Description
Book SynopsisAIChE''s first manual for testing and measuring performance of centrifugal compressors The newest addition to AIChE''s long-running Equipment Testing Procedure series, Centrifugal Compressors: A Guide to Performance Evaluation and Site Testing provides chemical engineers, plant managers, and other professionals with helpful advice to assess and measure the performance of a key component in a number of chemical process operations. From petrochemical refining and natural gas production to air separation plants, efficient, safe, and environmentally-sound operations depend on reliable performance by centrifugal compressors.
The book presents a step-by-step approach to preparing for, planning, executing, and analyzing tests of centrifugal compressors, with an emphasis on methods that can be conducted on-siteand with an acknowledgement of the strengths and limitations of these methods. The book opens with an extensive and detailed section offering definitions of rele
Table of Contents
100.0 PURPOSE & SCOPE 1
101.0 Purpose 1
102.0 Scope 1
200.0 DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF TERMS 3
300.0 TEST PLANNING 18
301.0 General Guidance 18
302.0 Communication 18
400.0 INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT 19
401.0 Minimum Instrumentation for Checking Compressor Performance 19
402.0 The Ideal Beginning 19
403.0 Schematic of Test Piping and Instrumentation 20
404.0 When Should Tests be Conducted? 20
405.0 Test Planning 20
405.1 Test Codes 21
405.2 Equipment 21
405.3 Process Considerations 22
405.4 Safety 22
405.5 Environmental Considerations 22
405.6 Pre-Test Inspection of Physical Facilities 22
406.0 Conducting the Test 23
407.0 Duration of Test Points 24
408.0 Selecting Instruments and Methods of Measurement 25
409.0 Testing Methods25
409.1 Pressure and Temperature Measurement 25
409.2 Gas Component Measurement27
409.3 Flow Measurement27
409.4 Power Measurement 28
409.5 Speed Measurement 29
500.0 TEST PROCEDURE 30
501.0 Site Test 30
502.0 Test Planning 30
503.0 Test Measurements 31
504.0 Test Procedure 32
600.0 COMPUTATION OF RESULTS 34
700.0 EVALUATION OF RESULTS35
701.0 Guidelines for Field Modifications 35
702.0 Error Analysis with Example 36
800.0 APPENDIX 40
801.0 Applicable Codes and Specifications 40
802.0 List of Symbols and Notations 41-42
803.0 Subscripts 42
804.0 Results of Sample Performance Test 43
