Screw compressor / shared oil skids ?
Screw compressor / shared oil skids ?
(OP)
Dear all,
I am working on a project using screw compressors two/three (to be confirmed). Our leadership have suggested for the lubrication oil we use only one oil system. (ie the wetted parts of the lub system)
In my experience i've never seen this but what are others..
our unit size is too big to have one compressor..
I am working on a project using screw compressors two/three (to be confirmed). Our leadership have suggested for the lubrication oil we use only one oil system. (ie the wetted parts of the lub system)
In my experience i've never seen this but what are others..
our unit size is too big to have one compressor..





RE: Screw compressor / shared oil skids ?
Security of flow (downtime) with a common system if the oil system goes down, then the whole system stops.
Turndown, the seperate systems are portable and have full turndown.
RE: Screw compressor / shared oil skids ?
the compressor manufacturer have confirmed they have used combined oil skids for several clients and apparently they offer savings.
but i agree your coments are totally valid for reliability reasons
RE: Screw compressor / shared oil skids ?
RE: Screw compressor / shared oil skids ?
We have another similar case with two large barrel pumps that share a common oil system. By using a common oil system, we were able to justify upgrades to make the oil system very reliable. It is fully redundant in all critical components. It is highly instrumented. It is all stainless steel. It is state of the art. If we purchased two separate systems, we would have probably had to compromise and buy less reliable systems without all of the features we wanted.
Johnny Pellin