Please note that the Manuscript Showcase does not reflect the final TPS program, and is subject to change. The finalized technical program will be posted this summer.
Short Courses
TURBO
- Torsional Rotordynamics of Machinery Equipment Strings
- Centrifugal Compressors 101
- Centrifugal Compressors 201
- An Introduction to Hydrodynamic Bearings as used in Industrial Turbomachinery
- API 692 Dry Gas Seals
- Introduction to sCO2 Power Cycles, Applications, Turbomachinery, Heat Exchangers, and Research Programs
- Gas Turbines Fundamentals of Design, Operation and Maintenance
- Steam Turbine 101/201 Combined, Basic Knowledge of Steam Turbine
- High-Performance Couplings and Rotating Machines
- Bearings for Oil-Free Rotating Machinery
- Field Performance Testing of Centrifugal and Reciprocating Compressors
- Vibration Problems and Solutions in Pumps and Turbomachinery
PUMP
- Fundamentals of Mechanical Seals
- Pumps 101
- Fundamentals of Centrifugal Pump and System Interaction
- Pump Cavitation Physics, Prediction, Control, Troubleshooting
- Key Differences in the Design of Piping Systems for Reciprocating and Centrifugal Pumps
- Optimizing Pumping Systems with Proven Engineering Assessment Processes and Methodologies
- Vibration Problems and Solutions in Pumps and Turbomachinery
Lectures
TURBO
- The Role of Turbomachinery in the Transition to a Low Carbon Society
- Predicting and Avoiding the Ekofisk Rotor Instability Forty Years Later
- Testing of a 10 MWe Supercritical CO2 Turbine
- A New Methodology for Verifying Pressurized Start-Up of Centrifugal Compressors Driven By Direct-On-Line Electric Motor by Leveraging String Test Results and Dynamic Simulation Analysis
- Full Automatic New Pressure Control for Steam Turbine Driven Compressors in Ammonia Plant Synthesis Service
- Surge Exploration Tests and Second Quadrant Characteristic Dynamic Modeling on Full-Scale Centrifugal Compressor
- Making Clean Power Possible: A Gas Turbine-Driven, Integrally Geared Compressor Solution for the SCO2 Allam Cycle
- API High-Speed Balancing Acceptance Criteria and Pedestal Dynamics
- Numerical Model and Experimental Validation of High Speed, High Load, Externally Cooled, Fix Geometry Pressure Dam Bearing
- Dynamic Characterization of a Tilting Pad Journal Bearing in Turbulence Regime Operating
- Mitigating Turbine High Cycle Fatigue Using Coupled Fluid-Structural Analysis and Optimization
- Successful Application of Nitrogen Turboexpanders-Compressors to Floating and Land-Based Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities
- High-Reliability Pistons for Reciprocating Compressors with Validated Performance Modelling
- Development of New Heat Treatment Method to Impart High Creep Strength and High Toughness to Rotor Material for Condensing Steam Turbine
- New Challenges and Design for High Mach High Flow Coefficient Impeller for Large Size LNG Plant
- Development of New On-Line Wash Oil Injection System for Centrifugal Compressor
- Additive Manufacturing and Topology Optimization Applied to Impeller to Enhance Mechanical Performance
- Performance Test of Full-Size Wet Tolerant Compressor
- Development and Testing of an Evacuated Gearbox for High Speed Integrally Geared Compressors
- Design and Validation Testing of a Range-Extending Semi-Open Impeller and Casing Treatment for a Centrifugal Compressor Stage
- Boil-Off Gas Compressor in LNG Liquefaction Plants: Selection and Testing
- Know Your Turbomachinery’s Operating Environment!
PUMP
- Leakage and Force Coefficients for Pump Annular Seals Operating with Air/Oil Mixtures: Measurements vs. Predictions and Air Injection to Increase Seal Dynamic Stiffness
- Further Evaluation of the Modified Affinity Laws for the Prediction of Viscosity Effect
- Maximum Efficiency for High Head Process Pumps – Optimizing Side Channel Pumps
- Crude Oil Non-Pusher Secondary Seal
- A Robust Algorithm to Detect Multiple Centrifugal Pump Faults with Corrupted Vibration and Current Signatures Using Continuous Wavelet Transform
- Effect of Swirl Brakes on the Static and Dynamic Performance of Plain Annular Liquid Seals, an Experimental and Numerical Analysis
- The Theory and Application of True Weighted Efficiency — A New Metric to Evaluate Pump Energy Efficiency Considering Multiple Operating Conditions
- Pipe Flow and Interaction with Pumps
- The Effect of Impeller Axial Location on Head Versus Flow Curve Stability
- Design and Verification Testing of Balance Piston for High-Viscosity Multiphase Pumps
- Cooling Water Pump Station Optimization
Tutorials
TURBO
- Determination of Operating Conditions and the Impact on Centrifugal Air Compressor Selection and Performance
- Precision Grouting of Turbomachinery
- Understanding Maintenance Contracts and Services (Long Term Service Agreements)
- Tutorial on Centrifugal Compressor Surge Control
- Lifetime of Gas Turbines Hot Section Parts in an O&G Environment
- The Synchronous Rotor Instability Phenomenon – Morton Effect
- Tutorial on Gas Turbines and Associated Auxilliary Systems in Oil and Gas Applications
- Mechanical, Stress and Flow Considerations for Piping Design of Centrifugal Compressors
- Worldwide Deployment of Predictive Asset Management at Air Liquide
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Failure Analysis of Turbomachinery Components
- Gas Turbine Emissions Improvements by Advances in Design, Analysis, Materials, Manufacturing, and Control Technology
- A Review of Aerodynamically Induced Forces Acting on Centrifugal Compressors, and Resulting Vibration Characteristics of Rotors
- Centrifugal Compressor Evolution — From Stegosaurus to Star Wars
PUMP
- Water Hammer and Piping Stresses
- Protective Wisdom: Hf Releases and Associated Pumps
- Considerations in Piping Plan 53B Applications
- Best Practices for Mechanical Seal Installations
- Midstream Pipeline Applications – Design Aspects and Considerations for Mechanical Seals
- An End-Users Guide to Centrifugal Pump Rotordynamics
- Fundamentals of MV Motor & Variable Frequency Drives
- Answers to Commonly Asked Questions about Mechanical Seals
- Guidelines for Dynamics of Centrifugal & Axial Pumping Machinery
- ANSI/ASA S2.75-2017/Part 1 Shaft Alignment Methodology, Part 1: General Principles, Methods, Practices, and Tolerances
Case Studies
TURBO
- Dry Gas Seal Failure Due to Axial Sub-Synchronous Vibration on a Hydrogen Recycle Gas Compressor
- Preventing a Major Wreck on a New Reciprocating Compressor: The Importance of Commissioning Testing
- Steam Turbine Reoccurring Rubs, Troubleshooting, and Corrective Action
- A Review of the Critical Design Parameters for Labyrinth Type Separation Seals on Dry-Gas-Seals
- Stray Currents and Their Damaging Effects on Rotating Machinery
- Steam Turbine with 0.9X Vibrations
- Resolution of High Vibration on a Generator
- Damaged Thrust Collar of a Gear Set for a Compressor Train
- Compressor Dry Gas Seal Failure Due to Oil Ingress
- Investigation and Resolution of Dry Gas Secondary Seal Failure
- Mechanical Improvement of Electrical Interharmonics Damping
- Dry Gas Seal Failures Caused by Axial Vibrations
- Understanding Design Parameters That Affect Thermal Stability of High-Speed Turbo Machinery (Also Known as the Morton Effect)
- High Vibration Due to Steam Turbine Deposits
- Investigation and Resolution of Governing Valve Linkage Failure for Compressor Drive Steam Turbine
- Analysis and Countermeasures for Sideband of Gear Mesh Frequency (GMF) Induced by Shaft Fretting Corrosion in a Gearbox
- Analysis and Countermeasure for Sulfide Stress Cracking of Centrifugal Compressor Impeller
- Compressor High Vibration Caused by Fluid Density During Start-Up
- Impeller High Cycle Fatigue Failure on a Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Following Choked Flow Operation
- Troubleshooting of Sub-Synchronous Torsional Interaction Phenomena on an Electric Motor-Driven Centrifugal Compressor
- Compressor Startup Flaring Avoidance Design Methodology
PUMP
- Up-Thrust and Seal Failures on A Vertical Can Pump
- Improving Plant Reliability with a Pitot Tube Pump
- Resolving High Vibration Issue on a Vertical Pump/Motor
- NPSHR (NPSH3) Improvement of a Low-Pressure Safety Injection Pump
- Vertical Turbine Pump Reliability Improvement
- Investigating and Improving the Drooping Curve of a Two-Stage Feed Pump
- Fugitive Emissions Containment Using a Dual Pressurized Seal and API Plan 53B
- BB Lateral Dynamic Analysis
- A Perplexing Vertical Turbine Pump Failure
- Correction of High Vibration on a Vertical Turbine Deep Well Pump with a Dynamic Vibration Absorber
- Improved Reliability of Industrial Waste Water Pumps
- Structural Natural Frequency Tuning on a Vertical Pump
- A Case Study of Vibration in Positive Displacement Pump Systems
- Rotating Equipment Reliability Using Optical Metrology
- Motion Amplification: Moving Vibration Analysis to the Visual Spectrum
Discussion Groups
TURBO
- Overspeed Trip Systems
- Reciprocating Compressors
- Advanced Topics In Centrifugal Compressor Design
- Turbo Expanders & PRTs
- Dry Gas Seals for Compressors
- Integrally Geared Compressors
- Turbomachinery Bearings and Annular Seals
- Protection Systems Integrity
- Screw Compressors
- Gas Turbine Operation and Maintenance
- Steam Turbine Design, Operation, and Maintenance
- Compressor Controls
- Monitoring Vibration and Other Critical Machine Conditions
- Couplings and Alignment
- Gears
- Lubrication
PUMP
- Centrifugal Pump Operation, Maintenance, and Reliability
- Mechanical Seals
- Improving Mean Time Between Pump Failures
- Vertical Pump Problems and Solutions
- Sealless Pumps
- Pipeline Applications
- Cryogenic Fluid Pumping Applications
- Cavitation/NPSH (Field Problems)
- Monitoring Vibration and Other Critical Machine Conditions
- Couplings and Alignment
- Gears
- Lubrication
