Compressors: How to Achieve High Reliability & Availability

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Practical techniques for optimizing compressor performance 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 elusivecauses 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. Coverage includes: Compression principles and internal labyrinths Selection factors for process compressors Operation characteristics of turbocompressors Wet and dry gas seals Bearings, stability, and vibration guidance Lube and seal oil systems Impellers and rotors Compressor maintenance and surveillance Inspection and repair of rotors Machinery quality assessment (MQA) Failure analysis and troubleshooting Reciprocating compressor operation, control, maintenance, and rebuilding Maintenance and operations interfaces Reciprocating compressor monitoring and surveillance Training competent compressor engineers Review: great reference book for process industry professionals. - great reference book for process industry professionals. Review: The Go To Book On Compressors - Masters of machinery reliability and available, Bloch and Geitner, have succeeded again with their new, well-presented, short book, Compressors! Anyone with a 9th grade education can read and understand their details and their math is easy. Successful rotating equipment is all about implementing the many important details outlined in their terse presentation of Compressors. Rotating equipment specialist must consistently know and implement these details for success. Bloch and Geitner point out several times that often used API and other standards represent bare minimum requirements. Bloch and Geitner present additional requirements plus the logic for their tougher standards, which must be achieved for long life and failure free compression equipment. Aspiring rotating equipment engineers and battle hardened rotating equipment veterans can benefit from the well written and carefully presented format of Compressors. Details from this book will quickly get the maintenance and reliability staff to the "Ah Ha" state for both education and training. Maintenance Managers, Reliability Managers, Production Managers, and Plant Managers can benefit from a careful study of details in this short book. With information from Compressors, these key leaders can ask the correct questions to stimulate their engineering staffs to pay attention to the very important details for long life and failure free equipment. Key technical questions by these managers from the book Compressors will set the proper culture for profitable survival in a competitive business area. After all, you cannot live long enough to learn all these details by yourself! With help from the experts Bloch and Geitner, you can stand on their shoulders to see into a successful future. Paul Barringer, PE Barringer & Associates, Inc. Reliability, Manufacturing, and Engineering Consultants July 8, 2012