Library for Enginuity

Articles
Case Studies
Technical Papers
Press Releases

FEATURED ARTICLE
Who Moved My Knowledge - "The natural gas industry is faced with a growing crisis due to the loss of operational skills and knowledge resulting from the rapidly retiring Baby Boomer generation. The tools to capture and deploy knowledge exist today as in no other time in history. Deployment, however, requires a paradigm shift in the way that knowledge is viewed. Gone are the days where there is power in closely held knowledge, either individually or as an industry. We now operate in a world wrought with acute economic pressures where the true power comes in the sharing, facilitation and expansion of knowledge through collaboration. The answers to the challenges that the industry faces lie in our ability as an industry to pool our collective knowledge regardless of corporate boundaries." More...

ARTICLES:
A Vision for the Intelligent Pipeline System - "The gas pipeline industry, in fact the energy industry, is in a time of great change" More...

Covering 20th Century Compressor and Engine Controls with 21st Century Technology - "Encana chose to upgrade one of its two existing engine compressor systems at their Lateral 100 Gas gathering facility. Dresser-Rand Enginuity, LLC was chosen from among a few select companies to provide a turnkey solution" More...

CSU LBET Update - "The Large Bore Engine Testbed (LBET), at Colorado State University’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, was born out of the industry’s drive to address ever tightening emissions regulatory action" More...

Electronic Port Fuel Injection System - "In the natural gas industry, many slow-speed, four-cycle engines were originally equipped with carburetors or direct-injection mechanical fuel valves." More...

HPFi: The Second Generation of Low Emissions Combustion: "Three years after the successful demonstration of high-pressure fuel gas injection in the laboratory, Dresser-Rand Enginuity has successfully installed and commissioned the first field application of a high-pressure fuel gas injection system – HPFi ™." More...

Is Technology the Solution?: "From an operational perspective, success of the natural gas pipeline industry in the 21st century will demand more than just cost cutting, downsizing and even the implementation of new technology." More...

Keep 'em Running...Better: "With such increase in the demand for natural gas and the resulting impact on gas delivery utilizing, at least in part, the current transmission infrastructure, the natural gas industry faces difficult decisions" More...

MACT 101: "The MACT regulation requires emissions controls for certain engines, depending upon the engine type, facility size, and whether the engine is new or existing." More...

MACT Rule on Stationary Engines: "The MACT rule affects many aspects of the stationary engine owner/operator — from environmental permitting to daily operations and record keeping. The question is, who is affected, what engines are affected, what needs to be done and by when?" More...

Properly Applied Technology Supports Industry Optimization: "The typical approach to dealing with incorporation of new technology has been to treat each of the many issues we face with our equipment separately, instead of interrelated components." More...

CASE STUDIES:
Application of High Pressure Fuel Gas Injection On Large-Bore, Two-Stroke Cycle, Gas fired Engine At Natural Gas Compressor Station: "In response to the challenges of operating these engines in compliance with federal and state air regulations," More...

Cost-Effective Emissions Reduction of Clark BA-6 Natural Gas Engines: "Existing and pending clean air regulations, and the associated costs of meeting them, are forcing many operators of I/C engines to seek innovative ways to reduce emissions to compliance levels." More...

First Commercial High Pressure Fuel Injection Installation: "...high-pressure fuel technology improves speed control and allows for an expanded operating range while decreasing NOx, CO and THC emissions..." More...

Waukesha 12V-AT25GL Case Study - "Dresser-Rand Enginuity took the expertise and knowledge gained on emissions reduction projects previously performed on slow-speed two and four stroke cycle engines, as well as recent conversions on White-Superior 2400 and other high-speed four stroke cycle engines, and applied this to the Waukesha ATGL series engine" More...

TECHNICAL PAPERS:
Alternative Funding Mechanism for Gas Compression Infrastructure Upgrades: "Over the next two decades, the gas pipeline industry will face numerous technical, operational, regulatory, and financial challenges regarding its compression infrastructure." More...

Carbon Pollutant Emissions: "... ever increasing competition is forcing the gas transmission industry to operate in a far more cost-competitive manner. All these factors contribute to heightened interest in trade-off’s between the various engine emission pollutants , and the associated trade-offs in engine performance." More...

Continuous Compressor Performance Monitoring: "Advancements in automation have provided technology that requires significantly less expertise and manpower to maintain system integrity and reliability." More...

Don't Retire...ReHire: "When evaluating horsepower expansion and replacement projects, the trend in the natural gas industry has been to ignore the reciprocating, integral, slow speed engines, and to select gas turbines, electric motors, or high speed reciprocating engines as the primary compression driver." More...

Formaldehyde Characterization Utilizing In-Cylinder Sampling: "This research addresses the growing need to better understand the mechanisms through which engine-out formaldehyde is formed in 2-stroke cycle large bore natural gas engines." More...

First Field Application of HPFi: "This paper presents the natural gas pipeline industry’s experience with high-pressure fuel gas injection technology for enhancing the air / fuel mixing characteristics of the industry’s large bore, slow-speed, direct-injected, two and four stroke cycle engine prime mover horsepower base." More...

Integrated Station Revitalization Design Considerations for the Reciprocating Engine NGC station: "Today, profitable operation requires the customer to maintain a global perspective of their system and the different requirements imposed as it traverses through different regulatory and competitive areas on the way to market." More...

Recent Improvements in Two-Cycle Combustion: "The Natural Gas Industry is being presented with a growing number of options for reducing emissions from its medium speed reciprocating engines." More...

Revitalization of the GMW Engine Family: "The natural gas pipeline industry operates over 8,000 IC engines to support the transportation of natural gas to the marketplace. Of these engines, over 50% (by number of engines) exceed 40 years in age." More...

Revitalization of the GMW Engine - Part 2: "...Out of this 8000 total, 600 engines come from the Cooper Bessemer GMW family of integral two-stroke cycle engines." More...

Strategies for Cost Effective, Compliant & Competitive Operation of Compressor/Drivers: "With a significantly aged asset base, less manpower and ever increasing competitive forces, how can the gas pipeline industry survive – and win?" More...

Turbocharged KVG-103: "According to Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), Chapter 117 (Regulation 7), all rich-burn engines in non-attainment areas are subject to RACT (Reasonably Achievable Control Technology)" More...

Vision for the Intelligent Pipeline System & the Role of the Intelligent Engine: "The gas pipeline industry, in fact the energy industry, is in a time of great change. At a macro level, our nation and the world exist in political tension between entities possessing natural reserves of energy and those most needing it." More...