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The book presents a step by step approach to preparing for, planning, executing, and analyzing tests of centrifugal compressors, with an emphasis on methods that can be conducted on-site and with an acknowledgement of the strengths and limitations of these methods. The book opens with an extensive and detailed section offering definitions of relevant terms, which are explained not only in words, but also with the equations used to determine their values.

The book then goes on to address: Selection of instrumentation and identification ... MOREof elements to be measured; Strategies for data collection and evaluation; Recommendations for when to schedule tests; Pre-test, in-test, and post-test considerations (equipment, safety, process, environmental); and Computation and interpretation of results, including guidelines for field modifications and analysis of results.

100.0 PURPOSE & SCOPE 1

101.0 Purpose 1

102.0 Scope. 1

200.0 DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF TERMS 3

300.0 TEST PLANNING. 18

301.0 General Guidance .18

302.0 Communication 18

400.0 INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT 19

401.0 Minimum Instrumentation for Checking Compressor Performance 19

402.0 The Ideal Beginning. 19

403.0 Schematic of Test Piping and Instrumentation 20

404.0 When Should Tests be Conducted? 20

405.0 Test Planning 20

... MORE405.1 Test Codes. 21

405.2 Equipment. 21

405.3 Process Considerations 22

405.4 Safety 22

405.5 Environmental Considerations 22

405.6 Pre-Test Inspection of Physical Facilities .22

406.0 Conducting the Test.23

407.0 Duration of Test Points .24

408.0 Selecting Instruments and Methods of Measurement.25

409.0 Testing Methods25

409.1 Pressure and Temperature Measurement 25

409.2 Gas Component Measurement27

409.3 Flow Measurement27

409.4 Power Measurement.28

409.5 Speed Measurement.29

500.0 TEST PROCEDURE 30

501.0 Site Test .30

502.0 Test Planning 30

503.0 Test Measurements31

504.0 Test Procedure .32

600.0 COMPUTATION OF RESULTS 34

700.0 EVALUATION OF RESULTS35

701.0 Guidelines for Field Modifications .35

702.0 Error Analysis with Example 36

800.0 APPENDIX.40

801.0 Applicable Codes and Specifications .40

802.0 List of Symbols and Notations 41-42

803.0 Subscripts 42

804.0 Results of Sample Performance Test 43

The AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS (AIChE®) is a distinguished professional association that strives to provide leadership in the advancing chemical engineering profession. The Equipment Testing Procedures Committee is composed of engineers with substantial experience in the design and operation of process plants, as well as in solving problems that can arise with the equipment used in these plants.