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Rotating Equipment

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

Avoid control valve application problems with physics-based models

Consumer Durables Group, Arthur D. Little: Roth, K. W.
Dresser Flow Control, Masoneilan Operations: Stares, J. A.

Kinetic energy criteria have many limitations

Using DIERS two-phase equations to estimate tube rupture flowrates

Stone & Webster Engineers and Constructors, Inc.: Elliott, B.

The method is more accurate than the traditional 'separate' phase approach

Hydro-tapping a 60-inch flue gas duct

Team Industrial Services, Inc.: Bowling, T.

Using a high-pressure water jet with abrasive grit met the requirements

Acoustic fatigue in large turbocompressors and pressure reduction systems

Southwest Research Institute: Blodgett, L. E.  |  Jungbauer, D. E.

A near-field sound pressure level screening method can predict problems

All you need to know about centrifugal pumps, Part 1

Qatar Petroleum: Godse, A.

Understand these factors for reliable, optimal operation