Forsthoffer's rotating equipment handbooks. Principles of rotating equipment / Volume 1, (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Principles of rotating equipment
• Further Information: Note: W.E. (Bill) Forsthoffer.
• Other Names: Forsthoffer, W. E (William E.)
• Contents: Front Cover; Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks: Principles of Rotating Equipment; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the author; Chapter 1. Rotating equipment overview; Introduction; Definition of rotating equipment; Classifications of rotating equipment; Site equipment examples; Performance and mechanical design similarities; The equipment 'train' or 'unit'; Important fundamentals; Chapter 2. Compressor characteristics; Introduction; Positive displacement compressors; Actual volume, standard volume and mass flow; Dynamic compressors. Chapter 3. Operation of a compressor in a systemIntroduction; The definition of a process system; System resistance curves; The operating point; A positive displacement compressor in the process system; A dynamic compressor in the process system; Chapter 4. Pump types and applications; Definition of pump types; Positive displacement pumps; Dynamic pumps; When to use positive displacement or centrifugal pumps; Chapter 5. Pump performance data; The pump curve; The limits of the centrifugal pump curve; Increasing head produced by a centrifugal pump. Chapter 6. Centrifugal pump hydraulic disturbancesIntroduction; Maintaining a liquid inside a pump; Causes of damage; Preventing hydraulic disturbances; The project design phase; Field operation; Chapter 7. Pump mechanical design; Introduction; Basic elements of centrihgal pumps; Volutes; Wear rings; Impellers; Bearings; Anti-friction bearings; Hydrodynamic bearings; Balancing devices; Shaft and key stress; Chapter 8. Mechanical seals; Introduction; Function of mechanical seals; The seal system; Controlling flush flow to the seal; Examining some causes of seal failures; Seal configurations. Flush system typesAuxiliary stuffing box and flush plans; Chapter 9. Compressor types and applications; Introduction; Positive displacement compressors; Dynamic compressors; Chapter 10. The concept of fluid head; Introduction; Definition; Paths of compression; The different types of gas head; Dynamic compressor curves format; Chapter 11. Performance relationships; Introduction; Satisfying the objective; Gas characteristics; Compression head; Impeller types and specific speed; Efficiency; Horsepower; The Fan Laws; Chapter 12. Surge (stall) and stonewall; Introduction; Surge facts. The limits of the curveWhat causes surge; What causes stonewall (choke); Chapter 13. The effect of a gas density change; Introduction; The factors involved; The effect on turbo-compressor pressure ratio; The effect on the compressor head; The effect on system resistance; The effect on turbo-compressor flow rate; The effect on power; Chapter 14. Turbo-compressor mechanical design overview; Introduction; The casing; The inlet guide vanes; The rotor; Diaphragms; Inter-stage seals; Shaft end seals; Journal bearings; Thrust bearings; Chapter 15. Radial bearing design; Introduction.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 621.406; Turbomachines; Rotors; Hydraulic machinery; Hydraulic machinery; Rotors; Turbomachines; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical; Hydraulic machinery; Rotors; Turbomachines; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080949321; 0080949320
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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