Overview
Join us for the Fluid Machinery Congress drinks reception on Sunday 5 October at 18:00. Download the newly released conference brochure
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Manufacturers and engineers face growing challenges as technology develops. Ever more stringent limits on emissions are driving changes in industry operating practices, while new emerging applications such as shale gas and coal bed methane impose demands for operation under high pressures and temperatures.
This congress showcases the latest fluid machinery technology available and provides a forum for sharing valuable experiences around design, operation and maintenance.
The 2014 Congress will again be held in the UK and following excellent feedback on the location of the last event, we will be returning to Edinburgh.
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Day 1
09:00 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:30 - WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Ivor Rhodes, ACE Cranfield Ltd
09:40 - KEYNOTE: Turbine blade bailures
Dr. Harrald Carrick, Prime Ltd
• A variable speed machine - 10MW steam turbine driving a recycle gas compressor
• A constant speed machine - Two casings of an air compressor
• Measures adopted to prevent repetition
10:10 - Optimisation of efficiency of axial fans
Niels Kruyt, Pepijn Pennings, University of Twente, Ruud Faasen, VostermansVentilation
• Design Method
• Three-dimensional Blade Shape
• RANS-based CFD-simulations
10:35 - The unsteady aero-thermodynamic characteristics of a turbocharger’s twin-entry radial inflow turbine
Cerdoun Mahfoudh, Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, Ghenaiet Adel, University ofSciences and Technology USTHB
• Flow Structures
• Geometric Modelling and Grid Generation
• Analysis of volute/rotor/diffuser interactions
11:00 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:30 - API type pressurised dual seals - design configurations for contaminated upstream pumping applications
Richard Jonathon Smith, AESSEAL PLC
• Performance comparison of differing configurations
• Barrier Fluid Pressures
• Seal Faces
11:55 - Coupled modelling of mechanical seal faces and secondary seal assemblies
Christopher John Carmody, AESSEAL PLC
• Modelling Techniques
• Design Features
• Multi-physics models
12:20 - NETWORKING LUNCH
13:20 - Experimental investigation of pressure fluctuations in a highenergy centrifugal pump stage at off-design conditions
Stefan Berten, Sulzer Pumps Ltd, Mohamed Farhat, François Avellan, Laboratoryfor Hydraulic Machines, Philippe Dupont, Sulzer Pumps Ltd
• Rotor-Stator Interaction in Centrifugal Pumps
• Experimental Investigations
• Detection of Flow Separation
13:45 - Coatings help to improve centrifugal pump reliability
Vugar Mammadov, BP International, Ken Tacon, BP Exploration & ProductionCompany Limited, Ben Davies, Sulzer Pumps, Ahmedov, Natig, BP ExplorationCaspian Sea Limited
• Reliability targets for centrifugal pumps
• Surface Hardening Treatments to Improve Pump Service Life
• Pump Design and Operating Constraints
14:10 - Fiber reinforced ceramic bearing for cooling water pump applications
Michael Peters, DOW Chemical
• Cooling water system
• Operation pump problems
• Fibre reinforced bearings
14:35 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
15:05 - Screw compressors with variable geometry rotors - analysis of designs by CFD
Professor Ahmed Kovacevic, Rane Sham, Nikola Stosic, City University London
• Grid Generation for Variable Geometry Screw Rotors
• Performance of compressors with various configurations
• Pressure variations
15:35 - A working conical screw compressor
Olly Dmitriev, VERT Rotors
• Principles of Operation
• Gains in Energy-Efficiency
• Cad Software for Automatic Building of Conical Screws
15:55 - Design of new silencers for a screw compressor
Leonard Van Lier, Harry Korst, Jan Smeulers, TNO
• Pulsation analysis of compressor systems
• Impact of variance in the gas composition
• Field case; history and initial mitigation strategies
16:20 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
16:30 - CLOSE OF DAY ONE
19:00 - NETWORKING DINNER
Day 2
08:30 - REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00 - CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
Ivor Rhodes, ACE Cranfield Ltd
10:05 - A CFD study on design parameters acting in cavitation of positive displacement pump
Aldo Iannetti, Matthew Stickland,William Dempster, Strathclyde University
• Design parameter
• Cavitation algorithm with an eulerian multiphase model
• Capability of the CFD technique
10:30 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00 - Theoretical analysis to calculate axial thrust in multistage centrifugal pumps
Abhishek Bhatia, ClydeUnion Pumps
• Axial Thrust in Multistage Centrifugal Pumps
• Rotor-Stator Flow Model
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
11:25 - Comparative study of different erosion models in an Eulerian-Lagrangian frame using OpenFOAM®
Alejandro López, Matthew Stickland, William Dempster, University of Strathclyde
• Erosion modelsl
• Wear Profiles
• Open Source CFD Package
11:50 - NETWORKING LUNCH
13:00 - Shell leman compression project
Graeme Murray Forsyth, Shell UK Ltd, Francesco Bandini, GE Oil and Gas
• Refurbishment/replacement of aging or obsolescent topside equipment
• Equipment selection, specification and design
• Manufacture, Testing, Installation and Pre-commissioning
13:25 - Groningen 2nd phase compression project
Eunice Liow, Herbert Goorhuis, Shell
• Double End Driven Compression train with Active Magnetic Bearings (AMBs)
• Pilot plant as demonstrator
• Risk assessment and development assurance program
13:50 - Development of a reactive silencer for turbo compressors
González Díez Néstor, Jan Smeulers, TNO
• Turbo compressors can generate tonal noise
• Principal mechanisms for the reduction of sound
• Silencer design and acoustic modelling
14:25 - Ageing of centrifugal compressors
Barry Hall, Aiyad Gannan, Altug Bilgic, Weir
• Managing equipment life cycle
• Inspection
• Compressor Maintenance Strategy
14:50 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
15:00 - END OF CONFERENCE
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