EP3482081B1 - Protection contre pompage pour compresseur dans des conditions de gaz humide - Google Patents

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EP3482081B1
EP3482081B1 EP17734763.0A EP17734763A EP3482081B1 EP 3482081 B1 EP3482081 B1 EP 3482081B1 EP 17734763 A EP17734763 A EP 17734763A EP 3482081 B1 EP3482081 B1 EP 3482081B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D27/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04D27/02—Surge control
    • F04D27/0207—Surge control by bleeding, bypassing or recycling fluids
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D27/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04D27/001—Testing thereof; Determination or simulation of flow characteristics; Stall or surge detection, e.g. condition monitoring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D31/00—Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2210/00—Working fluids
    • F05D2210/10—Kind or type
    • F05D2210/13—Kind or type mixed, e.g. two-phase fluid
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2270/00—Control
    • F05D2270/01—Purpose of the control system
    • F05D2270/10—Purpose of the control system to cope with, or avoid, compressor flow instabilities
    • F05D2270/101—Compressor surge or stall

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  • Embodiments disclosed herein specifically relate to wet gas compressors, in particular centrifugal wet gas compressors, which process gas that can contain a liquid phase, e.g. heavy hydrocarbons, water or the like.
  • a liquid phase e.g. heavy hydrocarbons, water or the like.
  • WO 2012/007553 A1 discloses a method for composition-based compressor control where the compressor inlet gas may contain water and/or non-aqueous liquid. The method comprises measuring individual volume fractions of gas water and non-aqueous liquid and determining individual flow rates of a gas, water and non-aqueous liquid based on the measurements and controlling recirculation valve.
  • Centrifugal compressors have been designed to process a so-called wet gas, i.e. gas that can contain a certain percentage of a liquid phase.
  • Wet gas processing is often required in the oil and gas industry, where gas extracted from a well, such as a subsea well, can contain a liquid hydrocarbon phase, or water.
  • the presence and percentage amount of a liquid phase in a gas may affect the operation of the compressor and in particular may have an impact on the surge limit, which determines the range of safe operation of the compressor.
  • the liquid volume fraction in the gas flow at the suction side of the compressor is not known. Flowmeters capable of determining the liquid volume fraction are cumbersome and expensive and might not be suitable in certain applications in extreme environmental conditions.
  • a method for anti-surge protection of a compressor under wet gas conditions comprises a suction side and a delivery side.
  • An anti-surge system is arranged between the delivery side and the suction side of the compressor. The method comprises the following steps:
  • a wet gas compressor system comprising: a compressor having a suction side and a delivery side; an anti-surge control arrangement; a control unit, functionally coupled to the anti-surge control arrangement.
  • the control unit is configured and arranged for performing a method as above defined.
  • the compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram is a diagram wherein the compressor performances are represented as a function of the relationship between the compression ratio over the compressor and the corrected power of the compressor.
  • Fig.1 schematically illustrates a system 1 comprising a driver 3 and a load 5.
  • the load 5 includes a compressor 7, for instance a centrifugal compressor.
  • a shaft 9 drivingly connects the driver 3 to the load 5.
  • the driver 3 can be an electric motor, a gas turbine engine, a steam turbine or any other suitable driver.
  • the compressor 7 comprises a compressor suction side 7S and a compressor delivery side 7D.
  • the compressor 7 is further provided with an anti-surge system.
  • the anti-surge system is comprised of a line or duct 11 that is fluidly coupled to the delivery side 7D and to the suction side 7S.
  • the anti-surge system comprises an anti-surge valve 13 arranged on the anti-surge line 11.
  • the anti-surge valve 13 can be controllably opened to recirculate gas from the delivery side 7D to the suction side 7S of compressor 7, to prevent surge phenomena in the compressor, if the operating point of the compressor approaches a surge limit line.
  • a pressure transducer 15 and a temperature transducer 17 are arranged at the suction side 7S of compressor 7, to measure the gas suction pressure Ps and the gas suction temperature Ts of the gas at the suction side 7S.
  • a further pressure transducer 19 and a further temperature transducer 21 are arranged at the delivery side 7D of compressor 7, to measure the gas delivery pressure Pd and the gas delivery temperature Td.
  • the system 1 further comprises a control unit 23, which can be functionally coupled to the pressure and temperature transducers 15, 17, 19, 21 to collect measured values of the gas temperature and pressure at the delivery side 7D and suction side 7S of compressor 7.
  • the control unit 23 can be further functionally coupled to an actuator 13A configured and arranged for selectively opening and closing the anti-surge valve 13.
  • Reference number 25 generally designates storage memory resources for the control unit 23, which can store data useful for an anti-surge control of the compressor 7, as will be explained in greater detail herein after.
  • the control unit 23 can be configured and arranged for receiving further input information, such as data on the gas processed by compressor 7.
  • Block 27 schematically represents a data input, for instance providing information on the mean molar mass Mw of the gas being processed by compressor 7.
  • Reference number 29 schematically designates one or several further process parameter transducers, which provide additional information to the control unit 23, such as for instance the rotational speed N of compressor 7, the driving power W required to drive the compressor 7 into rotation and any additional information which may be useful or necessary for controlling the system 1.
  • Anti-surge control of the compressor 7 can be performed using the diagram of Fig.2 .
  • the compression ratio, or pressure ratio, PR of compressor 7 is plotted on the vertical axis of the diagram of Fig. 2 .
  • a dimensionless parameter depending upon the absorbed power, i.e. the power required to drive the compressor 7 into rotation, is plotted on the horizontal axis of the diagram of Fig. 2 .
  • the dimensionless parameter is a function of the actual driving power W, the suction pressure Ps and the suction temperature Ts of the gas, and can further depend upon parameters of the gas being processed and of characteristics of the compressor.
  • a suction limit line SLL can be plotted on the diagram of Fig. 2 , which allows anti-surge control of the compressor 7 without requiring knowledge of the actual liquid mass fraction (LMF) or liquid volume fraction (LVF) of the gas, i.e. the mass or volumetric percentage of liquid phase in the wet gas.
  • LMF liquid mass fraction
  • LVF liquid volume fraction
  • the SLL is a function of the gas conditions at the suction side 7S of compressor 7, i.e. of the suction temperature Ts and the suction pressure Ps. Additionally, the SLL is a function of the rotational speed of compressor 7, as well as of the mean molar mass Mw of the gas and of the compressibility Zs of the gas at the suction side 7S of compressor 7.
  • the chemical composition of the gas processed by compressor 7 usually varies very slowly during time and can be considered quasi-constant over relatively long time spans, e.g. 24 hours.
  • the chemical composition of the gas can be analyzed in-line by flowing a portion of gas through a gas chromatograph. In other embodiments, the gas composition can be analyzed offline, e.g. by taking a gas sample from the gas duct. Irrespective of how the gas is analyzed, the mean molar mass and the compressibility of the gas can be determined.
  • the remaining parameters can be detected by the transducers of system 1 during operation of the compressor 7.
  • the current SLL can be determined, based on features of the compressor, parameters of the gas being processed and operating parameters of the system 1, which are detected by the transducers functionally coupled to the control unit 23. Based upon the detected values of suction pressure (Ps), suction temperature (Ts), angular speed (N), mean molar mass (Mw) and compressibility (Zs), the control unit 33 calculates the current surge limit line SLL, based on store data, e.g. in table form, and/or by interpolation. The data for the calculation of the SLL can be stored in the storage memory resources 25. Additionally, based on the above mentioned data and on the actual power W currently absorbed by compressor 7, the corrected power Wcorr is calculated with formula (1).
  • the distance between the actual operating point and the calculated SLL is then determined. Based on said distance, an anti-surge control routine is started, if needed, to control the opening of the anti-surge valve.
  • the anti-surge valve can be controlled according to current art methods. In general, if the distance is less than a safety value, the anti-surge valve 13 is opened. If the distance is equal to or greater than a safety value, the anti-surge valve 13 is maintained in the closed condition.
  • the control method described so far is summarized in the flow chart of Fig.3 . The last block of the flow chart represents an anti-surge valve control.

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  1. Procédé de protection anti-surpression d'un compresseur (7) dans des conditions de gaz humide, le compresseur (7) comprenant un côté aspiration (7S), un côté refoulement (7D) et un système anti-surpression (11, 13) ; le procédé comprenant :
    le calcul d'une ligne limite de surpression dans un diagramme de rapport de compression par rapport à la puissance corrigée ;
    la détermination d'un point de fonctionnement de compresseur dans ledit diagramme de rapport de compression par rapport à la puissance corrigée ;
    la détection d'une distance entre le point de fonctionnement et la ligne limite de surpression ; et
    le fait d'agir sur le système anti-surpression (11, 13) du compresseur (7) si la distance est inférieure à une distance de sécurité minimale ;
    dans lequel la ligne de limite de surpression s'étend à partir d'un premier point d'extrémité correspondant à un état de gaz sec vers un second point d'extrémité correspondant à une teneur maximale en liquide.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la puissance corrigée est un paramètre sans dimension dépendant de la puissance requise pour entraîner le compresseur (7).
  3. Procédé selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre les étapes consistant à :
    déterminer une vitesse de rotation du compresseur (7) ;
    déterminer une température d'aspiration et d'une pression d'aspiration du gaz au niveau du côté aspiration du compresseur ;
    dans lequel la ligne limite de surpression est calculée sur la base de ladite vitesse de rotation, de la température d'aspiration et de la pression d'aspiration du gaz.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, comprenant en outre les étapes consistant à :
    déterminer une masse molaire moyenne du gaz ;
    déterminer la compressibilité du gaz ;
    dans lequel la ligne limite de surpression est calculée en fonction de la masse molaire moyenne et de la compressibilité du gaz.
  5. Procédé selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la puissance corrigée est un paramètre sans dimension.
  6. Procédé selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la puissance corrigée est une fonction d'une puissance d'entraînement de compresseur réelle, d'une pression de gaz au niveau du côté aspiration du compresseur, d'une température de gaz au niveau du côté aspiration du compresseur, et des paramètres chimiques du gaz.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel la puissance corrigée est calculée comme suit : W corr = W P s ∗ Z s RT s M w 0,5 ∗ k vs 1,5 ∗ πD 2 4
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     où
    W est la puissance mesurée réelle absorbée par le compresseur ;
    Ps, Ts sont la pression et la température de gaz au niveau du côté aspiration du compresseur ;
    Mw est la masse molaire moyenne du gaz traité par le compresseur ;
    Zs est la compressibilité du gaz au niveau du côté aspiration du compresseur ;
    R est la constante de gaz ;
    kvs est l'exposant volumique isentropique du gaz au niveau du côté aspiration du compresseur ;
    D est le diamètre de l'impulseur.
  8. Procédé selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système anti-surpression comprend une soupape anti-surpression (13), qui est ouverte lorsque l'étape consistant à agir sur le système anti-surpression est effectuée, pour faire recirculer le gaz depuis le côté refoulement vers le côté aspiration de compresseur.
  9. Système compresseur de gaz humide (1), comprenant :
    un compresseur (7) ayant un côté aspiration (7S) et un côté refoulement (7D) ;
    un système anti-surpression (11, 13) ;
    une unité de commande (23) couplée de manière fonctionnelle au système anti-surpression (11,13) ;
    dans lequel l'unité de commande (23) est configurée et agencée pour effectuer un procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
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