Reliability Assessment of Rotating Equipment

摘要

The paper will discuss a program, R.A.R.E., that is used by a consortium of companies to determine what is the risk of operating turbomachinery e.g. steam turbines and compressors for extended lengths of time. BIO-Charlie Rutan, a native Texan, graduated from Texas Tech University in 1973 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He is a practicing engineer in the field of rotating equipment, hot tapping/plugging, and special problem resolution. Charlie has two patents and has consulted on turbomachinery, hot taping and plugging problems all over the world in chemical, petrochemical, power generation and polymer facilities. He has published and/or presented articles in Hydrocarbons Processing, Petroleum Technology Quarterly, ASME, AIChE, Pumping Systems, The Vibration Institute, NPRA, Houston Business Round Table, the Texas A&M International Turbomachinery Symposium, Texas A&M International Pump Symposium, Southern Power Machinery and Gas Compression Conference and Predictive Maintenance Technology Conference. He is a member of AlChE Process Gas Users Committee, the Texas Tech Academy of Engineers, Hydraulic Institute/ANSI Pump Standards Review Committee and on the Advisory Council of the Texas A&M International Turbomachinery Symposium. His present position in the Corporate Specialty Engineering Group is as a shared service within the Lyondell companies as a Senior Engineering Advisor (Engineering Fellow).