The compressor manufacturers even have dummy cylinders where the compressor may require just 3 throws so the 4th throw has a dummy weight to balance the forces on the unit. Since the weight will not change on the throw you "crippled" and crippled is an actual technical term here, there is...
Yes, you can pull the suction valves out of one head of the compressor. You know that the unit will be a single stage and subject to higher differential and high rod loads and high discharge pressures
Time or some actual run data to be taken. What is the actual discharge temperature, if its way over the 216, then that indicates broken valves or excessive valve loss. If you run the compressor at 20 psig suction and 95F, you get close to the 2 MMSCFD. Now instead of the 216 F, there would be...
Run the fire case scenario along with all credible scenarios. 99% of the time in process vessels and piping have other cases where the PSV for the system has one of the other scenarios controlling the size. The fire case is usually the controlling factor for storage vessels and with spill...
I'll make the leap of faith, cold gas by-pass is the start up bypass system to assure the driver is not being loaded beyond its available torques as it starts movement. If that's what you are indicating, then its easy to match driver torque output versus speed against the compressors torque...
Its more of a torque required to open it. But the 15 to 30 isn't that much differential on a 4" valve, on a 24" valve its a lot. As stated above there is either water hammer or in most cases, what is downstream. In a facility where a sudden surge is going to lift the bed in a reactor, slam...
The problem I see with your diagram is that the exchanger in the line will either heat up the inlet tank or cool it, not sure the duty direction. Unless the fluid is terribly full of junk to be filtered, put the min flow RO just around the pump(s).
In the US, the regulations let the owner decide, 31.8 Or 31.4, then follow the rules of whatever you decide. For example, in the late 70's my company built a line for ethylene under gas, every line we interconnected to was classified liquid, how can that be? Under liquid codes, the debating...
We have a Gas Chiller with a stamp that reads Temperature -50/150 Pressure 100/250 REST pressure 350 psig. The vessel is dated 1981, I know it isnt SA214 that had serious issues with low temperature. Since the chiller fluid is propane and the minimumtemperature cant really get to -50 without...
Next are we going to toss out a paddle blind on a test because it saw its max pressure 1 time? Zdas is spot on! The life cycle of a a flange cycle is around a million times, now, the bolts and gasket? The bolts a few hundred thousand, the gasket a few times, toss them
Oh, does this mean all...
A gear pump is nearly linear on output versus head, look into gear pump suppliers in your area, it's an easy job, almost gear pumps like viscous fluids and higher heads
I'd look at a common ANSI pump.
