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Compressor Power and Polytropic Head Analysis

1. The document provides process parameters and calculations for selecting and sizing the first stage of a booster compressor for a standard flow rate of 6.9 MMscf/d. It includes suction and discharge pressures and temperatures, compressibility factors, and power calculations. 2. The calculations determine the shaft power to be 519.51 kW and driver power to be 540.29 kW for the first stage, taking into account efficiency factors. 3. The document notes that the calculations are done according to procedures in the Production Handbook Volume 9 guidelines.

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Compressor Power and Polytropic Head Analysis

1. The document provides process parameters and calculations for selecting and sizing the first stage of a booster compressor for a standard flow rate of 6.9 MMscf/d. It includes suction and discharge pressures and temperatures, compressibility factors, and power calculations. 2. The calculations determine the shaft power to be 519.51 kW and driver power to be 540.29 kW for the first stage, taking into account efficiency factors. 3. The document notes that the calculations are done according to procedures in the Production Handbook Volume 9 guidelines.

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UMUECHEM BOOSTER COMPRESSOR SELECTION AND SIZING - BASE CASE - FIRST STAGE

A. PROCESS PARAMETERS: STAGE CALCULATIONS

Stage Specific Power


Suction Pressure (ps)- Discharge Pressure Discharge Pressure Stage Shaft Absorbed
DESCRIPTION SUCTION DISCHARGE Stage Suction Pressure (ps) Pressure Ratio - r Disch. Temp (Td) Absorbed (from chart
2nd formular (pd) (pd)-2nd formular Power (KW)
1.2.3-4b)

1 Flow Rates 1 3.300 3.431 11.942 11.998 3.636 348.442 0.700 494.768

SYMBOL VALUE SYMBOL VALUE

Standard MMscf/d 6.9 6.9

Standard m3/h 8139.86 8139.86


3
Standard m /s qs(st) 2.26 qd(st) 2.26

COMPRESSOR POWER [kW]

2 Pressures (Bar) Total Shaft Power (Including 5% for data inacuracies) 519.51

Gauge 2.5 10.2 Total Driver Power (Including 4% for transmission losses) 540.29
Absolute Ps 3.5 Pd 11.2

GAS ENGINE DERATING

3 Temperatures Altitude (-3.5% ISO for every 300 m above 150 m) Sea Level 0.00

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria


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C 39.6 137.8 Temperature (-1.8% ISO for every 50C above 300C) 4.68% 565.57
K Ts 312.6 Td 410.8

4 Compressibility Factor Stage Polytropic Head [Hp] 214.29

Z Zs 0.9892 Zd 0.9871 No. of Impellers 7.14

Av. Comp. Fac Zav 0.9521

Polytropic Eff. (table


5 1.2.3-1)
Minimum np 0.800 NOTES

Maximum np 1.000 1 The calculations here presented are done in line with procedure outlined

Average np 0.900 in Production Handbook Vol. 9, Chapter 1, Section 1.2.3,

pages1-89 to 1-107.

Adiabatic exponent for


6 gas (Cp/Cv)

Minimum Cp/Cv 1.220 2 Indicates selected option in line with guidelines as stated

Maximun Cp/Cv 1.250 in Production Handbook.

Average k 1.235 3 Indicates Manual data input.

Polytropic exponent
7 for gas n 1.268

n-1 0.268

n/(n-1) 4.730

(n-1)/n 0.211

B. GENERAL CALCULATIONS
1 Actual Vol. [m3/s] qs 0.702 qd 0.288

2 Actual press. (bar)

ps1(large) 3.431 pdN (large) 11.592

ps1(small) 3.300 pdN (small) 11.550

Calculation Spreadsheet
Overall pressure ratio
3 (pdN/ps1) ro 3.51

4 Max. Stage Ratio rs 3.64

No. of Stages
5 (Logro/Logrs) Q 0.97 Nearest Whole No. 1

Theoretical Stage
6 Press. Ratio rQ 3.51

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AGS-TEF-OTU-M14-00001-000 Mechanical Datasheet Otumara Main Compressor Package
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