Borchard, Henry

DePaolis, David

Donley, Richard

Gottlieb, Adam

Kumar,Arun

Lucas, Jamie

Stevenson, Calvin

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Discussion Group P05: Centrifugal Pump Operation, Maintenance, and Reliability Leaders: • Henry Borchard, Machinery Engineer, Chevron Co. • David DePaolis, Flowserve Co., Hydraulic Decoking Systems • Richard Donley, PBF Energy, Toledo Refinery       • Adam Gottlieb, Principal Engineer, Celanese Clear Lake Plant • Jamie Lucas, Machinists Foreman, Marathon Petroleum • Calvin Stevenson, Principal Machinery Engineer, Flint Hills Resources Houston Plant • Arun Kumar (HPCL - Mittal Energy Ltd., India)     Suggested Topics: 1.       Seal plan which was not expected – wrong for the application 2.       Preventive/predictive technologies 3.       Off design operation 4.       Mean time between failure – how do we measure, and how do we use the metrics  5.       How to create pump reliability in an unreliable plant  6.       Seal-less versus sealed pump reliability, canned motor pumps versus mag drive pump reliability  7.       Mechanical Integrity Inspections of VS 6 pumps in hydrocarbon service 8.       Seals in light hydrocarbon service – operations, risk, leak response, maintenance  9.       Pump predictive/preventive maintenance program elements 3.  10.   Measures of effectiveness of preventive and predictive programs for pumps  11.   Roles of operations and maintenance/reliability in improvements and data collection  12.   Reliability experience with liquid versus non contacting gas seals applications  13.   Maintenance philosophy for pumps  14.   Spare parts – OEM versus non-OEM  15.   Repairs – OEM versus non-OEM service facilities  16.   Pump foundation, alignment and pipe strain influence of reliability  17.   Impact of corporate purchasing alliances on pump reliability  a.       Repair facilities alliances b.      New equipment purchasing alliances 18.   Repair techniques and material improvements  19.   Portable and on-line monitoring – impact on reliability  20.   Wireless monitoring – impact on reliability and risk of failure  21.   Optimization of thrust bearings configuration  22.   Lubrication system impact on reliability – oil mist versus flood, oil selection  23.   Mechanical Seals    

Discussion Group P5: Centrifugal Pump Operation, Maintenance, and Reliability

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Discussion Group P05: Centrifugal Pump Operation, Maintenance, and Reliability 
Leaders: 
• Henry Borchard, Machinery Engineer, Chevron Co. 
• David DePaolis, Flowserve Co., Hydraulic Decoking Systems 
• Richard Donley, PBF Energy, Toledo Refinery       
• Adam Gottlieb, Principal Engineer, Celanese Clear Lake Plant 
• Jamie Lucas, Machinists Foreman, Marathon Petroleum 
• Calvin Stevenson, Principal Machinery Engineer, Flint Hills Resources Houston Plant 
• Arun Kumar (HPCL - Mittal Energy Ltd., India) 
 
   
Suggested Topics: 
1.       Seal plan which was not expected – wrong for the application 
2.       Preventive/predictive technologies 
3.       Off design operation 
4.       Mean time between failure – how do we measure, and how do we use the metrics  
5.       How to create pump reliability in an unreliable plant  
6.       Seal-less versus sealed pump reliability, canned motor pumps versus mag drive pump 
reliability  
7.       Mechanical Integrity Inspections of VS 6 pumps in hydrocarbon service 
8.       Seals in light hydrocarbon service – operations, risk, leak response, maintenance  
9.       Pump predictive/preventive maintenance program elements 3.  
10.   Measures of effectiveness of preventive and predictive programs for pumps  
11.   Roles of operations and maintenance/reliability in improvements and data collection  
12.   Reliability experience with liquid versus non contacting gas seals applications  
13.   Maintenance philosophy for pumps  
14.   Spare parts – OEM versus non-OEM  
15.   Repairs – OEM versus non-OEM service facilities  
16.   Pump foundation, alignment and pipe strain influence of reliability  
17.   Impact of corporate purchasing alliances on pump reliability  
a.       Repair facilities alliances 
b.      New equipment purchasing alliances 
18.   Repair techniques and material improvements  
19.   Portable and on-line monitoring – impact on reliability  
20.   Wireless monitoring – impact on reliability and risk of failure  
21.   Optimization of thrust bearings configuration  
22.   Lubrication system impact on reliability – oil mist versus flood, oil selection  
23.   Mechanical Seals 
 
 
 


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