Abstract: Premature fracture failure of blades occurred in four of a refinery's gas turbine compressors. In order to evaluate the probability of combustion instability's effects on failure of the blades; i.e., choking and chamber ...

Abstract: This paper is aimed to show the effects of partial stall on the fracture of the first stage rotating blades of the gas turbine compressors of an onshore gas refinery. The first part of the paper deals with the results of ...