Compression Machinery for Oil and Gas

ISBN-13: 9780128146835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 627 str.

Klaus Brun; Rainer Kurz

Spis treści

Section 1: Fundamentals of Compression 1. Oil and Gas Compressor Basics 2. Centrifugal Compressors 3. Reciprocating Compressors 4. Compression System Design and Analysis 5. Compressor Testing

Section 2: Types of Equipment 6. Centrifugal Compressor 7. Reciprocating Compressor 8. Screw Compressor 9. Integrally Geared Compressors 10. Drivers

Section 3: Applications 11. Upstream Gas Gathering 12. Reinjection  13. Gas Lift 14. Gas Plant 15. Pipeline Compression 16. Gas Storage 17. Refinery 18. LNG 19. Fuel Gas Compression 20. Relevant Standards

Section 4: Technology Developments 21. Wet Gas Compression 22. Subsea Compression 23. Downhole Compression 24. Hermetically Sealed Compression 25. Linear Motor Compression 26. Supersonic Compression 27. Isothermal Compression 28. Dry Gas Seals

O autorze

Dr. Brun is the Director of Research & Development at Elliott Group where he leads a group of over 60 professionals in the development of turbomachinery and related systems, products and infrastructures for the different energy industries, including renewable energies. His past experience includes positions in product development, applications engineering, project management, and executive management at Southwest Research Institute, Solar Turbines, General Electric, and Alstom. He holds twelve patents, has authored over 370 papers, and published six textbooks on energy systems and turbomachinery. Dr. Brun is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and won an R&D 100 award in 2007 for his Semi-Active Valve invention. He also won the ASME Industrial Gas Turbine Award in 2016 and 14 individuals ASME Turbo Expo Best Paper/Tutorial awards. Dr. Brun has chaired several large conferences including the ASME Turbo Expo and the Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles Symposium. Dr. Brun is a member of the Global Power Propulsion Society Board of Directors and the past chair of the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Board of Directors, the ASME Oil & Gas Applications Committee, and ASME sCO2 Power Cycle Committee. He is a member of the API 616 Task Force, the ASME PTC-10 task force, the Asia Turbomachinery Symposiums Committee, and the Supercritical CO2 Symposium Advisory Committee. Dr. Brun is currently Executive Correspondent of Turbomachinery International Magazine and an Associate Editor of several journal transactions. His organization is responsible for the design, research and development of Solar's Centrifugal Gas Compressors, including aerodynamic, rotordynamic, and mechanical design. Dr. Kurz attended the Universitaet der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany, where he received the degree of a Dr.-Ing. in 1991. He has authored numerous publications about turbomachinery related topics, is an ASME fellow, and a member of the Turbomachinery Symposium Advisory Committee. He also won the ASME Industrial Gas Turbine Award in 2013. Dr. Kurz is a member of the TPS Advisory committee.