×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Steam turbine and Centrifugal Compressor

Steam turbine and Centrifugal Compressor

Steam turbine and Centrifugal Compressor

(OP)
In the steam cracker I work for there is a Raw Gas Centrifugal Compressor with 5 stages driven by a steam turbine. Our High Pressure steam is 103 barg and 450ºC. We have an extraction to 44 bar and the exhaust steam is about 200 mbar.

I would like to read and study more to optimize this equipment but I can't find any articles or papers related. Are there any that you know? Please tell me. I have online access to all Elsevier journals.

Thanks
AndreChE

RE: Steam turbine and Centrifugal Compressor

It is truly a complex question, Andre. Can you be a bit more specific as to what is that you want to optimise? How much steam you are planning to extract at 44bars? How much control you want to have on this extraction? Are you also thinking of extraction/ admission? Compressor parameters (powers/ speeds or flow rates/ pressures etc…)?

Regards,

Guru

RE: Steam turbine and Centrifugal Compressor

(OP)
I am a new process engineer at the steam cracker. First of all, I want to learn more about steam turbines and compressors, that's why I want first to read papers or articles.

One of my future tasks will be the compressor optimization, but since I am in the beginning, I need to study and get into the subject deeply.

Thanks
AndreChE

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources