Concepts NREC - Contact Us - Information Request

Home | Employment | Contact Us | Site Map | Search

Survey of Turbomachinery Professionals

Please tell us your opinions about the Greening of turbomachinery

Your participation in this survey is very important. As someone with experience in the turbomachinery industry, your specialized knowledge and opinions will play a critical role in the evaluation of CN’s products and services. I am particularly interested in learning what green turbomachinery benefits you can sell through to your customers.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey below. The tabulated results will be made available to respondents upon request. Names and specific responses will be kept confidential.

I very much appreciate your participation.

Dick Keiling,
President, Concepts NREC

Please respond only to questions that are pertinent to your company’s business. Enter your name and address below if you would like a copy of the survey results.

Title	Mr. Ms. Mrs. Dr.
Name
Company
E-mail	-or-
Address
City/State/Zip	-or-
Fax

What is your position?

CEO, president, corporate manager
Engineer
Technician
Sales or marketing
Engineering manager
Manufacturing manager
Project or product manager
Facilities manager
Other

What is your involvement with turbomachinery?

(Check all that apply)

Fluid dynamics

Mechanical design

Controls engineering

Systems design/analysis

Performance analysis

Reliability analysis

Manufacturing

Quality control/inspection

Maintenance

Testing

End user

Other

What are your areas of expertise?
and
What does your company develop, produce, or use?

(Check all that apply)

Your expertise	Your company's products
		Centrifugal pumps
		Axial pumps
		Mixed-flow pumps
		Centrifugal compressors
		Axial compressors
		Mixed-flow compressors
		Reciprocating compressors
		Screw compressors
		Radial-inflow turbines
		Axial steam turbines
		Axial gas turbines
		Hydraulic turbines
		Turbochargers
		Expanders
		Propulsors
		Blowers
		Fans
		Fuel cells
		Other

What green turbomachinery objectives do you consider most important?
and
What green benefits can/does your company sell through to customers?

(For both categories, rank all that apply. Where 1 is most important and 7 is least important.)

Important to company	Important to our customers
		Greater operating efficiency/lower energy cost
		Lower greenhouse-gas emissions
		Operation completely outside the carbon cycle
		Design for lower energy costs to manufacture
		Greater durability and reliability to extend equipment life
		Design for manufacture to conserve materials resources
		Design for refurb or rerate to save replacement cost

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements.

(1=Totally agree 2=Neither agree or disagree 3=Totally disagree)

	Offering greener products or solutions is highly valued by top management in my company
	Environmental awareness has created a new demand for our existing products/services
	There is customer pressure for our products/services to demonstrate green(er) accountability
	Meeting environmental demands has created the need for specialized personnel or capital investments
	Greener competitive products/services have influenced our current or future development decisions
	Green(er) turbomachinery has or would have a positive impact on our bottom line

Does your company promote any of their products or services as being green or green-enabling?

If yes, describe

No

Rank the importance of the following in a typical development project.

(1=most important 3=least important)
Quality and reliability
Turnaround time
Cost

What methods/services contribute significantly to achieving your green-turbomachinery objectives?
and
What checked methods/services do you typically conduct in-house?

(Check all that apply)

Green methods/ services	Conduct in-house
		Conceptual design and analysis
		Design for improved performance
		Design for mechanical integrity
		Design for economical operation
		Design for minimizing size/weight
		Design for economical production
		Design for improved maintenance
		Prototype production
		Prototype testing (balance, spin test, QC inspection)
		Other

For what turbomachinery-development functions does your company use CAE/CAD/CAM tools?

(Check all that apply)

Meanline design and analysis

Blading design

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Performance predictions

Steady-state stress analysis

Vibration analysis

Rotordynamics

Prototype_machining

Component drawings

Other

Please share any additional comments about the greening of turbomachinery.

Thank you for participating in this survey.

Concepts NREC
Corporate Headquarters
217 Billings Farm Road
White River Junction, VT 05001-9486
Phone: 802-296-2321
Fax: 802-296-2325

Product Center
39 Olympia Avenue
Woburn, MA 01801-2073
Phone: 781-935-9050
Fax: 781-935-9052

Survey of Turbomachinery Professionals

Please tell us your opinions about the Greening of turbomachinery

Please respond only to questions that are pertinent to your company’s business. Enter your name and address below if you would like a copy of the survey results.

What is your position?

What is your involvement with turbomachinery?

What are your areas of expertise? and What does your company develop, produce, or use?

Yourexpertise

Your company's products

Centrifugal pumps

Axial pumps

Mixed-flow pumps

Centrifugal compressors

Axial compressors

Mixed-flow compressors

Reciprocating compressors

Screw compressors

Radial-inflow turbines

Axial steam turbines

Axial gas turbines

Hydraulic turbines

Turbochargers

Expanders

Propulsors

Blowers

Fans

Fuel cells

Other

What green turbomachinery objectives do you consider most important? and What green benefits can/does your company sell through to customers?

Important to company

Important to our customers

Greater operating efficiency/lower energy cost

Lower greenhouse-gas emissions

Operation completely outside the carbon cycle

Design for lower energy costs to manufacture

Greater durability and reliability to extend equipment life

Design for manufacture to conserve materials resources

Design for refurb or rerate to save replacement cost

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements.

Offering greener products or solutions is highly valued by top management in my company

Environmental awareness has created a new demand for our existing products/services

There is customer pressure for our products/services to demonstrate green(er) accountability

Meeting environmental demands has created the need for specialized personnel or capital investments

Greener competitive products/services have influenced our current or future development decisions

Green(er) turbomachinery has or would have a positive impact on our bottom line

Does your company promote any of their products or services as being green or green-enabling?

Rank the importance of the following in a typical development project.

What methods/services contribute significantly to achieving your green-turbomachinery objectives?andWhat checked methods/services do you typically conduct in-house?

Green methods/services

Conductin-house

Conceptual design and analysis

Design for improved performance

Design for mechanical integrity

Design for economical operation

Design for minimizing size/weight

Design for economical production

Design for improved maintenance

Prototype production

Prototype testing (balance, spin test, QC inspection)

Other

For what turbomachinery-development functions does your company use CAE/CAD/CAM tools?

Please share any additional comments about the greening of turbomachinery.

Thank you for participating in this survey.

What are your areas of expertise?
and
What does your company develop, produce, or use?

Your
expertise

What green turbomachinery objectives do you consider most important?
and
What green benefits can/does your company sell through to customers?

What methods/services contribute significantly to achieving your green-turbomachinery objectives?
and
What checked methods/services do you typically conduct in-house?

Green methods/
services

Conduct
in-house