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    Turbulence Control Reduction of pulsation, vibration and noise through modification of piping ® Q 5 IOUIOD yn BY NATHAN W. POERNER, DUSTIN CASTLE AND VISHWAS IYENGAR, PHD Iniroducton i, emmy Devon Ena, maine separaon Eee icssta tc ower spat pundeiocees capresso sysiom hed ested fr an extended ped fnew fetes pray ocuring on the compressor seo sytem A gana ove Mi Figure 1. System layout. ity of the unit and a downstream cooler. Specific failures of the unit itself included broken blades on the compressor wheel, sheered difuser plate bolts, and diffuser plate dam- ‘age. Unit outage due to these failures occurred three times in a 2.5-year period, with a mean time between failures of less than a year. ‘The operating conditions of the unit are incoming pro- duction stream gas entering the compressor at 600 psig (4137 kPa gage) and exiting at approximately 750 psig (5171 kPa gage). The gas then enters an expander at 725 psig (4999 kPa gage) after passing through an air cooler — for condensation of the heavier liquids in the ‘Nathan W. Poorer is a research engineer at Southwest Research Institute, Contact him at: nathan,poeiner@swr.org, Dustin Castle is a maintenance superintendent for Enlink. Cent ceastie@eniink.com. Vishuas yengar, PhD, is 2 reliabilly engineer, hydto/suttur production, for Shell Oi! Products. Contact hin at vishwas.ivengar@she im ats eustin 46 OCTOBER 2016 hydrocarbon stream — and exits the expander at 150 psig (1034 kPa gage) for further processing Initial field-testing Testing setup and conditions After Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) was con- tracted to aid in resolving the issues with the machinery, key information was gathered in a field study performed at the Bridgeport facility in Texas. Measurements were also made on a similar installation at a second facility (Northridge) in Oklahoma. Measurements made at both facilities included vibration measurements, sound level measurements and, where possible, pressure pulsation measurements. These measurements were used in the comparison of the two different facilities, and eventually in comparison with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models for critical piping stretches. Numerous vibration measurements were taken on and around the compressor, with focus on both the suction and discharge piping. The points were taken primar- ily at locations where any internal pulsation energy could couple with the me- chanical system, such as at elbows and other piping bends where a change in flow direction would occur. For a number of these loca- tions, however, the magnet- ic probes being used were walking, as illustrated in Figure 2, which shows the elbow just downstream of Ill Figure 2. Illustration of walk- the compressor discharge, ing probes This walking is typical- ly caused by elevated vibrations of the pipe wall, which usually occur at high frequencies. So it was evident even before collection of the vibration data that high-trequency vibrations were present in the system, In order to gather some usable data at these locations, these probes were fixed more securely to the piping through application of continued on page 48 ‘comp? SSORtech* duct tape. This is not an ideal installation method: there- fore resulting measurements must be interpreted carefully and collaborated with alternate measurements if possible. At nearly all the points where vibration measurements were taken, near-field sound level measurements were also recorded. This was done using a sound level meter (SLM) set up in C-weighting mode and held at 2-3 in. (5-8 cm) from the pipe wall to measure sound levels emanating from the piping. The SLM was also used in A-weighting mode to determine the noise level in the area of the compressor and the coolers, Finally, it was possible to take pressure pulsation mea: surements at some available ports immediately upstream and downstream of the compressor and also using the vent ports in the cooler headers. Operating conditions of the Bridgeport facility were able to be altered by changing the speed of the unit. Therefore, measurements were taken at a low speed (25,360 rpm), a normal speed (26,770 rpm) and a high speed (27,100 rpm). The Northridge facility was only able to run ata single speed of 28,600 rpm Comparison of measured data ‘Spectral data of the vibrations taken on the compressor showed the primary frequency component was occurring at 7x running speed; which is coincident with the blade pass frequency of the compressor. Pulsation measurements also show a significant pressure pulsation at this frequency for the higher operating speeds (Figure 3). The vibrations were measured at the compressor, but highest vibrations were measured in the discharge piping. in particular within the first few piping bends. —— evra ope Ii gure 4 Sound evel meter eacings unit was running at its normal operating speed, and the in-

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