Referring to Fig. 3.5, note that the downcomer B is flooding. The cause is loss of the downcomer seal. The height of the outlet weir…
Liquid flows across a tray deck toward the outlet weir. The liquid overflows the weir, and drains through the downcomer, to the tray below. Vapor…
Distillation trays in a fractionator operate between 10 and 90 percent efficiency. It is the process person’s job to make them operate as close to…
Hydrocyclone separators, sometimes called enhanced gravity separators, use centrifugal force to remove oil droplets from oily water. As shown in Figure 7-16, static hydrocyclone separator…
Referring back to Figure 10—1, remember that we have compared the actual gas compressor speed to the speed indicated by the curve that passes through…
One way of looking at a gas turbine centrifugal compressor is that the combustion air compressor must pump sufficient air to support combustion across the…
Gas turbines are limited, as are all rotating assemblies, by either speed or power. For an electric motor, the power limit is manifested by maximum…
A centrifugal compressor driven by a gas turbine at a pipeline booster station is moving 80 MMSCFD of natural gas. It used to move 95…
While the majority of natural gas field and transmission compressors are reciprocating machines, a sizable minority are centrifugal compressors driven by gas turbines. Only on…
A handy rule of thumb to retain for compression troubleshooting jobs is that the theoretical temperature increase of gas due to compression is linearly proportional…