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Pumps

Reliability: Transform ODR-OPPM into a worthwhile initiative

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

ODR, which stands for operator-driven reliability, has recently morphed into a new arrangement of letters: OPPM.

Reliability: Avoid pump shaft failures

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

We welcome and thrive on questions from reliability engineers and try to answer some as best we can.

Compare pitot tube pumps with high-speed centrifugal pumps for low-flow applications

Chagalesh Consulting Engineers: Khazrai, F.  |  Eskandarlu, A.

When seeking a pump for a low-flow, high-head application, there is a temptation to choose a high-speed (HS) integral gear-driven centrifugal pump because of its advantages over multi-stage centrifugal and other types of pumps.

Advances in dry gas seal technology for compressors

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
AESSEAL plc: Carmody, C.

Compressor owner-operators now have unprecedented and solidly verifiable options.

HP Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

The FM-approved FireChek thermal shutoff valve with resettable memory shape alloy can now be used to automatically shut down a pneumatic control system when a nearby fire occurs, or when the ambient temperature reaches 135°F, 150°F or 165°F.

HP Reliability: Consider high-pressure throttle bushings made from fluoropolymers

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

In February 2004, I reported on how horizontal multistage pumps could be upgraded with a high-performance plastic produced by DuPont, Vespel CR-6100.

HP Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

Ingersoll Rand debuted its TURBO-AIR NX 8000 integrally geared centrifugal compressor at the Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia show in Houston, Texas in September.

Use root cause analysis to examine failure of a cooling water pump

Suncor Energy Inc.: Tharakan, J.

Without a holistic approach and a structured root cause analysis, it is hard to unearth complex and multiple issues, particularly design deficiencies.

HP Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

EGC Critical Components has announced its dures brand of materials, a new family of proprietary thermoplastic polymer composites developed specifically for the manufacture of bushings, bearings and wear rings in pumps handling a wide range of liquids, including those that contain solid matter.

HP Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

New valve offers zero leakagePentair Valves and Controls has expanded its Vanessa triple offset valves (TOVs) product line with the launch of the Series 30-RS.