12th European Fluid Machinery Congress

Overview

Join us for the Fluid Machinery Congress drinks reception on Sunday 5 October at 18:00.
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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, Vostermans Ventilation

• 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 of Sciences 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, Laboratory for 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 & Production Company Limited, Ben Davies, Sulzer Pumps, Ahmedov, Natig, BP Exploration Caspian 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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