US20190301478A1 - Compressor anti-surge protectoin under wet gas conditions - Google Patents

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US20190301478A1
US20190301478A1 US16/315,529 US201716315529A US2019301478A1 US 20190301478 A1 US20190301478 A1 US 20190301478A1 US 201716315529 A US201716315529 A US 201716315529A US 2019301478 A1 US2019301478 A1 US 2019301478A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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    • 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
    • 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
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    • 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
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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.
  • 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:
  • calculating a surge limit line in a compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram determining a compressor operating point in said compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram; detecting a distance between the operating point and the surge limit line; acting on the anti-surge system of the compressor if the distance is below a minimum safety distance.
  • 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 illustrates a compressor system
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a wet gas compressor operating diagram
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart of methods disclosed herein.
  • 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 7 S and a compressor delivery side 7 D.
  • 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 7 D and to the suction side 7 S.
  • 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 7 D to the suction side 7 S 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 17 and a temperature transducer 19 are arranged at the suction side 7 S of compressor 7 , to measure the gas suction pressure Ps and the gas suction temperature Ts of the gas at the suction side 7 S.
  • a further pressure transducer 19 and a further temperature transducer 21 are arranged at the delivery side 7 D 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 7 D and suction side 7 S of compressor 7 .
  • the control unit 23 can be further functionally coupled to an actuator 13 A 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.
  • the dimensionless corrected power Wcorr is plotted, defined by the following formula:
  • W is the actual measured power absorbed by the compressor 7 ;
  • Ps, Ts are the gas pressure and temperature at the suction side of the compressor 7 ;
  • Mw is the mean molar mass of the gas processed by compressor 7 ;
  • Zs is the compressibility of the gas at the compressor suction side;
  • R is the gas constant;
  • kvs is the isentropic volume exponent of the gas at the compressor suction side;
  • D is the impeller diameter.
  • 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 7 S 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 7 S of compressor 7 .
  • the SLL can be expressed as follows:
  • 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 off-line, 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 .
  • the control unit 33 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 suction 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 .
  • 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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