The Effects of Pulsations on the Surge Margin of Centrifugal Compressors in Stations with Both Reciprocating and Centrifugal Compressors

Rotating Machinery and Measurement Technology Section at Southwest Research Institute, in San Antonio, Texas. His research interests are in the areas of turbomachinery aerothermal fluid dynamics, process system analysis, energy management, advanced thermodynamic cycles, instrumentation and measurement, and combustion technology. He is widely experienced in performance prediction, off-design function, degradation, uncertainty diagnostics, and root cause failure analysis of gas turbines, combined cycle plants, centrifugal compressors, steam turbines, and pumps. He has been involved in research on automotive torque converters, rotating compressible flows, bearing design, labyrinth seals, instrumentation and data acquisition, laser velocimetry, flow interferometry, complex geometry convection flows, advanced gas turbine cycles, and air emissions technology. Dr. Brun received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1996, 1993) from the University of Virginia, and a B.S.E. degree (Aerospace Engineering, 1991) from the University of Florida.