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BETA’s Engineering Services

Compressor Vibration Studies Pump Vibration Studies Piping Vibration Studies Field Services

Centrifugal Compressors

Surge Control Design

(dynamic simulation)

Flow Induced Vibration (FIV)

Acoustic Induced Vibration (AIV)

Rotor Dynamics (lateral)

Reciprocating Compressors

API 618 (or GMRC guideline) Pulsation &

Mechanical incl. Forced Response

Torsional Vibration

Bottle Sizing Service – free, online

Small Bore Connections

Package Engineering

Screw Compressors

Shell Mode (oil flooded)

Silencer Acoustics (dry screws)

Pipe Stress (thermal)

Centrifugal Pumps

Piping Vibration

(incl. Small Bore Piping)

Transient Surge/Water Hammer (Pump

Startup, Shutdown, Valve Closures, etc.)

Pump Casing FEA

(stress, reed critical frequency)

Reciprocating Pumps

API 674 – Pulsation & Mechanical

incl. Forced Response

API 674 – Mechanical Piping

Finite Element (FEA)

Water Hammer (transient)

General Piping Vibration & Stress

Piping Vibration & Integrity –

EI Guideline 2008: Avoidance of

vibration induced fatigue failure

(AVIFF)

Small Bore Connection (SBC)

Piping Support Design and

Vibration Restraints

Pipe Stress (thermal)

Transient Surge/Water Hammer

Transient Surge (water hammer,

check valve slam, blow down, valve

swing, ESD, etc.)

Tank System Transients

Liquid System Control Optimization

Advanced Piping Evaluations

Shell/Transverse Acoustical

(acoustical- piping interaction)

Modal

Cavitation from Pressure Reducing

Devices

Flow Induced Turbulence (FIT)

Subsea Piping Vibration

General Troubleshooting

(vibration, performance)

Vibration Inspection Program

Torsional Vibration Measurements

Foundation, Structural Vibration

Analysis

Performance Testing

(compressors, pumps)

Small Bore Connection (SBC)

Assessment

AIV and FIV Studies

Shell/Transverse Acoustical Analysis

Multi-channel Data Acquisition

(steady and transient flow analysis)

Machinery Condition Assessment

Performance Monitoring

Performance Monitoring

(compressors, pumps, engines)

Predictive Diagnostics Program

for Rotating Assets (plants,

offshore facilities, remote assets)

Remote Vibration Analysis

Loading Curves Generation

(optimizing compressor)

Other Applicable Studies for Compressor and Pump Systems

Torsional and Rotor Dynamics

Foundation Design and Dynamic

Skid and Structural Dynamics (offshore facilities or racks)

Piping Stress and Vibration (see Piping Vibration Studies)

Station Assessment (interaction between centrifugal and reciprocating compressors)

Finite Element (FEA)

Vibration Control Products

Vibration Pipe Clamps

DamperBraceTM

BETA Vibration Absorber

Wireless Vibration Sensors Facility Wide Vibration Assessment This review evaluates piping and machines to avoid vibration induced piping fatigue failure. The

scope includes all excitation sources that may contribute to a vibration problem. This service includes the requirements in the Energy Institute Guideline (2008).