Compressors: How to Achieve High Reliability and Availability

Written by experts with more than 100 combined years of industry experience in machinery failure avoidance, Compressors: How to Achieve High Reliability & Availability offers proven solutions to a pervasive and expensive problem in modern industry - compressor failure. This succinct, on-the-job guide addresses elusive causes of compressor failure and clearly maps out permanent remedies you can put to use right away. With a focus on centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, this accessible reference is based on real-world processes and procedures used by successful global companies.Author: Heinz P. Bloch and Fred K. GeitnerPublished: 2012Format: Hardback Pages: 268Table Of Contents: 1. Introduction, Compression Principles, and Internal Labyrinths Density and Compression RatiosHeat and Mass Concepts SimplifiedThe Concept of "Head" and Other ParametersPositive Displacement versus Dynamic CompressorsInternal Labyrinth SealsPreinvesting with Future Uprating in MindWhat We Have Learne