I am currently involved with a project that requires a new centrifugal pump / driver to be installed in one area short term, then re-located to a permanent location within a year. One of the project engineers was inquiring about using chock blocks for the initial install, so the removal and...
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I'm currently conducting a cost evaluation of some existing centrifugal compressor seal oil systems in plant. I am curious as to the amount of usable process gas that is lost across the inner labyrinth seal on either end to the sour seal oil trap. Two machines in particular have no...
I'm working on some cost justifications and looking at the existing operating costs of some seal oil pumps. One pump is motor driven, one turbine driven. What do I need to calculate the operating cost of the turbine?
What I have:
Turbine HP
Inlet / exhaust conditions
Cost of steam ($/1000lb)...
