Lecture: Energy and Reliability Savings on Pump Equipment- A Comprehensive Approach
2024-08-21 14:00 - 14:45 (America/Chicago) | George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX, 77010, United States
Join Hydro at the Turbo Pump Symposia as we co-present with Petroleum Development Oman on how energy and reliability savings can be achieved on pump equipment.
Presentation authors include Dr. Gary Dyson and Freddy Lineros of Hydro, Inc and Paul Willcox of Petroleum Development Oman.
The presentation will be held from 2:00pm to 2:45pm on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 in Room 370A.
Lecture Focus:
The costs associated with operating and maintaining an extensive fleet of oil pumping equipment are significant. The equipment consumes a large amount of power, it operates in harsh conditions and the production requirements mean that reliability is important. The equipment is responsible for large amounts of oil revenue that is essential to the Oman economy.
The combination of these aspects means that there is a great opportunity to minimize the cost of oil production and maximize oil production by ensuring equipment is exactly matched to the demand.
Further to this, there is also the environmental impact of the CO2 generated by the power needed to operate the equipment. As the leading energy producer in Oman, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has refreshed its strategy, so it is suited to a dynamic energy landscape with a new focus on creating value, driving sustainability and advancing renewable energy initiatives while expanding their presence in the oil and gas sector. Environmental sustainability is therefore of the utmost importance to PDO and the reduction in CO2 emissions based on reduction of consumed power is significant both environmentally and from a cost standpoint.
The philosophy employed by PDO for reducing emissions and modifying equipment for power saving, operational availability and reliability is outlined in this presentation along with illustrating how the system-based approach has led to major cost savings.
Two examples of modifications made to high energy pumping equipment to reduce the power consumption are outlined, alongside the associated technical challenges. The approach considers the operating regimes, the pump system interaction and the long-term operating requirements of the equipment. These requirements flow into the design process to re-rate the equipment with new hydraulics performance and impellers designed using CFD to match the system and operational requirements. The design process not only considers hydraulic performance but also uses the time dependent nature of the flow to evaluate changes in vibration caused by the modified designs.
Reliability of the equipment is also considered as the pump operating regime moves close to BEP at all conditions.

Wednesday Webinar: Overhung (End Suction) Pump Fundamentals
2024-09-04 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join Hydro for our September Wednesday Webinar on Overhung Pump Fundamentals. Instructor Brad Hutchinson discusses design features and troubleshooting tips for horizontal overhung pumps.
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Vertical Pump Fundamentals In-Person Seminar (Houston, TX)
2024-09-05 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | HydroTex Deer Park, 11802 W FairmontPkwy, La Porte, TX, 77571, United States
The Vertical Pumps seminar is a 1-day course that will delve into key topics related to vertical turbine pumps, making them easy to understand. This seminar is perfect for you anyone interested in learning more about vertical pumps, including engineers, technicians, maintenance personnel, and plant operators.
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This course is for you if:

You are looking for accredited (FREE) training hours
Earn CEU and PDH hours TX & LA
You work in the Pump Industry and want to improve reliability and lifecycle costs of your critical operating equipment
You are looking for interactive, in-person training
You are looking for a FUN and EDUCATIONAL course taught by our accredited instructors

Reliability Summit- Evans Hydro (Los Angeles)
2024-09-18 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites – Long Beach Airport, 3771 N Lakewood Blvd, Long Beach, CA, 90808, United States
Join us at Evans Hydro’s Reliability Summit to network and collaborate with real people for real solutions.
This 1-day event will focus on reliability improvements and innovative technology, featuring insights from subject matter experts and industrial end users.
Featured Topics by Industry Experts:

Reliability-Focused Strategies
Digital Transformation
Vibration Analysis & Troubleshooting
End User Case Studies
VFD Implementation & Operation
Commissioning Best Practices

Certificate will be provided with 7 PDH credits.
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Basic Hydraulics In-Person Seminar (Houston, TX)
2024-10-02 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | HydroTex Deer Park, 11802 W FairmontPkwy, La Porte, TX, 77571, United States
Basic Hydraulics is a 1-day course on the hydraulic principles of operation for centrifugal pumps, with a focus on the correlation between centrifugal pump performance and the system head curve.
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Wednesday Webinar: Mechanical Seal Fundamentals
2024-10-02 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join Hydro and guest John Crane for our October Wednesday Webinar on Mechanical Seal Fundamentals.
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2024 Experience Power Conference
2024-10-09 - 2024-10-11 | Renaissance at Sea World, 6677 Sea Harbor Dr, Orlando, FL, 32821, United States
Join Hydro at the 2024 Experience Power conference in Orlando, FL. Visit us at Booth 208 to learn about how we have been working with our utility partners to increase pump reliability, reduce operating costs, and achieve more efficient, sustainable operation.
Learn more about the conference here.

Wednesday Webinar: NPSH
2024-11-06 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join Hydro for our November Wednesday Webinar on NPSH. Instructor Bob Jennings will help you understand atmospheric pressure, the physics of fluids, vapor pressure, cavitation, how to calculate NPSH, and the different methods that can be used to eliminate or reduce cavitation.
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2024 EPIC Empowering Pumps Conference
2024-11-12 - 2024-11-13 | Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO, 80401, United States
Join Hydro at the Empowering Pumps EPIC conference at the Colorado School of Mines on November 12-13, 2024. We’ll be sharing experience across industries on increasing reliability, fine-tuning performance, and reducing pump-related operating costs.

Basic Hydraulics Seminar- Chicago (In-Person)
2024-11-13 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | HydroAire 40th Street, 1126 W 40th St, Chicago, IL 60609, IL, 60607, United States
Presented by Bob Jennings, Basic Hydraulics is a 1-day course on hydraulic principles of operation for centrifugal pumps with a focus on the correlation between the centrifugal pump performance and the system head curve.
This course is designed for maintenance supervisors, maintenance foreman, consulting engineers, system engineers, process design engineers, and anyone else who is involved with the selection, operation or maintenance of pumping equipment and systems.
Please note that this course is in-person at our Chicago 40th Street service center.
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Wednesday Webinar: Suction Recirculation
2024-12-04 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join Hydro for our December Wednesday Webinar on Suction Recirculation. Instructor Mike Mancini goes in-depth on a critical generic failure mode- suction recirculation- and targeted upgrades to prevent it.
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Wednesday Webinar: BEP- The Key to Energy Savings & Reliability
2025-01-08 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join instructor Mike Mancini as he explores how to determine where your equipment is running relative to the best efficiency point and how to use this information to optimize operation. This will include a discussion of pump curves, system curves, and detecting performance degradation using field data. Strategies for achieving peak efficiency and the benefits of these actions will also be discussed.
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Energy Progress & Innovation Conference (EPIC)- Bismarck, ND
2025-01-28 - 2025-01-30 | Bismarck Event Center, 315 South 5th Street, Bismarck, ND, 58504, United States
Join Hydro at Booth 520 to learn about how we are supporting the energy industry in increasing reliability and decreasing energy usage for their rotating equipment.

Wednesday Webinar: Taming the Bad Actors with Data & Analysis
2025-02-05 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join us for our February webinar, where instructor Kyle Bowlin discusses centrifugal pump case studies and the analytical methodologies use to identify and resolve the problematic issues.
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Seminar: Taming the Bad Actors- Chicago (In-Person)
2025-02-06 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | HydroAire 40th Street, 1126 W 40th St, Chicago, IL 60609, IL, 60607, United States
Join us for our free one-day seminar on Taming the Bad Actors. Instructor Bob Jennings discusses how to identify root cause failures and improve the performance of your pumping systems.
This seminar is held in person at our HydroAire 40th Street facility in Chicago.
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PowerGen International
2025-02-11 - 2025-02-13 | KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER, 650 S Griffin St, Dallas, TX, 75202, United States
Join Hydro at PowerGen International in Dallas, TX. Visit us at Booth 1817 to talk about how we are helping end users in the power industry achieve more reliable and sustainable operation.

Seminar: Taming the Bad Actors- Houston (In-Person)
2025-02-26 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | HydroTex Deer Park, 11802 W FairmontPkwy, La Porte, TX, 77571, United States
Join us for our free one-day seminar on Taming the Bad Actors. Instructor Bob Jennings discusses how to identify root cause failures and improve the performance of your pumping systems. This seminar is held in person at our HydroTex Deer Park facility in La Porte, TX.
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Wednesday Webinar: Vibration Concepts
2025-03-05 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join us for March’s webinar, where instructor Glen Powell will introduce concepts and terminology related to vibration, including frequency, amplitude, phase, vibration waveforms and spectrums, vibration equipment, machinery faults, and resonance.
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CRU Nitrogen + Syngas 2025
2025-04-01 - 2025-04-03 | Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center, 6808 South 107th East Avenue, Tulsa, OK, 74133, United States
Join Hydro at the CRU Nitrogen + Syngas conference in Tulsa, OK. Visit us in the exhibition hall to talk about solutions we have developed to increase reliability and energy efficiency in the nitrogen fertilizer industry.

Wednesday Webinar: Pump Types & Applications
2025-04-02 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
In April’s webinar, instructor Bob Jennings will introduce the different basic pump types and discuss when they are applied.
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AISTech 2025
2025-05-05 - 2025-05-08 | Music City Center, 201 Rep. John Lewis Way S, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Join Hydro at AISTech 2025 in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Booth 2522 to talk about the reliability upgrades we have developed for high energy pumps in the steel industry.

Wednesday Webinar: Primary Failure Mode of Single Stage Pumps
2025-05-07 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join us for our May webinar, where instructor Mike Mancini presents an in-depth look at the failure modes of single stage pumps, including single stage double suction (BB1/BB2) pumps and overhung (OH1/OH2) pumps. Gain valuable knowledge to improve pump performance and operational reliability.
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Hands-on Pump Training- In-Person (Denver)
2025-05-20 - 2025-05-22 | Hydro Rocky Mountain, 115 W. 56th Ave, Denver, CO, 80216, United States
Join Hydro Rocky Mountain for a three-day hands-on pump training.
Classroom modules will focus on an introduction to pump types, basic hydraulics, and inspection & rebuilding guidelines.
Hands-on modules include full-size models, including a Goulds 3405 BB1 pump, Goulds 6×7 MO VICX‐SD vertical pump, and Sulzer MSD BB3 pump.
Pump failure modes and case studies will be covered in the shop during the last day.
You can find more information on the curriculum here.
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Essential Pump Training- In-Person (Chicago)
2025-06-03 - 2025-06-04 | HydroAire 40th Street, 1126 W 40th St, Chicago, IL 60609, IL, 60607, United States
Join Hydro’s HydroAire 40th Street facility in Chicago for an Essential Pump Training that is a blend of classroom and hands-on instruction.
Classroom

Pump Fundamentals
Pump Curves, System Curves, and BEP
Failure Modes with Case Studies

Hands-On

OH1 (Overhung Foot Mounted End Suction)- Goulds 3196ST and Goulds 3700
BB1 (Split Case Double Suction)- Goulds 3405

Learn more about the details for this training here.
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Wednesday Webinar: Pump Hydraulics Broken Down!
2025-06-04 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join us for our June webinar, where Dr. Gary Dyson breaks down pump hydraulics and their effect on pump health and performance. Learn how fluid movement has consequences for pump reliability.
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AWWA ACE25 Conference
2025-06-09 - 2025-06-11 | Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
Join Hydro at the American Water Works Association’s ACE25 conference in Denver, Colorado. Visit us at booth 1413 and learn about how Hydro combines experience and innovation to increase reliability of pumping systems in the water and wastewater industries.

Basic Hydraulics for BB5 (Barrel) Pumps- In-Person (Houston)
2025-06-18 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | HydroTex Deer Park, 11802 W FairmontPkwy, La Porte, TX, 77571, United States
Join us at our HydroTex facility in LaPorte, TX for a free in-person training on basic hydraulics for BB5 (barrel) pumps. This one day seminar is designed to give operators, maintenance personnel, and engineers a practical understanding of BB5 (Barrel) pump performance and maintenance.
Attendees will receive a certificate for 8 PDH.
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Downstream USA 2025 Conference
2025-06-25 - 2025-06-26 | George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX, 77010, United States
Join Hydro at Reuters’ Downstream USA 2025 in Houston, TX. Visit us at booth 513 and learn about how we’ve helped the refining and petrochemical industries increase pump reliability and save energy in their pumping systems.

Wednesday Webinar: Vertical Pump Fundamentals
2025-07-02 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | IL
Join us for July’s webinar, where instructor Bob Jennings will explore operation fundamentals, component design, and application of Vertical Pumps.
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Vibration Institute Annual Training Conference 2025
2025-08-06 - 2025-08-08 | Marriott Newport News, 740 Town Center Drive, Newport News, VA, 23606, United States
Join Hydro at the Vibration Institute Annual Training conference in Newport News, VA and learn about our field engineering branch, Hydro Reliability Services. By combining extensive vibration expertise, field experience, and advanced technologies, Hydro Reliability Services diagnoses complex vibration problems and provides effective solutions.
