Process Machinery Handbook

For Field Personnel, Decision Makers, and Students
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-394-21445-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 752 Seiten, Gewicht: 1417 g

Process Machinery Handbook: For Field Personnel, Decision Makers, and Students equips newcomers and seasoned professionals with essential insights into the diverse world of process machinery, empowering them to understand unique performance characteristics, common failure modes, and effective strategies for enhancing reliability in their operations.

Any professional working at a production site for any length of time knows that process machinery comes in a wide range of designs and sizes, but not all process machines are considered equal. Some machines are more critical to the process than others, some are small, some are very large, some spin fast, and some turn relatively slowly. The great diversity in their construction and application can be daunting to those new to the industry and sometimes even challenge machinery veterans. There are many common concepts that apply to all equipment types, but each equipment category has its own unique application and performance characteristics, including cavitation in liquid handling pumps, surging in centrifugal gas compressors, rotor instability in high-speed centrifugal compressors, and the effect of the compression ratio on a reciprocating compressor’s the discharge temperature. It is also essential for users to understand how and why different types of machinery fail, keeping in mind that the common failure modes differ greatly between rotating machinery types. We know that by addressing the common types of failure modes associated with each machine type, we can achieve significant improvements in their reliability.

The first step in organizing an effective machinery reliability program is committing to performing failure analyses and gathering failure statistics. These activities will help users learn how and why their machines are failing. The next step is to continuously modify machines, processes, and methods to avoid common failures. Process Machinery Handbook: For Field Personnel, Decision Makers, and Students gives students and professionals alike the tools they need to understand the fundamentals of working with rotating machinery.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perez, Robert X

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Statik, Dynamik, Kinetik, Kinematik
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Chemische Verfahrenstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xxi

Acknowledgements xxiii

1 Overview of Rotating Machinery 1
By Robert X. Perez

Part I: Fluid Movers 31

2 Positive Displacement Pumps 33
By Robert X. Perez

3 Centrifugal Pumps: Part 1 51
By Robert X. Perez

4 Centrifugal Pumps: Part 2 71
By Robert X. Perez

5 Sealless Centrifugal Pumps 85
By Robert X. Perez

6 Compressors 93
By Robert X. Perez

Part II: Drivetrains, Foundations, and Piping 147

7 Introduction to Process Drivers and Drivetrains 149
By Robert X. Perez

8 Machinery Foundation and Baseplate Design Recommendations 159
By Robert X. Perez

9 Process Piping Design and Installation Best Practices 173
By Robert X. Perez

10 AC Induction Motors 187
By Robert X. Perez

11 General Purpose Back Pressure Steam Turbines 209
By Robert X. Perez and David W. Lawhon

12 Gas Turbine Drivers 241
By Robert X. Perez

13 Natural Gas Engine Drivers 269
By Robert X. Perez

14 Turboexpanders for Gas Processing 283
By Robert X. Perez

Part III: Gearboxes, Couplings, and Seals 301

15 Gears and Gearboxes 303
By Robert X. Perez

16 Industrial Drive Couplings 327
By Heinz P. Bloch and Robert X. Perez

17 Seals 345
By Robert X. Perez

Part IV: Bearings and Lubrication 383

18 Rolling Element Bearings 385
By Robert X. Perez

19 Hydrodynamic Bearings 399
By John K. Whalen, PE

20 Introduction to Machinery Lubrication 445
By Robert X. Perez

Part V: Condition Monitoring 467

21 Machinery Vibration Monitoring 469
By Robert X. Perez

22 Centrifugal Pump Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Diagnosis Using Vibration Technologies 501
By William D. Marscher

23 Optimizing Lubrication and Lubricant Analysis 549
By Jim Fitch and Bennett Fitch

24 Troubleshooting Temperature Problems 587
By Robert X. Perez

Part VI: Machinery Reliability 613

25 Machinery Reliability Management in a Nutshell 615
By Robert X. Perez

26 Useful Analysis Tools for Tracking Machinery Reliability 633
By Robert X. Perez

27 Improving the Effectiveness of Plant Operators 649
By Julien LeBleu

28 Improving Machinery Reliability by Using Root Cause Failure Analysis Methods 661
By Robert X. Perez

Index 687

Über Autor(innen)

Robert X. Perez is a mechanical engineer with more than 40 years of rotating equipment experience in the petrochemical industry. He has worked in petroleum refineries, chemical facilities, and gas processing plants. He earned a BSME degree from Texas A&M University at College Station, an MSME degree from the University of Texas at Austin and holds a Texas PE license. Mr. Perez has written numerous technical articles for magazines and conferences proceedings and has authored and coauthored 11 books covering machinery reliability, including several books also available from Wiley-Scrivener.