Robert X Perez: 6 books
Operator’S Guide to Centrifugal Pumps
What Every Reliability-Minded Operator Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
We work in an industry where economic success is heavily dependent on the collective performance of our processing equipment and their operators. Without highly trained and confident operators we can never hope to realize the full potential of our complex processes. Formal and informal training must...
How to Select the Right Centrifugal Pump
A Brief Survey of Centrifugal Pump Selection Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Choosing a centrifugal pump from the countless options available can be daunting, but someone has to make the decision. Many factors -such as the required flow, differential pressure, suction conditions, etc.- must be weighed against the capital costs and cost of energy for the pumps considered. To...
Operator’S Guide to Centrifugal Pumps, Volume 2
What Every Reliability-Minded Operator Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Many readers have found Operator's Guide to Centrifugal Pumps (Xlibris, 2008) to be a valuable training resource for process operators. Volume 2 provides additional training material in the form of student challenge exams and additional exposure to reliability topics.
Volume 2 has two goals:...
Operator's Guide to General Purpose Steam Turbines
An Overview of Operating Principles, Construction, Best Practices, and Troubleshooting
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
When installed and operated properly, general purpose steam turbines are reliable and tend to be forgotten, i.e., out of sound and out of mind. But, they can be sleeping giants that can result in major headaches if ignored. Three real steam turbine undesirable consequences that immediately come to...
Troubleshooting Rotating Machinery
Including Centrifugal Pumps and Compressors, Reciprocating Pumps and Compressors, Fans, Steam Turbines, Electric Motors, and More
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Process machines are critical to the profitability of processes. Safe, efficient and reliable machines are required to maintain dependable manufacturing processes that can create saleable, on-spec product on time, and at the desired production rate. As the wards of process machinery, we wish to keep...
by Robert X. Perez
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2019
Gas compressors tend to be the largest, most costly, and most critical machines employed in chemical and gas transfer processes. Since they tend to have the greatest effect on the reliability of processes they power, compressors typically receive the most scrutiny of all the machinery among the general...