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HP Reliability: More about unreliability, global procurement and you

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

We quite obviously believe that reading is the key to professional growth and that Mark Twain was right in stating that the man who refuses to read is no different from the illiterate person who canno..

Think power pumps are self-priming? Think again!

Consulting Engineer: Henshaw, T.

Think power pumps are self-priming? Think again!

HP Reliability: Understanding periodic pump switching and parallel operation

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Many process plants have "identical" centrifugal pumps installed in a given service. Most of these were probably intended as spare equipment. They would be started up in the event the primary pump ha..

Case 53: Electrical faults can cause shaft and gear failures

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

This technique allows transient torques in geared units to be determined

HP Reliability: Feedback from a pump person

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

In early 2009, we responded to a reader's request for data; he wanted to use it in a site-wide benchmarking project for pumpf reliability. The reader was employed at a company location that encompasse..

Design and implement an effective equipment integrity management system

TEFEN Venture Consulting Italy: Nicolo, F.
ERG Raffinerie Meditterranee SpA: Spampinato, M.

Consider this "integrity-only-specific" innovative methodology

HP Reliability: Modern pumps have stiffer shafts

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Some multistage centrifugal pumps are designed with relatively slender shafts and operate at speeds above the so-called rotor critical. When that is the case and as the pump comes up to operating spee..

Smart motor lubrication saves energy

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Many decades of experience confirm the success of oil mist for rolling-element bearings in the operating speed and size ranges found in motors for process pumps. For the past 40 years, empirical data ..

Case 52: Problems with a blocked-in centrifugal pump

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

The potential for overheating is one of many concerns

HP Reliability: Electric motors and mechanical efficiency

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Reliability-focused readers know quite a bit about oil mist and many use plantwide oil mist systems for their process pumps and electric motor drivers. In fact, some major grassroots olefins plants us..