(4a) Centrifugal Process Compressors - the Basics of Performance and Rerate
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2011
2011 Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety
The 23rd Ethylene Producers’ Conference
Ethylene Plant Rotating Equipment Paper Session
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:05am to 8:50am
This work provides a brief overview of the thermodynamics of centrifugal compressor performance. A discussion of what terms are used to describe compressor performance, how is performance calculated and predicted, how the fan laws can be used to predict compressor performance, and how is this eventually the "cause of the curve". This leads to a overview of how compressor performance be effected by changes in gas flow, temperature and molecular weight. Finally an overivew of possible upgrade and revamp options for centrifugal compressors is provided.
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