CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR ACHIEVING HIGH PRESSURE RATIO

    公开(公告)号:WO2019160550A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-22

    申请号:PCT/US2018/018361

    申请日:2018-02-15

    Abstract: Compressors achieve in a single stage a high-pressure ratio ( r ) of greater than or equal to 2.5:1 on a process fluid having a molecular weight of 12-20, such as natural gas. Two or more of the compressor stages are combined serially to increase overall pressure ratio. Each single-stage includes respective inlet and outlet passages and an unshrouded, centrifugal impeller that includes a plurality of impeller blades. Process fluid is discharged from trailing edges of the impeller blades at a rotational velocity greater than or equal to 1400 feet/second into a diffuser passage of the outlet. Dimension ranges of the annular diffuser passage, the centrifugal impeller, and the diffuser vanes vary as a function of pressure ratio ( r ) and/or the flow coefficient (φ) of the process fluid flowing between the inlet and the outlet.

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