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Preface

Good reliability engineering is not the search for perfection—rather, it is the search for pragmatic solutions to business problems.

H. Paul Barringer, Reliability Consultant

Rotating machinery represents a broad category of equipment, which includes pumps, compressors, fans, gas turbines, electric motors, internal combustion engines, etc., that are critical to the efficient operation of process facilities around the world. These machines must be designed to move gases and liquids safely, reliably, and in an environmentally friendly manner. To fully understand rotating machinery, owners must be familiar with their associated technologies, such as machine design, lubrication, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, rotordynamics, vibration analysis, condition monitoring, maintenance practices, reliability theory, etc.

The goal of the “Advances in Rotating Machinery Series (3 volumes)” book series is to provide industry practitioners a time-savings means of learning about the most up-to-date rotating machinery ideas and best practices. This three-book series will cover industry-relevant topics, such as design assessments, modeling, reliability improvements, maintenance methods and best practices, reliability audits, data collection, data analysis, condition monitoring, and more.

Volume 1 of the series focused on design and analysis. Volume 2 covers important machinery reliablity concepts and offers practical reliability improvement ideas. Best-in-class production facilities require exceptional machinery reliablity performance. In this volume, exceptional machinery reliability is defined as the ability of critical rotating machines to consistently perform as designed, without degradation or failure, until their next scheduled overhaul.

Specifically, Volume 2 contains the following content adressing machinery reliability:

1 General Reliablity Advice

2 Design Audits and Improvement Ideas

3 Maintenace Best Practices

4 Analyzing Failures

This volume provides readers with sound advice that can be used to assess and improve the reliablity of a broad range of process machiney, including process pumps and compressors, gas and steam turbines, and mechanical seals and their support systems. I hope readers will find this book to be a useful addition to their technical libraries.

Robert X. Perez, Editor Fall 2021