Analytical troubleshooting of process machinery and pressure vessels including real-world case studies /

A highly practical troubleshooting tool for today's complex processing industryEvolving industrial technology-driven by the need to increase safety while reducing production losses-along with environmental factors and legal concerns has resulted in an increased emphasis on sound troubleshooting...

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Main Authors: Sofronas, Anthony.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0471752037
Summary: A highly practical troubleshooting tool for today's complex processing industryEvolving industrial technology-driven by the need to increase safety while reducing production losses-along with environmental factors and legal concerns has resulted in an increased emphasis on sound troubleshooting techniques and documentation.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xix, 352 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347) and index.
ISBN: 0471752029
9780471752028
0471732117
9780471732112
0471752037
9780471752035
1280311355
9781280311352
Index Number: TJ153
CLC: TH17
Contents: Cover ANALYTICAL TROUBLESHOOTING OF PROCESS MACHINERY AND PRESSURE VESSELS CONTENTS Preface 1 Introduction 2 Strength of Materials 2.1 Load Calculations 2.2 Stress Calculations 2.2.1 Axial Stress 2.2.2 Shear Stress 2.2.3 Bending Stress 2.2.4 Torsional Stress 2.2.5 Combined Stresses 2.2.6 Thermal Stresses 2.2.7 Transient Temperatures and Stresses 2.2.8 High-Temperature Creep 2.2.9 Shell Stresses 2.3 Piping Thermal Forces, Moments, and Frequencies 2.3.1 Piping Failures 2.4 Allowable and Design Stresses 2.5 Fatigue Due to Cyclic Loading 2.6 Elongation and Deflection Calculations 2.7 Factor of Safety 2.8 Case History: Agitator Steady Bearing Loading 2.8.1 Additional Agitator Guidelines (Single Impeller) 2.9 Case History: Extruder Shaft Failure 2.10 Dynamic Loading 2.10.1 Centrifugal Force 2.10.2 Inertias and WR(2) 2.10.3 Energy Relationships 2.11 Case History: Centrifuge Bearing Failures 2.12 Case History: Bird Impact Force on a Windscreen 2.13 Case History: Torsional Impact on a Propeller 2.14 Case History: Startup Torque on a Motor Coupling 2.15 Case History: Friction Clamping Due to Bolting 2.16 Case History: Failure of a Connecting Rod in a Race Car 2.17 Bolting 2.17.1 Holding Capacity 2.17.2 Limiting Torque 2.17.3 Bolt Elongation and Relaxation 2.17.4 Torquing Methods 2.17.5 Fatigue of Bolts 2.17.6 Stripping Strength of Threads 2.17.7 Case History: Power Head Gasket Leak 2.18 Ball and Roller Bearing Life Estimates 2.18.1 Case History: Bearing Life of a Shaft Support 2.18.2 Coupling Offset and Bearing Life 2.19 Hydrodynamic Bearings 2.19.1 Shell and Pad Failures 2.20 Gears 2.20.1 Gear Acceptability Calculations 2.20.2 Case History: Uprate Acceptability of a Gear Unit 2.21 Interference Fits 2.21.1 Keyless Hydraulically Fitted Hubs 2.21.2 Case History: Taper Fit Holding Ability 2.21.3 Case History: Flying Hydraulically Fitted Hub 2.22 Strength of Welds 2.23 Fatigue of Welds 2.24 Repair of Machinery 2.24.1 Shafts 2.24.2 Housings and Cases 2.24.3 Gearboxes 2.24.4 Sleeve Bearings and Bushing Clearances 2.24.5 Alignments 2.24.6 Acceptable Coupling Offset and Angular Misalignment 2.24.7 Vibration Measurements 2.25 Interpreting Mechanical Failures 2.25.1 Failures with Axial, Bending, and Torsional Loading 2.25.2 Gear Teeth Failures 2.25.3 Spring Failures 2.25.4 Bolt Failures 2.25.5 Bearing Failures 2.25.6 Reading a Bearing 2.25.7 Large Gearbox Keyway and Shaft Failures 2.26 Case History: Sizing a Bushing Running Clearance 2.27 Case History: Galling of a Shaft in a Bushing 2.28 Case History: Remaining Fatigue Life with Cyclic Stresses 2.29 Procedure for Evaluating Gasketed Joints 2.30 Gaskets in High-Temperature Service 2.31 O-Ring Evaluation 2.32 Case History: Gasket That Won t Pass a Hydrotest 2.33 Case History: Heat Exchanger Leak Due to Temperature 2.34 Equipment Wear 2.35 Case History: Excessive Wear of a Ball Valve 3 Vibration Analysis 3.1 Spring Mass Systems and Resonance 3.2 Case History: Critical Speed Problem on Steam Turbine 3.3 Determining Vibration Amplitudes 3.3.1 Allowable Levels for X or F at Resonance 3.4 Case History: Vibratory Torque on the Gear of a Ship System 3.5 Torsional Vibration 3.6 Case History: Torsional Vibration of a Motor Generator Blower 3.7 Vibration Diagnosis and Campbell Diagrams 3.8 Case History: Effect of a Torsional Load Applied Suddenly 3.9 Flow-Induced Vibrations 3.10 Case History: Heat Exchanger Tube Vibration 3.11 Case History: Piping Vibration Failures 4 Fluid Flow 4.1 Continuity Equation 4.2 Bernoulli s Equation 4.3 Pressure Drop 4.4 Forces Due to Fluids 4.5 Case History: Piping Failure Due to Water Hammer 4.6 Case History: Centrifugal Pump System 4.6.1 System Curves 4.6.2 Pump Curves 4.6.3 Net Positive Suction Head 4.6.4 Pump Laws 4.6.5 Series and Parallel Pump Operation 4.6.6 Blocked-in-Pump Concern 4.6.7 Cryogenic Service Concerns 4.6.8.