Expanders for Oil and Gas Operations : Design, Applications, and Troubleshooting

Full coverage of the expander machines used to extract power from waste fluid gas in the chemical process and refining industries

Expanders for Chemical Process describes the engineering analyses required to design and build expanders for particular applications. In an ever-increasing push toward energy conservation, sustainability, green manufacturing, and green chemistry, chemical plants are recovering waste fluid gas energy using expanders. This book explains how to harvest this energy to power other machines. In each case, there are unique conditions that require specialized design and applications. This timely guide offers complete details on expanders.

• Written by recognized world experts and engineers with experience in the design, application, operation, and troubleshooting of expanders
• Evaluates existing designs for various applications and considers design modifications and enhancements
• Covers materials of construction, flowpath configuration, rotor and blade designs, pressure casings, and auxiliaries such as bearings, seals, and cooling
• Discusses troubleshooting large, expensive equipment
• Describes the operating facilities in which expanders are applied

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : CCU Hot Gas Expanders
Chapter 3 : Dirty Gas and Particle Separation
Chapter 4 : CCU Expander Auxiliary Systems
Chapter 5 : Common Operational Problems and Failure Case Studies
Chapter 6 : Nitric Acid Expanders for Chemical Applications
Chapter 7 : Turboexpanders/Cryogenic Turboexpanders
Chapter 8 : Rotor Dynamics
Chapter 9 : Bladed Disc Vibration and Reliability
Chapter 10 : Damage in Material and Life Analysis
Chapter 11 : Probabilistic Concept and Risk Assessment

Bibliography
References
Index