Distance between compressor building
Distance between compressor building
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Is there a guideline (maybe from AGA) that provides requirements for the minimum distance between two compressor buildings so that they can still utilize the same ESD system? For example if there are 3 compressor buildings in the same facility, what is the minimum distance they can be from each other so that when one building ESD's, the other two can still be running?





RE: Distance between compressor building
IMO that means all station gas piping.
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Saudi Aramco's unit spacing guide,
Major Oil Company,
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Are you asking about how far apart you should space buildings so that blast pressure from one possible explosion will not collapse an adjacent building?
I'm still not sure what the ESD has to do with anything if this is what the question is.
Piping Design Central
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RE: Distance between compressor building
The last time I recall being somewhat involved in something related we had a consultant's report that provided LB/FT^2 values for increasing distances from the theoretical point of ignition. Do you have the buildings' structural/construction details?
Piping Design Central
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RE: Distance between compressor building
Building to building would be like G1 to A1, or B1, which is 30m, or 15.
I'd use 15m if the buildings are unoccupied (no continuous personnel duty station within), as a control building always is assumed to have people within 24-7. If you mean this to be more of a blast resistant structure, rather than just fire safe for a few hours, use 30m, or more.
You could check with your company's risk control department. Perhaps they have you insurance company's requirements on hand.
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Imagine a scenario in which one of the 3 compressors in parallel catches fire. I think it would be quite reckless to keep the other two running.
Dejan IVANOVIC
Process Engineer, MSChE
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The issue over distance is really one of fire and explosion. If this is your concern then yes, 100m or so will take most adjacent buildings out of the way of jet fires or explosion, however you don't really want to be operating in those conditions, but might want to separate them to avoid damage. This however is highly unlikely and in most locations you don't have the space and it costs more to connect them all back to a single control room and the operators will get very fit walking between them cursing all the time about why these are so far away.
I would go for somewhere between 10 to 20m.
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