Proceedings of the

Twentieth International

Pump Users Symposium

Sponsored by the

Turbomachinery Laboratory

Texas Engineering Experiment Station

The Texas A&M University System

Dr. Dara W. Childs, RE., Director

Joanne Burnett, Editor

with assistance from

The Advisory Committee

and

The Turbomachinery Laboratory Staff

March 2003

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Table of Contents

LECTURES

THUNDER HORSE INJECTION PUMP 1Paul Meuter, Wolfram Lienau, Thomas Felix, Andreas Schachenmann, Brian Germaine, Charles L. McDonald

UNDERSTANDING THE PERFORMANCEOF A PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMP WITH METALLIC STATOR 19

Jose Gamboa, Aurelio Olivet, Juan Carlos Iglesias, Pedro Gonzalez.

USE OF NONCONTACTING SEALS IN VOLATILE SERVICES 33Bob Goodenberger, Douglas E. Barron, Jason Marquardt

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGH PERFORMANCE SEAL DESIGNSFOR CRITICAL HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND PIPELINE APPLICATIONS 39

John L. Morton, John G. Evans

CAVITATION STUDY IN A HIGH PRESSURE WATER INJECTION PUMP 49Erik Torbergsen, Sigve Gjerstad, Andreas Hos0y, Brian Aasland

SEISMIC ANALYSIS ON MODIFIED SERVICE WATER PUMPS 57Karl Pottie, Angel Bayon, Carlos Rebollo, Manuel Ruiz de Lope, Miguel Mota

FIRST OPERATING EXPERIENCES WITH THE INTEGRATION *OF SPLIT SEALING CONSTRAINTS TO A GAS SEAL CHALLENGE 67

Henri V. Azibert, Shifeng Wu

ADVANCED GAS SEALING SYSTEMS FORHYDROFLUORIC ACID ALKYLATION AND OTHER EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUTIES 75

Dan Kozlowski, Ebrahim Jahromi, Jim Wasser

DESIGN CONSIDERATION FOR A LARGE MIXER USED IN AN AGITATED COLUMN APPLICATION 83Andrew J. Creathorn

APPLICATION OF MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS TO SYSTEM RELIABILITY ANALYSIS 91Dennis C. Alexander

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TUTORIALS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AC ELECTRIC INDUCTION MOTOR DESIGN AND APPLICATION 95Edward J. Thornton, J. Kirk Armintor

SELECTING STEAM TURBINES FOR PUMP DRIVES 107Mike Cerce, Vinod Patel

REVIEW OF API 682, SECOND EDITION 117Mike Huebner

API 685 TUTORIAL 125Shawn L. Bennett, Jim Bryant

DISCUSSION GROUPS 137

SHORT COURSES 159

ADVISORY COMMITTEE 169

PROFESSIONAL STAFF 177

TURBOMACHINERY LABORATORY 181