Compressors: How to Achieve High Reliability & Availability
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Industrial Technology, Engineering, Industrial, Telecommunications
| Author: | Heinz P. Bloch, Fred K. Geitner | ISBN: | 9780071772884 |
| Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Education | Publication: | July 6, 2011 |
| Imprint: | McGraw-Hill Education TAB | Language: | English |
| Author: | Heinz P. Bloch, Fred K. Geitner |
| ISBN: | 9780071772884 |
| Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Education |
| Publication: | July 6, 2011 |
| Imprint: | McGraw-Hill Education TAB |
| Language: | English |
Practical techniques for optimizing compressor performance
Written by experts with more than 100 combined years of industry experience in machinery failure avoidance, Compressors: How to Achieve High Reliability & Availability offers proven solutions to a pervasive and expensive problem in modern industry--compressor failure. This succinct, on-the-job guide addresses elusive causes of compressor failure and clearly maps out permanent remedies you can put to use right away. With a focus on centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, this accessible reference is based on real-world processes and procedures used by successful global companies.
Coverage includes:
- Compression principles and internal labyrinths
- Selection factors for process compressors
- Operation characteristics of turbocompressors
- Wet and dry gas seals
- Bearings, stability, and vibration guidance
- Lube and seal oil systems
- Impellers and rotors
- Compressor maintenance and surveillance
- Inspection and repair of rotors
- Machinery quality assessment (MQA)
- Failure analysis and troubleshooting
- Reciprocating compressor operation, control, maintenance, and rebuilding
- Maintenance and operations interfaces
- Reciprocating compressor monitoring and surveillance
- Training competent compressor engineers
Practical techniques for optimizing compressor performance
Written by experts with more than 100 combined years of industry experience in machinery failure avoidance, Compressors: How to Achieve High Reliability & Availability offers proven solutions to a pervasive and expensive problem in modern industry--compressor failure. This succinct, on-the-job guide addresses elusive causes of compressor failure and clearly maps out permanent remedies you can put to use right away. With a focus on centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, this accessible reference is based on real-world processes and procedures used by successful global companies.
Coverage includes:
- Compression principles and internal labyrinths
- Selection factors for process compressors
- Operation characteristics of turbocompressors
- Wet and dry gas seals
- Bearings, stability, and vibration guidance
- Lube and seal oil systems
- Impellers and rotors
- Compressor maintenance and surveillance
- Inspection and repair of rotors
- Machinery quality assessment (MQA)
- Failure analysis and troubleshooting
- Reciprocating compressor operation, control, maintenance, and rebuilding
- Maintenance and operations interfaces
- Reciprocating compressor monitoring and surveillance
- Training competent compressor engineers
