Appendix 3. Specifying pumps for the oil and gas industries

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Contents VII
4. Chapter 1. Why extending fluid machine life is still an essential pursuit 1
5. Chapter 2. The people and the business case 7
6. Chapter 3. Better rolling element bearings are available 17
7. Chapter 4. Understanding value calculations using bearing housing protectors as our example 27
8. Chapter 5. Upgrading general purpose steam turbines 35
9. Chapter 6. Mechanical seal selection facilitated by applying principles of machinery quality assessment 45
10. Chapter 7. Dry gas seals: success, OEMs versus non-OEMs, questions, and what to emphasize 57
11. Chapter 8. Why consider perfluoro-alkoxy carbon-filled polymers 73
12. Chapter 9. Oil rings are the weak link in lubricant application 81
13. Chapter 10. Consider today’s canned motor pumps 99
14. Chapter 11. More than one problem may be at work in machines 105
15. Chapter 12. Common blower improvement opportunities 115
16. Chapter 13. Integral gear CO₂ compressors offer high reliability and efficiency 123
17. Chapter 14. Power transmission couplings: select the best configurations 129
18. Appendix 1. From early condition monitoring to wireless sensor technology 135
19. Appendix 2. Training reliability professionals and subject matter experts 147
20. Appendix 3. Specifying pumps for the oil and gas industries 159
21. Index 195