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