world leader in turboexpander technology

world leader in turboexpander technology
overview
L.A. Turbine designs, manufactures, and overhauls
Turboexpander equipment ranging from 2 HP to 17,000
HP, with custom modifications to fit your process
conditions and needs. L.A. Turbine’s products are designed,
engineered and built to increase safety and reliability
as well as minimize maintenance costs and equipment
down-time. These products can be easily retrofitted to
existing equipment.
Products
new equipment
L.A. Turbine designs and manufactures
Turboexpanders for use in Hydrocarbon Gas
Processing, Air Separation, Refrigeration and
Energy Recovery Industries.
Expander-Compressor: High-speed rotating
machines used in cryogenic applications
including natural gas, petrochemical, and air
separation industries. The power that the
expander removes from the gas expansion
is entirely transferred to the compressor’s
impeller and the expander produces the
process refrigeration necessary for cryogenic
gas processing while recovering that power
for use elsewhere in the process.
Expander-Generator: Converts the energy
from the gas expansion into electric
power. These machines come in three configurations. In
the first, the high speed expander shaft is coupled to a
gearbox, which is then coupled to the generator. In the
second, the expander wheel is directly mounted on the
high-speed gearbox pinion, eliminating the high-speed
coupling. In the third, the expander wheel is directly mounted
on the shaft of a high-speed generator, eliminating the
gearbox entirely.
Expander-Brake: Energy recovered from the gas expansion
is absorbed by a brake wheel rotating in an oil stream or
air stream.
premier service
provider for turboexpanders
L.A. Turbine manufactures and overhauls
Turboexpanders ranging from 2 HP to 17,000
HP. In addition to blueprinted overhauls, L.A.
Turbine specializes in remanufacturing existing
units incorporating custom modifications to
precisely tailor the finished product to your
process conditions. With its diverse technical
background, L.A. Turbine can also provide
solutions to your related process equipment
problems as well as perform control system
analysis and optimization.
By employing
dedicated staff members with superior talent,
ability, and commitment, L.A. Turbine has
become the world leader in both Technical
and Customer Service. We at L.A. Turbine
take pride in our equitable and ethical
operation on a global basis. We offer the
highest quality technical service and support
in the Turboexpander industry through:
•The most knowledgeable and professional
management team embodying decades of
hands-on experience
•State-of-the art engineering approaches to
maximize design efficiency
•The best trained and most experienced field
service engineers
•An exceptionally skilled shop staff with a
combined experience of more than 400
years
geothermal power solutions
L.A Turbine is the world’s most experienced manufacturing
company of Turboexpander equipment to generate power
from Geothermal renewable energy. Our Team built the
equipment for Mammoth Pacific and Steamboat Nevada. The
equipment is actually owned by Ormat and uses the binary
process.
The same Team built the Turboexpander Equipment using
the direct steam process for CalEnergy in Salton Sea. This
is the biggest Turboexpander ever built for this application.
Since 2003, those Turboexpanders have been overhauled
and redesigned by the same Team, now employed at
L.A. Turbine. The Team, has over 300 years of cumulated
experience with the Geothermal power generation equipment
using the Turboexpander technology
Turboexpander Geothermal Rotor (14,000 HP)
BEFORE
AFTER
redesign and reverse engineering
Getting the most from your Turboexpander is
critical. High efficiency is essential to success
in today's process plant. If you experience low
efficiency, a change in operating conditions,
or process contamination, it may be time to
look at a redesign.
Performance: If your unit has been in service for a while,
your gas supply may be quite different than the original
design conditions. Advances in engineering and design
mean that additional gains in efficiency may be readily
available.
Free Evaluation: L.A. Turbine will perform a free evaluation
of your current Turboexpander operation at no charge. If
mechanical or performance improvements can be made,
we'll show you how to get there. To obtain your free
analysis, call 1-661-294-8290 or email sales@laturbine.com.
Reliability: L.A. Turbine has a proven track record of
improving the mechanical reliability of existing units,
regardless of their original manufacturer.
spare parts
L.A. Turbine can support you in determining the best balance
between spares inventory and unnecessary inventory.
Spares Recommendations: Normally a Turboexpander
may operate for many years without servicing. However,
certain spare parts should always be kept on hand in
case of emergency. Recommended spares fall into several
categories:
•Gasket sets, o-ring kits, and Teflon seals should always be
kept available.
•Disposable filter elements for lube oil and seal gas filters.
•Repair kits for critical skid-mounted valves, actuators,
regulators, and pumps.
A spare MCS (Mechanical Center Section) is also a critical
part of a complete spares inventory. The spare MCS includes
all of the rotating parts of the expander. If the installed unit
is damaged, the MCS can be installed in a few days rather
than weeks. This dramatically reduces down time and lost
production.
control systems
Today's vibration analysts and mechanical
engineers desire a flexible data acquisition,
monitoring, and control platform to more
precisely diagnose and predict machinery
malfunction. With a flexible data acquisition
and analysis system, you gain the ability to
easily expand input channel count and analysis
functionality, without expensive upgrades.
Similarly, data acquisition can be applied
to post-manufacturing testing and real-time
monitoring in the field.
L.A. Turbine is the premier service provider
for Turboexpanders and related equipment to
the Oil & Gas, Air Separation, Geothermal
and Power generating industries. We deliver
superior service as measured by quality,
reliability, and on-time performance.
Services
engineering services
Front-end engineering design and ­
systems
integration, Vibration testing and analysis; ­
Performance testing; Rotordynamics (lateral and torsional), Finite-element
stress and structural dynamic analysis
(FEA); ­
Computational Fluid dynamics (CFD);
Machinery ­
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refurbishment, ­
re-rates, and
upgrades; ­
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Machinery installation and commissioning service, Procurement support, specifications, and bid review; Flexible Design to
Customer Specifications; ­
Sophisticated ThreeDimensional (3D) Modeling; Advanced product/prototype development; ­
Expert-witness
services; CNC machining services; Training
and course development.
magnetic bearings
L.A. Turbine’s Magnetic Bearing Team is an experienced and
field proven supplier of Magnetic Bearing diagnosis, repair
and maintenance. With more than 100 years combined
experience in this highly demanding and unique application,
L.A. Turbine offers unrivaled expertise to satisfy your most
demanding requirements.
L.A. turbine has rapidly become the “de facto” Magnetic
Bearings Service Company for many of the Oil & Gas
companies in the World today.
repairs
field service
Your operation depends on the reliability
of your Turboexpander equipment, and
L.A. Turbine can help ensure the continued
performance of your facility by servicing
your equipment. For turboexpanders, all
your needs can be met by L.A. Turbine. L.A.
Turbine’s full resources can be mobilized
at a moment’s notice for manufacturing,
repair, procurement, assembly, or any other
requirement you may have. If necessary,
L.A. Turbine can repair, reproduce, or
manufacture turboexpander replacement
parts at a significantly lower cost while
providing shorter lead-times compared to
OEM’s.
L.A. Turbine’s Field Service Department is here to meet the
on-site needs of its customers. Whether the job requires
a Field Service Technician or a Field Service Engineer, our
capabilities include the following:
•Inspection and evaluation
•Turboexpander, Turbocompressor, Gear Box,
and Pump overhaul
•Equipment Removal and Installation
•Laser and Conventional Alignment
•Field Balancing
•Vibration Monitoring
•Field Machining
•Pickup & Delivery
•Turnarounds
•Redesign
•Re-rate Turboexpander & Turbocompressor
•Parts Fabrication
•Seals & Gaskets
•Oil and Magnetic Bearings
•24 hours day - 7 days week service
Capabilities
At our Los Angeles Headquarters, we provide extensive new
equipment design and assembly-line production as well as
repair, re-design, and refurbishment. Additionally, we offer
engineering and testing services.
Our expansive L.A. Headquarters is a 60,000 square foot
facility which houses:
•New equipment fabrication shop
•Dedicated inspection area
•Full machine shop capability
•CNC 5-axis for wheel production
•Machine repair section
•Testing area
•Controlled Material Storage
•Shipping and Receiving Department capable of lifting 20
tons
At L.A. Turbine, we have made a commitment to continual
reinvestment and modernization of our facilities, thereby
ensuring that we have all the necessary assets to meet our
customers’ needs.
L.A. Turbine exclusively utilizes Certified Vendors, for any
outsourced operations such as:
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•Overspeed Testing / Balancing
•Coating / Anodizing
•Material Sourcing / Heat Treating
•Non-destructive Testing
We serve the Oil and Gas, Geothermal, Power Generation,
Energy Recovery, and Air Separation Industries worldwide.
rotoflow® & mafi-trench®
equipment customer support
L.A. Turbine service and repair department focuses on
Rotoflow® and Mafi-Trench® turboexpander equipment.
The principals of the business have spent their entire careers
at Rotoflow® and/or Mafi-Trench® and offer over 400
years of combined experience in the repair, maintenance,
fabrication and development of these machines.
The jobs we have performed show the diversity, skills,
and depth of L.A. Turbine’s uniquely qualified staff of
professionals.
L.A. Turbine is unique in the depth of turboexpander
expertise and the ability to offer complete, turnkey solutions
to our customers.
The end result is a project that is done right, in the minimum
amount of time, and in a cost effective manner. That is
what our “Value Proposition” is for our customers.
Rotoflow® and Mafi-Trench® are trademarks claimed by GE
and Atlas Copco, and are not affiliated with L.A. Turbine
reference list
•ADNOC – UAE
•HOPM – China
•ARAMCO – Saudi Arabia
•Island Equipment Company
•Aguaytia Energy Del Peru – Lima
•Keyera Energy
•Alberta EnviroFuels
•KeySpan Energy
•BP – UK
•Linde BOC PP
•BP – Canada
•Mammoth Pacific L.P.
•BP – Amoco
•Nan Ya Plastics Corp
•Bear Paw Energy
•OPD
•Borouge – UAE
•Ormat Technologies, Inc.
•Brookhaven National Laboratory
•OUCC – Taiwan
•CalEnergy
•Pasadena Refining System, Inc.
•Chevron
•Perenco
•City of Los Angeles
•Petro Vietnam
•CNOOC – China
•Pioneer Natural Resources
•ConocoPhillips
•QAPCO – Qatar
•CPC
•Qatar Petroleum
•Delmarva – Conectiv
•SHELL
•Devon
•Simpson Tacoma Fuel Gas
•Duke Energy
•Superior
•Exterran
•Total E&P
•ExxonMobil
•Total Petrochemicals
•Fermilab National Laboratory
•Valero
•GASCO – UAE
•Valerus
29151 Avenue Penn
Valencia, California USA
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