monitors pump performance

Sunoco, Inc: Russek, M.
Sasol: Budhram, D.
Flint Hills Resources, L.P.: Perez, R. X.

Portable transit-time flowmeters reduce the number of measurements needed

Using ball valves in control applications

B-Controls: Brucken, F. W.

They can provide performance improvements for less cost

Gear standards: comparing ratings and requirements

Lufkin Industries: Beckman, K. O.

Understanding the differences can help reduce problems

Criteria for recalibrating automatic sampling systems in crude service

Use these guidelines to determine when recalibration is necessary

Low technology approach to better machinery reliability

Consulting Engineer: Cummings, J.

Several basic steps can give good results

Understand AC induction motor vibration

Qatar Fertilizer Company: Mansoor, A.

Use these guidelines to diagnose mechanical and electrical problems