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RATS Technical Sessions - Troubleshooting High Frame Vibrations in Large Reciprocating Compressors

  • NATIONAL on 10th 341 10 Avenue Southwest Calgary, AB, T2R 0A5 Canada (map)

Topic:

Troubleshooting High Frame Vibrations in Large Reciprocating Compressors

PRESENTER:

Alexandre Gauthier ING. P.ENG. - APM(RAW) Rotating Equipment Specialist for Suncor 

DESCRIPTION:

Alexandre Gauthier has been working in the oil and gas industry since 2005. Along his journey, he specialized and developed a strong expertise in rotating equipment’s condition monitoring, vibration analysis, troubleshooting and asset repair. He is working at Suncor Energy in a central assets condition monitoring group as a Senior Rotating Equipment engineer. He graduated from Sherbrooke University in 2005 with a mechanical engineering degree. He is a CMVA member since 2009 and holds a CAT 3 certification from them. He also has Vibration Analysis CAT 4 certification from Mobius Institute, since January 2021.

This case study will present a step by step analysis approach on a reciprocating compressor trip event on high frame vibration from the vibration data signature review, to hypothesis and scope of work and finally inspection findings.

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