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Maintenance & Reliability

Unique online leak repair techniques

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2004
Fauji Fertilizer Co.: Akhtar, O.  |  Fateh, P.
Maintenance & Reliability

Consider these options when typical methods aren't feasible

Reduce both energy and maintenance costs

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2004
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Maintenance & Reliability

Here's how synthetic lubricants can achieve these goals

Monitor and control cooling water corrosion

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2004
Tata Chemicals Ltd.: Choudhary, S. G.
Maintenance & Reliability

Corrosion coupons and online instruments help diagnose problems

Understand gaskets

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2004
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.: Sahoo, T.
Maintenance & Reliability

Follow these guidelines to avoid sealing problems

HP Reliability: A 'hundred-plus points' to improve pump reliability, Part 3

Hydrocarbon Processing / May 2004
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Maintenance & Reliability

Last month's column addressed items 35 to 68. Here we present items 69 to 102. F. Mechanical improvement options continued 69. In lieu of item 68, strongly consider using Vespel CR6100 carbon fil..

Case 20: Cold startup bearing failures

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2004
Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.
Maintenance & Reliability

Excessive clearance and hard starts can cause problems

An effective method for analyzing piping vibration problems

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2004
Reliance Refinery: Saha, S.  |  Rastogi, R.
Bechtel India Pvt Ltd.: Bhattachrya, A.
Maintenance & Reliability / Process Optimization / Equipment

The matching mode shape technique combines field vibration data with natural frequency information

Hybrid fault patterns for diagnosing gas turbine component degradation

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2004
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Centro de Investigacion en Ingenieria y Ciencas Aplicadas, Cuernaveca, Morelos, Mexico, and Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Gerencia de Turbomaquinaria, Temixco: Garcia, A. G.  |  Kubiak, J. S.  |  Urquiza, G. B.
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Centro de Investigacion en Ingenieria y Ciencas Aplicadas, Cuernaveca,: Gonzalez, G. R.
Maintenance & Reliability / Rotating Equipment

Faults and their locations can be identified by analyzing efficiency and vibration simultaneously

HP Reliability: A 'hundred-plus points' to improve pump reliability, Part 2

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2004
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Maintenance & Reliability

Last month's column addressed items 1 ? 34. Here we present items 35 to 68. C. Lubrication issues, continued 35. On grease-lubricated couplings, verify that only approved coupling greases are use..

HP Reliability: A 'hundred-plus points' to improve pump reliability

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2004
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.
Maintenance & Reliability

In the September 2003 issue of HP ("Letters to the Editor,") we had promised to provide reminders of "things being done" by users that consistently achieve high pump reliability. The point was made th..