Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia offers exhibition and continuing education opportunities
Aug. 25, 2018
At TPS 2018, attendees and exhibitors will exchange ideas on turbomachinery and pumps for the oil and gas, petrochemical, power, aerospace, chemical and water industries.
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At the 47th Turbomachinery and 34th International Pump Users Symposia (TPS 2018) September 18-20, attendees and exhibitors will exchange ideas on turbomachinery and pumps for the oil and gas, petrochemical, power, aerospace, chemical and water industries.
Held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston and hosted by the Turbomachinery Lab at Texas A&M University in College Station, the event offers a forum for rotating equipment engineers and technicians worldwide to connect through a technical program and an exhibition.
Technical program
The TPS technical program is selected by advisory committees made up of leaders in the turbomachinery and pump communities and led by practitioners in their fields. Topics cover maintenance, reliability, troubleshooting, instruction on emerging designs, technology and best practices. The program consists of lectures, tutorials, case studies, discussion groups and short courses.
Lectures
Challenges with a Large High-Pressure Water Injection Pump
Design and Testing of a High-Pressure-Ratio Centrifugal Stage Probing the Aerodynamic and Mechanical Limits
Fiber Optical Sensing of Bearing Performance and Pump Conditions
The Role of Turbomachinery in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Society
Maximum Efficiency for High Head Process Pumps a Optimizing Side Channel Pumps
Pipe Flow and Interaction with Pumps
Design and Verification Testing of Balance Piston for High-Viscosity Multiphase Pumps
Tutorials
Water Hammer and Piping Stresses
Turbomachinery Control Valves — Sizing and Selection
Caustic Processes: Application and Implementation of Successful Sealing Strategies
Lifetime of Gas Turbines Hot Section Parts in an O&G Environment
Mechanical, Stress and Flow Considerations for Piping Design of Centrifugal Compressors
Centrifugal Compressor Evolution — From Stegosaurus to Star Wars
Considerations in Piping Plan 53B Applications
Best Practices for Mechanical Seal Installations
Case studies
Improved Reliability of Industrial Wastewater Pumps
Resolving Structural Vibration Issues on a Water Flood Pump
Predictive Diagnostics for Pump Seals: Field Trial Learnings
Inlet Bay Flow Turbulence
Resolving Structural Vibration on a Pump
Corrosion in a Gearbox
Up-Thrust and Seal Failures on a Vertical Can Pump
Improving Plant Reliability with a Pitot Tube Pump
A Perplexing Vertical Turbine Pump Failure
Discussion groups
Centrifugal Pump Operation, Maintenance and Reliability
Monitoring Vibration and Other Critical Machine Conditions
Couplings and Alignment
Sealless Pumps
Vertical Pump Problems and Solutions
Reciprocating Compressors
Advanced Topics in Centrifugal Compressor Design
Integrally Geared Compressors
Turbomachinery Bearings and Annular Seals
Steam Turbine Design, Operation and Maintenance
Improving Mean Time Between Pump Failures
Vertical Pump Problems and Solutions
Cryogenic Fluid Pumping Applications
Exhibition
At the center of TPS is an exhibit hall that hosts international companies. TPS 2017 was a record-breaking year with 89 new companies and 359 total exhibiting companies. The exhibit hall spanned 216,600 gross square feet. This year, companies and industry experts from across the globe will demonstrate their full-size equipment, technology and products, while sharing insights on current practices and future trends.
George R. Brown Convention Center | Houston
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Free to the public:
Sept. 18, 2:30–7:00 p.m.
Sept. 19, 2:30–6:30 p.m.
Sept. 20, 9:30 a.m.–noon
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