Most failures of refurbished compressor gas seals result from lack of clean and dry buffer gas supplied to the compressor, according to a recent analysis conducted by a leading supplier of engineered ...

HVAC distributor cfm Distributors recently developed a list of items to test and/or questions to ask when dealing with sites that have experienced multiple failed compressors. The first step consists ...

Floodback occurs when liquid refrigerant returns to the compressor during the running cycle. Often a service contractor may see a compressor that failed due to floodback, but because of the severity ...

This is the final of three articles that describe BP’s experience with reciprocating compressor damage from liquids intrusion at two facilities, in Oklahoma and Alaska. Part 1 of the series (OGJ, May ...

André Eijk explores the compressor reliability survey from the European Forum for Reciprocating Compressors (EFRC), which reports the improvement of reliability, efficiency and integrity. The ...

Tom Hogan, with Silver State Materials, says the A/C compressors in 40 of its mixer trucks equipped with the ACX-10 (in his right hand) cycle about half the normal rate. Silver State stands to save ...

A wet-gas compressor failure at the Phillips 66 Billings Refinery on the South Side is to blame for large flames shooting from the refinery's main flare stack since Wednesday. In a written statement, ...