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A DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS.

Author(s) : AFIMIWALA K. A., WOOLLATT D.

Summary

AN ADVANCED WARNING SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE AND CONTROL OF RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS ISDISCUSSED. THE COMPRESSOR IS INSTRUMENTED TO MEASURE VALVE TEMPERATURES, INTERSTAGE PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES, ROD DROPS, PACKING TEMPERATURE AND LEAKAGE FLOW. AFTER A SCAN, AN EXPERT PROGRAM EVALUATES THE MEASUREMENTS, PERFORMS CALCULATIONS, AND CHECKS TRUTH TABLES TO ISOLATE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. OTHER SYSTEM FEATURES THEN ALLOW THE OPERATOR TO GENERATE REPORTS, HISTORY PLOTS, P-V DIAGRAMS, AND FRAMELOAD PLOTS. UNSCHEDULED SHUTDOWNS CAN THEREFORE BE PREVENTED.

Details

  • Original title: A DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS.
  • Record ID : 1987-1751
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1986/08/04
  • Source: Source: Proc. int. Compress. Eng. Conf., Purdue Univ.
    vol. 3; 1063-1072; 7 fig.; 1 tabl.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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