EP3482081B1 - Compressor anti-surge protection under wet gas conditions - Google Patents
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- Embodiments disclosed herein specifically relate to wet gas compressors, in particular centrifugal wet gas compressors, which process gas that can contain a liquid phase, e.g. heavy hydrocarbons, water or the like.
- a liquid phase e.g. heavy hydrocarbons, water or the like.
- WO 2012/007553 A1 discloses a method for composition-based compressor control where the compressor inlet gas may contain water and/or non-aqueous liquid. The method comprises measuring individual volume fractions of gas water and non-aqueous liquid and determining individual flow rates of a gas, water and non-aqueous liquid based on the measurements and controlling recirculation valve.
- Centrifugal compressors have been designed to process a so-called wet gas, i.e. gas that can contain a certain percentage of a liquid phase.
- Wet gas processing is often required in the oil and gas industry, where gas extracted from a well, such as a subsea well, can contain a liquid hydrocarbon phase, or water.
- the presence and percentage amount of a liquid phase in a gas may affect the operation of the compressor and in particular may have an impact on the surge limit, which determines the range of safe operation of the compressor.
- the liquid volume fraction in the gas flow at the suction side of the compressor is not known. Flowmeters capable of determining the liquid volume fraction are cumbersome and expensive and might not be suitable in certain applications in extreme environmental conditions.
- a method for anti-surge protection of a compressor under wet gas conditions comprises a suction side and a delivery side.
- An anti-surge system is arranged between the delivery side and the suction side of the compressor. The method comprises the following steps:
- a wet gas compressor system comprising: a compressor having a suction side and a delivery side; an anti-surge control arrangement; a control unit, functionally coupled to the anti-surge control arrangement.
- the control unit is configured and arranged for performing a method as above defined.
- the compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram is a diagram wherein the compressor performances are represented as a function of the relationship between the compression ratio over the compressor and the corrected power of the compressor.
- Fig.1 schematically illustrates a system 1 comprising a driver 3 and a load 5.
- the load 5 includes a compressor 7, for instance a centrifugal compressor.
- a shaft 9 drivingly connects the driver 3 to the load 5.
- the driver 3 can be an electric motor, a gas turbine engine, a steam turbine or any other suitable driver.
- the compressor 7 comprises a compressor suction side 7S and a compressor delivery side 7D.
- the compressor 7 is further provided with an anti-surge system.
- the anti-surge system is comprised of a line or duct 11 that is fluidly coupled to the delivery side 7D and to the suction side 7S.
- the anti-surge system comprises an anti-surge valve 13 arranged on the anti-surge line 11.
- the anti-surge valve 13 can be controllably opened to recirculate gas from the delivery side 7D to the suction side 7S of compressor 7, to prevent surge phenomena in the compressor, if the operating point of the compressor approaches a surge limit line.
- a pressure transducer 15 and a temperature transducer 17 are arranged at the suction side 7S of compressor 7, to measure the gas suction pressure Ps and the gas suction temperature Ts of the gas at the suction side 7S.
- a further pressure transducer 19 and a further temperature transducer 21 are arranged at the delivery side 7D of compressor 7, to measure the gas delivery pressure Pd and the gas delivery temperature Td.
- the system 1 further comprises a control unit 23, which can be functionally coupled to the pressure and temperature transducers 15, 17, 19, 21 to collect measured values of the gas temperature and pressure at the delivery side 7D and suction side 7S of compressor 7.
- the control unit 23 can be further functionally coupled to an actuator 13A configured and arranged for selectively opening and closing the anti-surge valve 13.
- Reference number 25 generally designates storage memory resources for the control unit 23, which can store data useful for an anti-surge control of the compressor 7, as will be explained in greater detail herein after.
- the control unit 23 can be configured and arranged for receiving further input information, such as data on the gas processed by compressor 7.
- Block 27 schematically represents a data input, for instance providing information on the mean molar mass Mw of the gas being processed by compressor 7.
- Reference number 29 schematically designates one or several further process parameter transducers, which provide additional information to the control unit 23, such as for instance the rotational speed N of compressor 7, the driving power W required to drive the compressor 7 into rotation and any additional information which may be useful or necessary for controlling the system 1.
- Anti-surge control of the compressor 7 can be performed using the diagram of Fig.2 .
- the compression ratio, or pressure ratio, PR of compressor 7 is plotted on the vertical axis of the diagram of Fig. 2 .
- a dimensionless parameter depending upon the absorbed power, i.e. the power required to drive the compressor 7 into rotation, is plotted on the horizontal axis of the diagram of Fig. 2 .
- the dimensionless parameter is a function of the actual driving power W, the suction pressure Ps and the suction temperature Ts of the gas, and can further depend upon parameters of the gas being processed and of characteristics of the compressor.
- a suction limit line SLL can be plotted on the diagram of Fig. 2 , which allows anti-surge control of the compressor 7 without requiring knowledge of the actual liquid mass fraction (LMF) or liquid volume fraction (LVF) of the gas, i.e. the mass or volumetric percentage of liquid phase in the wet gas.
- LMF liquid mass fraction
- LVF liquid volume fraction
- the SLL is a function of the gas conditions at the suction side 7S of compressor 7, i.e. of the suction temperature Ts and the suction pressure Ps. Additionally, the SLL is a function of the rotational speed of compressor 7, as well as of the mean molar mass Mw of the gas and of the compressibility Zs of the gas at the suction side 7S of compressor 7.
- the chemical composition of the gas processed by compressor 7 usually varies very slowly during time and can be considered quasi-constant over relatively long time spans, e.g. 24 hours.
- the chemical composition of the gas can be analyzed in-line by flowing a portion of gas through a gas chromatograph. In other embodiments, the gas composition can be analyzed offline, e.g. by taking a gas sample from the gas duct. Irrespective of how the gas is analyzed, the mean molar mass and the compressibility of the gas can be determined.
- the remaining parameters can be detected by the transducers of system 1 during operation of the compressor 7.
- the current SLL can be determined, based on features of the compressor, parameters of the gas being processed and operating parameters of the system 1, which are detected by the transducers functionally coupled to the control unit 23. Based upon the detected values of suction pressure (Ps), suction temperature (Ts), angular speed (N), mean molar mass (Mw) and compressibility (Zs), the control unit 33 calculates the current surge limit line SLL, based on store data, e.g. in table form, and/or by interpolation. The data for the calculation of the SLL can be stored in the storage memory resources 25. Additionally, based on the above mentioned data and on the actual power W currently absorbed by compressor 7, the corrected power Wcorr is calculated with formula (1).
- the distance between the actual operating point and the calculated SLL is then determined. Based on said distance, an anti-surge control routine is started, if needed, to control the opening of the anti-surge valve.
- the anti-surge valve can be controlled according to current art methods. In general, if the distance is less than a safety value, the anti-surge valve 13 is opened. If the distance is equal to or greater than a safety value, the anti-surge valve 13 is maintained in the closed condition.
- the control method described so far is summarized in the flow chart of Fig.3 . The last block of the flow chart represents an anti-surge valve control.
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Description
- The present disclosure relates to compressor control methods and systems. Embodiments disclosed herein specifically relate to wet gas compressors, in particular centrifugal wet gas compressors, which process gas that can contain a liquid phase, e.g. heavy hydrocarbons, water or the like.
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WO 2012/007553 A1 discloses a method for composition-based compressor control where the compressor inlet gas may contain water and/or non-aqueous liquid. The method comprises measuring individual volume fractions of gas water and non-aqueous liquid and determining individual flow rates of a gas, water and non-aqueous liquid based on the measurements and controlling recirculation valve. - Centrifugal compressors have been designed to process a so-called wet gas, i.e. gas that can contain a certain percentage of a liquid phase. Wet gas processing is often required in the oil and gas industry, where gas extracted from a well, such as a subsea well, can contain a liquid hydrocarbon phase, or water.
- The presence and percentage amount of a liquid phase in a gas may affect the operation of the compressor and in particular may have an impact on the surge limit, which determines the range of safe operation of the compressor. Usually, the liquid volume fraction in the gas flow at the suction side of the compressor, however, is not known. Flowmeters capable of determining the liquid volume fraction are cumbersome and expensive and might not be suitable in certain applications in extreme environmental conditions.
- A need therefore exists, for reliably and efficiently controlling the operation of a wet gas compressor, in particular as far as anti-surge is concerned.
- The present invention is defined in the accompanying claims.
- According to a first aspect, a method for anti-surge protection of a compressor under wet gas conditions is disclosed herein. The compressor comprises a suction side and a delivery side. An anti-surge system is arranged between the delivery side and the suction side of the compressor. The method comprises the following steps:
- calculating a surge limit line in a compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram;
- determining a compressor operating point in said compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram;
- detecting a distance between the operating point and the surge limit line;
- acting on the anti-surge system of the compressor if the distance is below a minimum safety distance;
- wherein the surge limit line extends from a first end point corresponding to a dry gas condition to a second end point corresponding to a maximum liquid content.
- According to a further aspect, disclosed herein is a wet gas compressor system comprising: a compressor having a suction side and a delivery side; an anti-surge control arrangement; a control unit, functionally coupled to the anti-surge control arrangement. The control unit is configured and arranged for performing a method as above defined. The compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram is a diagram wherein the compressor performances are represented as a function of the relationship between the compression ratio over the compressor and the corrected power of the compressor.
- Features and embodiments are disclosed here below and are further set forth in the appended claims, which form an integral part of the present description. The above brief description sets forth features of the various embodiments of the present invention in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contributions to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, other features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will be set forth in the appended claims. In this respect, before explaining several embodiments of the invention in details, it is understood that the various embodiments of the invention are not limited in their application to the details of the construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
- The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.
- A more complete appreciation of the disclosed embodiments of the invention and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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Fig. 1 illustrates a compressor system; -
Fig.2 illustrates a wet gas compressor operating diagram; -
Fig.3 illustrates a flow chart of methods disclosed herein. - The following detailed description of the exemplary embodiments refers to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in different drawings identify the same or similar elements. Additionally, the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. Also, the following detailed description does not limit the invention. Instead, the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.
- Reference throughout the specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" or "some embodiments" means that the particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with an embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the subject matter disclosed. Thus, the appearance of the phrase "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" or "in some embodiments" in various places throughout the specification is not necessarily referring to the same embodiment(s). Further, the particular features, structures or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.
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Fig.1 schematically illustrates asystem 1 comprising adriver 3 and aload 5. Theload 5 includes acompressor 7, for instance a centrifugal compressor. Ashaft 9 drivingly connects thedriver 3 to theload 5. Thedriver 3 can be an electric motor, a gas turbine engine, a steam turbine or any other suitable driver. - The
compressor 7 comprises acompressor suction side 7S and acompressor delivery side 7D. Thecompressor 7 is further provided with an anti-surge system. In the schematic ofFig. 1 the anti-surge system is comprised of a line orduct 11 that is fluidly coupled to thedelivery side 7D and to thesuction side 7S. Furthermore, the anti-surge system comprises ananti-surge valve 13 arranged on theanti-surge line 11. Theanti-surge valve 13 can be controllably opened to recirculate gas from thedelivery side 7D to thesuction side 7S ofcompressor 7, to prevent surge phenomena in the compressor, if the operating point of the compressor approaches a surge limit line. - In some embodiments a
pressure transducer 15 and atemperature transducer 17 are arranged at thesuction side 7S ofcompressor 7, to measure the gas suction pressure Ps and the gas suction temperature Ts of the gas at thesuction side 7S. Moreover, afurther pressure transducer 19 and afurther temperature transducer 21 are arranged at thedelivery side 7D ofcompressor 7, to measure the gas delivery pressure Pd and the gas delivery temperature Td. - The
system 1 further comprises acontrol unit 23, which can be functionally coupled to the pressure andtemperature transducers delivery side 7D andsuction side 7S ofcompressor 7. Thecontrol unit 23 can be further functionally coupled to anactuator 13A configured and arranged for selectively opening and closing theanti-surge valve 13.Reference number 25 generally designates storage memory resources for thecontrol unit 23, which can store data useful for an anti-surge control of thecompressor 7, as will be explained in greater detail herein after. - The
control unit 23 can be configured and arranged for receiving further input information, such as data on the gas processed bycompressor 7.Block 27 schematically represents a data input, for instance providing information on the mean molar mass Mw of the gas being processed bycompressor 7. -
Reference number 29 schematically designates one or several further process parameter transducers, which provide additional information to thecontrol unit 23, such as for instance the rotational speed N ofcompressor 7, the driving power W required to drive thecompressor 7 into rotation and any additional information which may be useful or necessary for controlling thesystem 1. - Anti-surge control of the
compressor 7 can be performed using the diagram ofFig.2 . The compression ratio, or pressure ratio, PR ofcompressor 7 is plotted on the vertical axis of the diagram ofFig. 2 . A dimensionless parameter depending upon the absorbed power, i.e. the power required to drive thecompressor 7 into rotation, is plotted on the horizontal axis of the diagram ofFig. 2 . The dimensionless parameter is a function of the actual driving power W, the suction pressure Ps and the suction temperature Ts of the gas, and can further depend upon parameters of the gas being processed and of characteristics of the compressor. -
- W is the actual measured power absorbed by the
compressor 7; - Ps, Ts are the gas pressure and temperature at the suction side of the
compressor 7; - Mw is the mean molar mass of the gas processed by
compressor 7; - Zs is the compressibility of the gas at the compressor suction side;
- R is the gas constant;
- kvs is the isentropic volume exponent of the gas at the compressor suction side;
- D is the impeller diameter.
- It has been discovered that for a given set of operating parameters a suction limit line SLL can be plotted on the diagram of
Fig. 2 , which allows anti-surge control of thecompressor 7 without requiring knowledge of the actual liquid mass fraction (LMF) or liquid volume fraction (LVF) of the gas, i.e. the mass or volumetric percentage of liquid phase in the wet gas. - For a given
compressor 7, the SLL is a function of the gas conditions at thesuction side 7S ofcompressor 7, i.e. of the suction temperature Ts and the suction pressure Ps. Additionally, the SLL is a function of the rotational speed ofcompressor 7, as well as of the mean molar mass Mw of the gas and of the compressibility Zs of the gas at thesuction side 7S ofcompressor 7. Thus, the SLL can be expressed as follows: - Some of the parameters appearing in the function which defines the surge limit line SLL, specifically the mean molar mass Mw and the compressibility Zs at the suction side depend upon the chemical composition of the gas. The chemical composition of the gas processed by
compressor 7 usually varies very slowly during time and can be considered quasi-constant over relatively long time spans, e.g. 24 hours. The chemical composition of the gas can be analyzed in-line by flowing a portion of gas through a gas chromatograph. In other embodiments, the gas composition can be analyzed offline, e.g. by taking a gas sample from the gas duct. Irrespective of how the gas is analyzed, the mean molar mass and the compressibility of the gas can be determined. - The remaining parameters can be detected by the transducers of
system 1 during operation of thecompressor 7. - The surge limit line SLL extends from a first end point corresponding to a dry gas condition (Liquid Mass Fraction, LMF = 0%) to a second end point corresponding to the maximum liquid content (LMF= LMFmax).
- During operation of the
system 1, therefore, the current SLL can be determined, based on features of the compressor, parameters of the gas being processed and operating parameters of thesystem 1, which are detected by the transducers functionally coupled to thecontrol unit 23. Based upon the detected values of suction pressure (Ps), suction temperature (Ts), angular speed (N), mean molar mass (Mw) and compressibility (Zs), the control unit 33 calculates the current surge limit line SLL, based on store data, e.g. in table form, and/or by interpolation. The data for the calculation of the SLL can be stored in thestorage memory resources 25. Additionally, based on the above mentioned data and on the actual power W currently absorbed bycompressor 7, the corrected power Wcorr is calculated with formula (1). The actual operating point ofcompressor 7 is determined, the operating point having the coordinates [Wcorr; PR=Pd/Ps] in the diagram ofFig. 2 . The distance between the actual operating point and the calculated SLL is then determined. Based on said distance, an anti-surge control routine is started, if needed, to control the opening of the anti-surge valve. The anti-surge valve can be controlled according to current art methods. In general, if the distance is less than a safety value, theanti-surge valve 13 is opened. If the distance is equal to or greater than a safety value, theanti-surge valve 13 is maintained in the closed condition. The control method described so far is summarized in the flow chart ofFig.3 . The last block of the flow chart represents an anti-surge valve control. - While the disclosed embodiments of the subject matter described herein have been shown in the drawings and fully described above with particularity and detail in connection with several exemplary embodiments, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that many modifications, changes, and omissions are possible without materially departing from the novel teachings, the principles and concepts set forth herein, and advantages of the subject matter recited in the appended claims.
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- A method for anti-surge protection of a compressor (7) under wet gas conditions, the compressor (7) comprising a suction side (7S), a delivery side (7D) and an anti-surge system (11,13); the method comprisingcalculating a surge limit line in a compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram;determining a compressor operating point in said compression ratio vs. corrected power diagram;detecting a distance between the operating point and the surge limit line; andacting on the anti-surge system (11,13) of the compressor (7) if the distance is below a minimum safety distance;wherein the surge limit line extends from a first end point corresponding to a dry gas condition to a second end point corresponding to a maximum liquid content.
- The method of claim 1, wherein the corrected power is a dimensionless parameter dependent upon the power required to drive the compressor (7).
- The method of one or more of the preceding claims, further comprising the steps of:determining a rotational speed of the compressor (7);determining a suction temperature and a suction pressure of the gas at the compressor suction side;wherein the surge limit line is calculated based on said rotational speed, suction temperature and suction pressure of the gas.
- The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:determining a mean molar mass of the gas;determining the compressibility of the gas;wherein the surge limit line is calculated as a function of the mean molar mass and compressibility of the gas.
- The method of one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the corrected power is a dimensionless parameter.
- The method of one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the corrected power is a function of an actual compressor driving power, gas pressure at the compressor suction side, gas temperature at the compressor suction side, and chemical parameters of the gas.
- The method of claim 6, wherein the corrected power is calculated as follows:W is the actual measured power absorbed by the compressor;Ps, Ts are the gas pressure and temperature at the suction side of the compressor;Mw is the mean molar mass of the gas processed by compressor;Zs is the compressibility of the gas at the compressor suction side;R is the gas constant;kvs is the isentropic volume exponent of the gas at the compressor suction side; D is the impeller diameter.
- The method of one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the anti-surge system comprises an anti-surge valve (13), which is opened when the step of acting on the anti-surge system is performed, to recirculate gas from the delivery side to the suction side of compressor.
- A wet gas compressor system (1), comprising:a compressor (7) having a suction side (7S) and a delivery side (7D);an anti-surge system (11,13);a control unit (23), functionally coupled to the anti-surge system (11,13);wherein the control unit (23) is configured and arranged for performing a method according to any one of the preceding claims.
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