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Eagleburgmann Compressor Seals: Dry Gas Seal Upgrades
Eagleburgmann Compressor Seals: Dry Gas Seal Upgrades
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Reservoir LG
Degassing Unit
Typical Common Lube and Seal Oil System
Oil seal to Dry Gas Seal
TANGIBLE FACTORS:
Oil consumption
Maintenance and downtime: 50 % up to 80% of compressor downtime was are directly related to oil
systems
Energy costs: Oil seal power loss (10-30 HP )+ unit driven pumps (20-100 HP) which is from 0.5 to 1%
of unit HP while gas seal power loss is 1-2 HP
Process gas leakage: Gas leakage/emission for oil seal typicaly ranged from 40 to 200 SCFM & higher
while for gas seal is less than 2 SCFM. Most of these emissions occur when the circulating oil is stripped
of the gas it absorbs at the high-pressure seal face.
Fines and carbon taxes
INTANGIBLE FACTORS:
Lost production due to contamination
Compressor and auxiliary efficiency: Oil contamination in pipeline and cooler cause
loss in pipeline efficiency and radiant heat efficiency losses
Safety and asset risk management
Reduced insurance policy due to new equipment
Return of investment
A dry seal can save about 100.000,- € per year and pay for itself in as little as 18 months
One Natural Gas STAR partner who installed a dry seal on an existing compressor, for example, reduced emissions
by 97 percent, from 75 to 2 Mcf per day, saving almost $80,000 per year in gas alone.
Note that in ROI study initial CAPEX for seal oil system is considered as zero. Our assumption is that customer paid
this amount some years back. Just good to know that initial CAPEX motley is double of gas seal requirements,
which is for seal oil pumps, blower, degassing unit, seal oil traps, seal oil reservoirs, overhead seal oil vessels,
connecting piping and a control and monitoring panel
Different types of upgrade
Fund Approval
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Our Advantage: History and Experience
History:
• Compressor upgrade to dry gas seal technology for more than one decade
• Upgrade world toughest application (high pressure and light gas)
• Leader to establish regional teams capable to handle upgrades
Industry sector:
• Refinery
• Petrochemical
• Pipeline
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Our Advantage: Leading technology appropriate for upgrade
Dalian, China
Eurasburg,
Germany
Wolfratshausen,
Germany
Niigata, Japan
Niigata, Japan
DGS Service Center (static testing facilities) API DGS Mech. Seal
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E. g. Middle East Regional Extensive Upgrade Experience
Compressor Nuovo Thomassen/ Dresser Rand Dresser Rand Ingersoll-Rand MAN Turbo Ingersoll-Rand
OEM Pignone Elliot
Compressor 1 2 2 2 2 4 2
Quantity
Seal Type PDGS-TA-L/R DGS-TA-U PDGS-TA-L/R DGS-TA-L/R DGS-TL-U DGS-TL-U DGS-TL-U
+CSE +CSR +CSE +CSE +CSE +CSE +CSE
Sealing 185 barg 1 barg 195 barg 24 barg 19 barg 60 barg 6.75 barg
Press.
MCS (rpm) 14300 5523 10080 7525 13527 10000 13527
Sealed Gas H2, HC Propane H2, HC H2, HC Natural Gas H2, HC Natural Gas
Item Remarks
Compressor data Machine type and model
Application data
Actual gas composition
Shaft size at seal place
Clearance data sheet
Driver data Type and start-stop procedure
Drawings Compressor sectional
Layout drawing of compressor
Bearing & wet seal assembly drawings
Lube Oil and Seal Oil P&ID
Seal Cavity Drawing
Scope and specification Client specification for systems & Dry Gas Seals
Scope of work
Availability of following items Spare Rotor
to be checked Spare Oil Seal
Spare Bearing
Spare coupling
Utility:
Instrument Air / Plant Air
Nitrogen
Flare
Safe atmospheric vent
Upcoming overhaul plant Measuring and confirming the drawings
Date (__/__/____)
Rotor Dynamic Analysis data required:
Item Remarks
Dimensional rotor drawing Impeller dimensions for calculating inertia of impellers. (if possible shaft
showing geometry of shaft diameter under impellers)
and added elements Geometry, weight and material properties of all components (trust disk,
lock nuts, balance drum, sleeves and any attached deflectors.
Centre line of the radial probe axial location (Nice to have)
Dimensional drawing existing Including curvature radius of pads if possible Types, location and design of bearings
bearings (including length of bearing,
Cross-sectional drawings Bearing and oil seal arrangement
Including seal details: number of rotating and stationary teeth and material
Indicating clearances
Rotor weight If not indicated on drawings, have to weigh
Photographs Nameplate
Coupling drawing Including weight and inertia and location centers of gravity.
Lube oil data Oil type, flow, supply temperature and pressure. (For bearing calculations)
Complete list of all rotor For making comparison existing and new situation.
modifications for DGS
Original RDA Nice to have
Rotor and Components
ROTOR*:
* Siemens compressor
What document we are providing
Case Study
Scope of supply:
DGS+SMS engineered, manufactured and tested
Rotor dynamic analyses
Modification drawing and integration
Bearings
Rotor repair & modification
On site support
Final adjustment
The compressor could be kept pressurized during shutdown and reduce flaring the gas.
Note that need changes in piping/valve arrangement including blow down to take advantage of pressurized holding.
Design pressure review of upstream equipment that may be subject to settle out pressure.
Physical change (Before and after upgrade)
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