Major Process Equipment Maintenance and Repair

Heinz P. Bloch and Fred K. Geitner (Eds.)9780884156611, 0-88415-661-3

This updated edition is an invaluable source of practical cost-effective maintenance, repair, installation, and field verification procedures for machinery engineers. It is filled with step-by-step instructions and quick-reference checklists that describe preventive and predictive maintenance for major process units such as vertical, horizontal, reciprocating, and liquid ring vacuum pumps, fans and blowers, compressors, turboexpanders, turbines, and more. Also included are sections on machinery protection, storage, lubrication, and periodic monitoring. A new section examines centrifugal pumps and explains how and why they continue to fail. More new information focuses on maintenance for aircraft derivative gas turbines. This revised edition gives special attention throughout to maintenance and repair procedures needed to ensure efficiency, performance, and long life.

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Table of contents :
Content:
Acknowledgments
Pages ix-x
Heinz P. Block, Fred K. Geitner

Foreword
Page xi
Michael M. Calistrat

Chapter 1 Installation, maintenance, and repair of horizontal pumps Original Research Article
Pages 3-71

Chapter 2 Installation, maintenance, and repair of vertical pumps Original Research Article
Pages 72-117

Chapter 3 Reciprocating and liquid ring vacuum pumps Original Research Article
Pages 118-141

Chapter 4 Positive displacement and dynamic blowers Original Research Article
Pages 142-175

Chapter 5 Reciprocating gas engines and compressors Original Research Article
Pages 176-222

Chapter 6 Power transmission gears Original Research Article
Pages 225-309

Chapter 7 Installation and maintenance of V-belt drives Original Research Article
Pages 310-328

Chapter 8 Steam turbines and turboexpanders Original Research Article
Pages 329-441

Chapter 9 Gas turbines Original Research Article
Pages 442-479

Chapter 10 Maintenance of hydraulic governors Original Research Article
Pages 480-494

Chapter 11 Maintenance of electrical motors and associated apparatus Original Research Article
Pages 495-541

Chapter 12 Storage protection and lubrication management Original Research Article
Pages 545-620

Chapter 13 Vibration and condition monitoring Original Research Article
Pages 621-677

Chapter 14 Maintainability considerations Original Research Article
Pages 678-680

Index
Pages 681-699

About the authors
Page 700