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■ Volume XII: Issue VI..................................................................................4
JULY 2007
■ Market Talk — Renewed Support For LNG Imports
Boosts Storage Injection ..........................................................................6
■ GE Energy’s Jenbacher Engine Powers Landfill Gas Conversion Plant ......10
■ GE Energy Introduces New 4 MW Jenbacher Gas Engine ........................12
■ TECHCorner — GMRC Advanced Reciprocating Compressor
Technology (ARCT) — Part II ................................................................14
■ Basic LNG Liquefaction ..........................................................................22
■ Injection-Molded Cold Shoe Anchors for LNG Applications ......................30
■ Dominion to Expand its Natural Gas Storage Capacity ............................36
■ India and China Keep Feet on the Gas ....................................................38
p. 30 ■ New Laser Technology Gives Ultra-Fast Moisture Detection

During LNG Liquefaction ........................................................................44
■ New Compressor Seals From GE Meet Demands of LNG Applications ......46
■ GE Oil & Gas Expands Presence in Trinidad-Tobago
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Volume - XII : Issue - VI

liver equipment in less than 52 weeks.
Chances are that equipment already in-
stalled is working to near capacity.
Another clip is entitled, “Materials
Management Service confirms expan-
sion into deepwater.” Between last
year and the year before, leases
granted for blocks in water depths be-
tween 5000 and 7500 ft. (1524 and
2286 m) were up 29%. This is good
news because it means restrictions are
being relaxed somewhat. Deepwater
still supplies only 40% of Gulf of
Mexico natural gas production. It indi-
cates, however, with fewer restric-
tions, the industry is willing to commit
resources to developing the necessary
technology for deepwater exploration
and production.
I promised I would leave the sub-
ject of “Global Warming” for an ex-
Joe Kane tended period of time. So, whom can
you trust?
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., editor of
“Political Diary,” presented an editor-
Midyear Assessment? ial in a recent Wall Street Journal ti-

tled “Pork, the New Green Meat.” I
quote. “Al Gore (among many oth-
ers) deserves a hand for conjuring up
the present mood of public acquies-
cence to legislative proposals aimed
Do we feel like a whole year has ture was a frigid 72°F (22°C). At last, at global warming. Over to you,
passed since last midyear? We’ve gone there is a hint of “global warming.” Congress: Whether we face a climate
through a long, protracted winter, al- I’m sorry. You asked, “What about crisis, we certainly now face a cli-
beit on the mild side. What it lacked Midyear Assessment?” Oh, yes. I al- mate pork crisis.
in depth and intensity was made up most forgot. These verbal musings “We already are paying thrice for
by its length. This accounts for the and tendencies to stray from the sub- Washington’s love affair with corn-
anomaly of natural gas storage fields ject are characteristic of one being based fuel, in the form of higher
being ahead in content of the five- “long of the tooth.” I apologize. I was taxes, higher gasoline prices and
year average, yet, less gas is in stor- going to suggest that you dig out last higher food prices. Yet, because of
age than at this time last year. year’s “Midyear Assessment” because the prodigious amounts of energy
These figures are fun to play with, little has changed other than the in- and fertilizer used in its cultivation,
though sometimes I get the feeling tensification of the frenetic search for corn-based ethanol provides little or
they are meaningless. They do, how- skilled workers. Right now, the indus- no net reduction in CO 2 over the
ever, give stockbrokers fits and give try is looking for any kind of body gasoline it displaces.”
rise to speculation as to where the and many of the searchers are willing “… An even bigger piñata [I like
year will end up. This tome is being to train. that simile] are the competing bills to
written in my lodgings in Phoenix, A few clips of passing interest award various companies lucrative
Arizona, U.S.A., while attending the crossed my desk recently. One comes ‘emissions rights.’”
Board of Directors meeting of the Gas under the title, “U.S. drilling activity re- Congress needs help from outside
Processors Association and Gas bounds.” The report lists 1773 active itself — from anyone with a modicum
Processors Suppliers Association. The rigs, up 13 from last week and 101 of sense, or there could be no end to
digs are great, but it’s so hot down from a year ago. This only reveals an- dumb, useless, costly policy.
here that the titanium frames on my other monster rearing its ugly head. It’s What do you want to wager as to
glasses are losing their resilience. hard to find compressor package com- how this turns out?
When I left Milwaukee, the tempera- ponent suppliers that are able to de- Now, I put the subject to rest. ■

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RENEWED SUPPORT FOR LNG IMPORTS

BOOSTS STORAGE INJECTION
Drilling Activity In U.S. Remains Strong, While Canadian Slowdown Continues
Short-term natural gas prices 2007. Originally, CAODC had forecast rig levels continue near record highs.
have found support at US$7.70/Mcf a 15% decline in the number of gas Year-to-date weekly rig count drilling
with brief run-ups that carry prices to wells that would be drilled in 2007. for natural gas is averaging 1460, an
over US$8.00/Mcf. The winter strip Following the first quarter results, 11% increase over that of last year.
prices have gone up accordingly, in- CAODC has revised its outlook and Yet we have seen somewhat of a
creasing to an upper range of now projects that only 16,339 wells plateau in drilling levels during this
US$9.00/Mcf compared to the mid- will be drilled — an additional de- year and have not seen sustained in-
US$9.00 previously. The January- crease of 14%. Overall, this would be creases in activity levels as has been
March strip has seen brief run-ups a decrease of 27% from 2006. In addi- recorded over the past several years.
over US$10.00/Mcf with US$10.20 tion, Lehman Brothers analysts proj- Lehman analysts attribute this slower
currently the peak. Regardless of this ect that this slowdown will be sus- growth to concerns over 2007 natural
price pressure, EIA, in the current edi- tained through 2007 with capital gas prices and cash flow from drilling
tion of its Short Term Energy Outlook, expenditures declining by 11% this investment.
has opted to maintain its average spot year in comparison to 2006, as pro- This, though, can change rapidly
prices at US$7.84/Mcf for 2007 and ducers remain concerned about price if predictions of the upcoming
US$8.16/Mcf for 2008. and deteriorating economics. hurricane season prove correct.
Natural gas in storage continues Comparably, the United States The National Oceanic and Atmos-
to see steady injections. Storage in- drilling activity remains strong as pheric Administration (NOAA)
jection, while running somewhat weighed in, and like other forecast-
ahead of last year and the five-year ers, is calling for an active hurricane
average, has not been so out of line season. NOAA is projecting that the
as to have any substantial impact on 2007 season will see 13 to 17 named
prices. Since the start of the injection storms, with seven to 10 reaching
season, 2007 injections are averaging hurricane status and, of that, three to
6 Bcf (1.7 x 108 m3) a week ahead of five Category 3 or higher. The hurri-
the five-year average and 12 Bcf (3.4 cane season, according to NOAA,
x 108 m3) ahead of last year. Some of sees an average of 11 named storms
this increase is likely the result of re- with six becoming hurricanes and
newed support for LNG imports and two reaching major hurricane status.
growing domestic production. The 2007 prediction also brings an in-
Favorable pricing has caused LNG im- creased likelihood that storms will
ports to increase by 66% in 2007 in impact Gulf production. This could
comparison to the previous year, aver- explain the price pressure we are
aging 61.5 Bcf/month (1.74 x 10 9 seeing in the market as suppliers at-
m3/month) compared to 37 Bcf/month tempt to line up supply in advance of
(1.05 x 10 9 m 3 /month) in 2006. the hurricane season.
Overall, EIA is expecting LNG imports On another front, the G-8 has
to increase to 180 Bcf (5.1 x 109 m3) agreed that global climate change
in 2007. EIA is also projecting that do- ■ Harold Lampe needs to be addr essed. At the
mestic production is expected to in- most recent meeting, world leaders
crease by 0.9% in 2007. Harold Lampe is the principal of passed a resolution calling for the
The “wild card” is how the slow- Energy Research Services of Tulsa, formation of an accord to address
down in Canadian drilling will im- Oklahoma, U.S.A., which provides climate change, with plans to for-
pact imports. The slowdown that market research, customer satisfac- malize a program by the end of
started in the summer of 2006 contin- tion analysis, competitive and mar- 2008 for U.N. consideration in 2009.
ues. Year-to-date drilling rig activity is ket intelligence and business develop- How this will impact natural gas re-
running 45% below that recorded in ment strategies for the energ y mains to be seen, but its lower car-
2006, averaging 212 rigs drilling for industry, on which he has focused for bon output, one could conclude,
natural gas compared to 387 in 2006. over half of his 30 years conducting will likely be positive. Much de-
The impact of this lower level of ac- market research projects.Lampe also pends on public policies regarding
tivity has caused the Canadian publishes a weekly analysis of cur- coal. This merits ongoing evaluation
Association of Oilwell Drilling rent energy market issues. He can be as discussions continue on carbon
Contractors to lower its outlook for reached at hlampe@hotmail.com containment. ■

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Conference - Hyatt Regency, San Antonio,
Web: http://turbolab.tamu.edu/ ite-exhibitions.com
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turboshow/turbo.html
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Dallas, Texas 75234, U.S.A.
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Tel: (972) 620 8505 Oct 8-11 — Int’l Seminar Rotor Dynamics
Natural Gas Fair - Snow King Center,
Fax: (972) 620 8518 & Bearings - Cologne, Germany, Arla
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Wyoming
Web: www.southerngas.org Maschinentechnik GmbH, Contact: Dr.
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Wyoming 82602-2640, U.S.A.
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■ Prometheus Energy Co.’s landfill

gas-to-liquid natural gas (LFG-to-
LNG) conversion facility, powered by
GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine,
located at the Frank R. Bowerman
Landfill in Irvine, California, U.S.A.
GE ENERGY’S JENBACHER ENGINE POWERS

LANDFILL GAS CONVERSION PLANT
World’s First Commercial LFG-to-LNG Conversion Facility
Designed to Create Alternative Fuel for Vehicles
A GE Energy Jenbacher landfill gas generated by the gas engine is primar- Jenbacher gas engines division. “This
engine is powering the world’s first ily used in the gas compression and project is designed to offer significant
commercial landfill gas-to-liquid nat- liquefaction stages of the LNG produc- environmental and economic benefits
ural gas (LFG-to-LNG) conversion fa- tion process. Smith Power Products, to Orange County [California] and the
cility designed to create alternative GE’s U.S. intermountain regional au- entire state.”
fuel for vehicles. The LNG produced thorized Jenbacher engine distributor, Prometheus CEO Kirt W. Montague
at the new facility is primarily targeted has been deeply involved in the proj- added, “As part of our ongoing com-
to be used as fuel for mass transit and ect’s development with GE’s West mitment to environmental steward-
other large vehicle fleets in the Los Coast Jenbacher engine distributor, ship, Prometheus chose GE’s Jen-
Angeles, California, U.S.A., region. Western Energy Systems, which will be bacher engine based on its ability to
According to the federal Landfill responsible for after-sales service. meet some of the most stringent air
Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), a GE’s scope of supply includes the quality standards in the country. We
project of this size provides annual patented Jenbacher CL.AIR exhaust look forward to a long and mutually
emissions benefits equivalent to re- gas treatment system. By utilizing beneficial relationship with GE Energy
moving more than 125,000 vehicles, Jenbacher’s CL.AIR system — a non- as we build out this exciting project.”
or displacing the use of more than catalytic exhaust gas treatment system In addition to improving air quality
71.5 million gal. (270.6 million L) of — the gas engine CO emissions are and reducing the consumption of tra-
gasoline. LMOP was established by reduced by more than 80%, according ditional natural gas for mass transit,
the U.S. Environmental Protection to the company. refuse hauling fleets and other LNG
Agency to reduce methane emissions The treatment facility will initially vehicle fleets, GE Jenbacher said, the
from municipal solid waste landfills produce approximately 5000 gal. project also greatly reduces the fuel
by supporting LFG-to-energy projects. (18,927 L) of LNG per day and — at transportation cost and the distance
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based al- full build-out — will produce more over which LNG must be transported
ternative energy company Prometheus than 36,000 gal. (136,274 L) of LNG per to customers. Existing, conventional
Energy Co. built the landfill gas conver- day, with a methane content of 97% LNG supply sources are located as far
sion facility at the Frank R. Bowerman or greater. The feasibility of converting as 840 mi. (1351 km) away from cus-
Landfill, located in Irvine, California, LFG to LNG can be attributed in large tomers in Southern California.
approximately 40 mi. (64 km) south of part to key technological advancements. The Bowerman landfill is owned
Los Angeles. While processes for purifying landfill and operated by the Orange County
The project is now in the commis- gas are well proven, Prometheus has a Integrated Waste Management De-
sioning phase, with the Jenbacher en- unique, proprietary method for remov- partment. Montauk Energy Capital,
gine already supplying power. GE’s ing CO2 through cryogenic separation. through its subsidiary GSF Energy, op-
Jenbacher unit is a JGC 320 GS-L.L sys- “We are proud to collaborate with erates the landfill’s methane gas col-
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GS Jenbacher gas engine, the world’s various applications. “We managed to meet a number of
first 24-cylinder unit, the company “We are excited about the introduc- technological challenges in designing
said. The engine, successfully running tion of our new 4 MW, 24-cylinder en- this new engine. These include de-
on the test bench in Jenbach, Austria, gine to GE Energy’s Jenbacher prod- signing both engine and turbocharg-
builds on GE’s expertise in advanced uct line,” said Steve Bolze, president ers for an extremely high mean
high-speed gas engine technology for of Power Generation for GE Energy. effective pressure, controlling the vib-
commercial on-site power applica- “GE Energy is committed to providing rations by decoupling the intercooler
tions. However, the new engine’s ad- a broad diversity of technology solu- and turbochargers, optimizing the
vanced technology makes its intro- tions required to support the growing combustion sequence and increasing
duction of interest to those in the gas demand for electricity around the the mechanical strength of the crank-
compression world, too. globe. Our Jenbacher gas engines of- shaft. Due to the dedication of all the
The new engine provides the same fer great application flexibility and staff involved in Jenbach, intensive
fuel flexibility (including landfill and world-class technology to help cus- simulations, exhaustive studies, rapid
coal mine gas or alternative fuels like tomers meet this need.” prototyping and years of cooperation
biogas, sewage gas and industrial “We are very proud to introduce the with our suppliers, we were able to
waste gas) and high reliability offered new J624 GS as the newest member achieve this significant step forward in
by the entire Jenbacher gas engine of our family of highly reliable, two years’ time.”
portfolio. durable and flexible Jenbacher type 6 For the new J624 GS, GE further
Initially, the new engine will be gas engines,” said Prady Iyyanki, CEO enhanced its previously launched
operated with natural gas, and its of GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine Type 6 engine design featuring Miller
first customers will be greenhouse business. “Our new J624 GS is de- valve timing, optimized mixture form-
operators in the Netherlands. The signed to help us address our cus- ing and controls, which leads to high
power and heat created by Jenbacher tomers’ expanding output efficiency efficiency levels and specific output
gas engine cogeneration systems in requirements for power generation, values with high-speed gas engines.
greenhouses are used in various based on Jenbacher’s well-proven The current type 6 engines — avail-
ways. The electricity can provide the technology concepts.” able as 12-, 16- and 20-cylinder ver-
power for the artificial lighting Iyyanki added, “To illustrate the ca- sions — have an electrical output be-
and/or be fed into the public grid, pacity of our new model: With an tween 1.8 and 3 MW. Since 1989,
the heat efficiently meets the green- electrical output of 4 MW, a single more than 1,600 type 6 engines have
house’s heating requirements, and J624 GS can meet the electricity re- been delivered worldwide.
the CO 2 of the engine exhaust gas quirements of about 9,000 European GE’s J624 GS lean-burn, tur-
can be used as a fertilizer for the households. Additionally, used as a bocharged and mixture-cooled gas
plants. In the next step, this engine cogeneration application, the engine engine is the logical “next step” in the
will be used for coal mine gas solu- produces about 3.6 MW of heat — al- evolution of the Jenbacher type 6 en-
tions. Coal mine methane is highly lowing for overall plant efficiencies of gine family after successfully first in-
associated with the greenhouse gas up to 90%.” troducing its 20-cylinder models. The
effect, and Jenbacher engines that High-speed engines like the J624 newest engine is a compact, high-
utilize the gas can offer a high poten- result in high power density as well speed power unit with 1500 rpm, rep-
tial to reduce CO 2 emissions, the as low installation costs, since they resenting the first high-speed gas en-
company said. are smaller and lighter than current gine in the 4 MW power generation
According to GE, in introducing the medium- and slow-speed engines, ac- segment. ■
new 4 MW engine, the latest Jenbacher cording to the company. In addition, SEE DIRECTLINK AT
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GMRC ADVANCED RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR

TECHNOLOGY (ARCT) — PART II
Optimizing a Reciprocating-Compressor, Acoustic-Manifold Design
Requires a Balance Among Pulsation Control, Compressor Performance
and Mechanical Vibration Control
By Eugene “Buddy” L. Broerman, III, Robert J. McKee and Christine M. Scrivner
Editor’s Note: — The following discussion was presented as tabulated for the high and low ratio operating conditions
a paper at the GMRC Gas Machinery Conference, Oklahoma in Figure 17. For the low ratio operating conditions, a res-
City, Oklahoma, U.S.A., October 2-4, 2006. Because of its onance of 7.7 psi (53 kPa) at 75 Hz was measured in the
length, the discussion is being presented in two parts. Part I, discharge cylinder nozzle. Without the TCN installed, a
in the June issue included: Introduction and Background; resonance of 11.9 psi (82 kPa) at 49 Hz was measured in
Controlling Piping Resonance — Reduced Vibration; and the discharge cylinder nozzle. Note the much higher
Controlling Cylinder Nozzle Resonance — Increased cylinder nozzle resonance frequency measured with the
TCN installed.
Efficiency. Part II in this issue includes: Tapered Cylinder
Nozzle; Virtual Orifice; and Summary. For additional infor-
mation, contact the authors by e-mail:
eugene.broerman@swri.org
Tapered Cylinder Nozzle

The tapered cylinder nozzle (TCN) concept successfully
addresses compressor nozzle resonance issues. The TCN
effectively shifts the cylinder nozzle resonance to a higher
frequency, reducing mechanical coupling.
The prototype TCN design developed for the recipro-
cating compressor test facility (RCTF) incorporated an 8 x
4 in. (203 x 102 mm) reducing elbow followed by a 12 x
8 in. (305 x 203 mm) reducer, as shown in Figure 15. The
installed TCN configuration is shown in Figure 16. ■ Figure 15. Tapered cylinder nozzle (TCN) concept for the reciprocat-
Experimental data with and without the TCN installed are ing compressor test facility (RCTF) discharge cylinder nozzle.
Eugene Broerman is a research engineer Robert J. McKee has been associated with Christine M. Scrivner is a senior
at Southwest Research Institute. He holds a Southwest Research Institute for 29 years research scientist, Mechanical and
B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and is currently a program manager there. Materials Engineering Division of
with a minor in Computer Science from He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Southwest Research Institute. She holds a
Texas A & M University, Kingsville, Texas, Engineering from the University of B.S. degree in Physics from the University
U.S.A. He has experience in the fields of California at Santa Barbara, U.S.A., an of Texas at San Antonio, U.S.A. Scrivner
acoustics, vibrations and piping design. He M.S. degree from the Naval Postgraduate specializes in the acoustic and mechani-
has designed/studied compressor and School, Monterey, California, and Recent cal design of reciprocating and centrifu-
pump piping systems with the aid of the graduate courses in Fluid Dynamics, gal compressor and pump installations.
GMRC Compressor System Analog and University of Texas at Austin. He has exten- She assisted with the development and
Interactive Pulsation and Performance sive experience in fluid dynamic analysis of implementation of SwRI’s digital
Simulation (IPPS) acoustic design tools for centrifugal compressor and pumps, gas tur- acoustic/compressor modeling software
acoustic (pulsation) analyses, ANSYS (fi- bines, industrial fluid handling systems and for the design and analysis of pulsation
nite element [FE] software) for mechanical flow measurement devices. McKee’s profes- control systems. Scrivner has conducted
analyses and CAESAR II for thermal sional specialties include fluid dynamics, numerous design studies worldwide us-
analyses. Broerman has been involved turbulent flows, boundary layers, vortex ing state-of-the-art modeling tools to min-
with reciprocating compressor pulsation flows and system dynamics and vibrations. imize pulsations and optimize compres-
control research work for the past two Prior to joining SwRI, McKee served for eight sor performance. She has also
years, resulting in the testing of several pro- years in the U.S. Navy as an engineering participated in performance and diag-
totype devices. He also has traveled to field duty officer. He has authored over 75 tech- nostic testing of large reciprocating com-
sites to assist with the troubleshooting of nical papers on fluid dynamics of fluid pressors operating in transmission and
acoustic and mechanical issues. handling machinery and he teaches at storage applications. In addition, she has
Broerman retains membership in the many short courses and industrial schools. taught numerous courses in pulsation
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, He retains membership in the American control design techniques and has pub-
Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) Society of Mechanical Engineers, Sigma Xi, lished several papers on compressor per-
and Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Scientific Research Society of North America formance and design.
Engineering Honor Society). and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. continued on page 16

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■ Figure 19. Orifice locations and pressure drop (DeltaP) measure-

■ Figure 16. TCN installed in place of the original RCTF discharge ment locations.
cylinder nozzle.
installed (no orifices). Pressure drop was reduced by about
38% with a large-bore orifice installed in conjunction with
the TCN, when compared to a small-bore orifice installed in
conjunction with a typical cylinder nozzle.
■ Figure 17. RCTF correlation data with and without the TCN installed.
Figure 18 illustrates the 25 Hz frequency shift in the

cylinder nozzle resonance (50% increase) achieved with the
TCN installed. The significant frequency shift observed in
this case placed the cylinder nozzle resonance on a higher,
weaker compressor harmonic.
■ Figure 20. Discharge system pressure drop at high ratio.
Pulsation data were also acquired for the various con-

figurations described at low and high compression ratios.
Figure 21 summarizes the measured pulsation amplitudes
for the various configurations analyzed as a percent of
■ Figure 18. Large frequency shift observed with the TCN installed. continued on page 18
Relative pressure drops were evaluated with and without

orifice restrictions for the baseline and TCN installations.
Pressure differential data were measured across the cylinder
nozzle, primary bottle, choke piping and secondary bottle
using the DeltaP measurement locations noted in Figure 19.
Various orifice sizes were evaluated in the discharge com-
pressor nozzle at the flange locations identified in Figure
19. Orifices of 2.0 and 2.5 in. (51 and 64 mm) I.D. were
evaluated at the compressor cylinder flange in the baseline
installation. With the TCN installed, orifices of 3.0 and 3.25
in. (76 and 83 mm) I.D. were evaluated at the compressor
cylinder flange and at the compressor nozzle to bottle con-
necting flanges, respectively.
Pressure drop data with and without orifices installed
were acquired with the compressor operating on and off
the discharge cylinder nozzle resonance. As shown in
Figure 20, pressure drop was about a factor of three lower
off resonance without the TCN installed due to the dynamic
effects of pulsations. In addition, a 68% discharge pressure
drop reduction was observed on resonance with the TCN ■ Figure 21. Discharge cylinder nozzle pulsations at low and high ratios.

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line pressure. Without the TCN, similar pulsations were ■ Figure 23. Diagram showing
recorded for both the low and high compression ratios. VO concept, which essentially
With a relatively small bore orifice installed, pulsations at is a side branch absorber in the
high ratio (low flow) conditions were three times the cylinder nozzle region.
pulsations at low ratio (high flow) conditions. The data
show that the acoustic effectiveness of an orifice de-
pends on the flow velocity through the orifice. In addi-
tion, a 34 to 35% reduction in cylinder nozzle resonance
pulsation amplitudes was observed with the TCN in-
stalled (no orifices). Cylinder nozzle resonance pulsa-
tions were reduced by a factor of 2:1 with a large bore
orifice installed in conjunction with the TCN, when com-
pared to a small bore orifice installed in conjunction with
a typical cylinder nozzle.
Figure 22 summarizes the high ratio resonance data illus-
trated in Figures 20 and 21. The x-axis represents the dis-
charge cylinder nozzle pulsations in percent of line pres-
sure and the y-axis represents the system pressure drop in ■ Figure 24. A 3-D model of the
percent of line pressure. It is desirable to be near the origin prototype VOs at the cylinder
of the graph such that the system has low pulsations and nozzle and valve cap.
low pressure drop. The diamonds plot graphically repre-
sents the effect of pressure drop on pulsation amplitude
without the TCN installed. In a similar manner, the circles
plot represents the effect of pressure drop on pulsation am-
plitude with the TCN installed.
Comparing the diamonds plot from the “no orifice” test
point to the “0.625 beta orifice” test point indicates that pul-
sations decrease significantly while pressure drop decreases
only slightly. In addition to that comparison, considering
the diamonds “0.5 beta orifice” test point indicates that, pul- stalled (no orifice); a 3.1:1 pressure drop reduction was ob-
sations decrease even more; however, pressure drop in- served with the TCN installed (no orifice); the TCN results
creases. When comparing the line marked with diamonds showed lower pulsations (below 3% of line pressure) with
to the circles data points, it is important to note that the lower pressure drop than would be required in a traditional
0.75 beta orifice circles test point on the orange plot is sig- system without the TCN. (The API 618 pulsation guideline
nificantly closer to the origin than the 0.5 beta orifice test is 7% of line pressure for these operating conditions.)
point on the diamonds plot. Therefore, the pressure drops
and pulsations were lower for a TCN in combination with a Virtual Orifice
0.75 beta orifice as compared to a typical cylinder nozzle in The Virtual Orifice (VO) is a non-intrusive, low pres-
combination with a 0.625 beta orifice. sure drop mechanism that successfully addresses cylinder
nozzle resonance. The VO concept, illustrated in Figure
23, is essentially the installation of a side branch absorber
in the cylinder nozzle region. The circled objects in
Figure 23 represent two possible locations for the VO on
the discharge side of the cylinder. In this case, a choke
tube connects a volume to the cylinder nozzle or to the
valve cap. The choke tube and volume are sized such
that the frequency of the VO coincides with the cylinder
nozzle resonant frequency.
Two prototypes (Figure 24) were developed, each con-
necting a volume to either the cylinder nozzle or valve cap
using a short span of 1 in. (25 mm) diameter piping. A 1 in.
(25 mm) full-bore valve was included in each 1 in. (25 mm)
diameter pipe span, allowing data acquisition with and
without each of the VOs installed. Opening or closing each
valve effectively installs or uninstalls each VO. The VOs
were installed in the RCTF, as shown in Figure 25.
continued on page 20
■ Figure 22. Discharge system cylinder nozzle pulsations and pres- ■ Figure 25. Prototype
sure drop. VOs installed at the cylin-
der nozzle and valve cap.
A promising feature of the TCN is that it reduces pulsa-
tions by shifting the cylinder nozzle resonance to a higher
frequency, and most likely reducing mechanical coupling.
In summary, key observations from evaluation of the TCN
prototype included: the cylinder nozzle resonant frequency
shifted above the fourth order with the TCN installed (50%
frequency increase); maximum cylinder nozzle pulsation
amplitudes were reduced by 34 to 35% with the TCN in-

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■ Figure 26. data with the redesigned VO installed. When that data is com-
Measured data pared with the data in Figure 26, the redesigned VO reduced
with and without the pulsations even more than that of the original VO design.
the VO installed. ■ Figure 27. A 3-D model of the redesigned VO.
■ Figure 28. Measured data with the redesigned VO installed.
Figure 26 shows measured data without the VO installed,

with the VO installed along the cylinder nozzle, and with
the VO installed at the valve cap. Since a side branch ab-
sorber is known to be more effective when located at a pul-
sation maximum, lower pulsations were expected with the
VO installed at the valve cap. In this case, measured data
showed only slightly lower pulsations with the valve cap
VO installed, as compared to the cylinder nozzle VO. In
general, pulsations at the 50 Hz resonance frequency were
reduced by a factor of 4.5 or better with a VO installed.
After testing the valved prototypes, a more compact and
practical design was built. A 3-D model of the design is illus-
trated in Figure 27 and the installed VO redesign is shown in Because the VO is relatively non-intrusive, it could eliminate
Figure 28. Also shown in Figure 28 is the measured pulsation the need for an orifice, and because it offers an effective
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VO is a relatively simple design that can be installed easily on
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evaluating the feasibility of any pro-

posed plant is the constituency of the
raw-gas stream. This could vary all
over the map, depending on the loca-
tion and characteristics of the produc-
tion wells supplying gas. Raw natural
gas generally has methane as its most
abundant constituent. There is a sig-
nificant content of heavier hydrocar-
bons, as well. It also contains an
amount of nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide
and carbon dioxide. Some traces of
helium, carbonyl sulfide, carbon diox-
ide and various other ingredients all
generally heavy with water. The fol-
lowing table shows a typical raw-gas
makeup. Much of these constituents
must be removed before the final liq-
uefaction takes place.
The gas sent to market must meet
specific standards. One term used is
pipeline quality. The end result is a
gas stream between over 90%
methane up to almost 100%. Some
producers leave some of the heavier
constituents in the final LNG makeup,
in which case a gas processing plant
may have to be built adjacent to the
■ Propane and ethylene refrigerating compressor hall at Atlantic LNG’s Point Fortin facility in receiving terminal to bring the stream
Trinidad and Tobago, which uses the Phillips LNG Cascade Process. up to pipeline quality.
Both the Phillips Optimized Cascade
and the APCI propane precooled
mixed refrigerant processes appear to
have the edge in popularity with LNG
BASIC LNG LIQUEFACTION producers today. These two systems
will be covered in some detail in the
following paragraphs, along with brief
An Overview of the Machinery and Processes coverage of alternative processes.
Currently in Use for LNG Liquefaction According to a paper entitled,
“Lowering LNG Unit Costs through
By Joe Kane Large and Efficient LNG Liquefaction
Trains — What is the Optimal Train
Size?” which was delivered at the 2004
Spring Meeting of the American
Knowledgeable analysts tell us that creased import capability. At some Institute of Chemical Engineers,
LNG has yet to make its full impact as point in the developing LNG market, continued on page 24
an energy resource. Consider that, of terminal operators speculate that con-
the approximately 100 LNG import tracts for energy supplies will be let Representative examples
terminals proposed for North on a competitive bid basis to assure of raw gas compositions
America, only 17 are expected to ma- adequate supply to their respective % Sample % Sample % Sample
terialize during the coming decade. markets, resulting in higher costs. No Constituent A B C
And, even at that, we’ve been told doubt, this will be the case until the
that our LNG import infrastructure will producers and shippers catch up. N2 0.85 2.00 5.86
be overbuilt. This is, of course, a Plans are on the board to expand H2S 0.81 14.67 0.03
worldwide phenomenon. LNG production. Perhaps this portion
Several factors contribute to this of the puzzle will find its solution. CO2 3.45 5.04 6.22
amazing anomaly. They include pro- Shipping fleets will need many more Methane 78.82 67.75 84.34
duction, transportation and demand. cryogenic vessels to take care of any
Ethane 3.78 1.05 2.08
Demand is expected to climb signifi- major increase in production. In land-
cantly in the face of declining domestic based operations at journey’s end, the Propane 10.06 4.70 0.12
supply over the next 20 or so years. key term used is takeaway capacity.
Isobutane 0.18 0.39 0.07
The stopgap scenario is to import LNG With all of this to consider, it will
to make up the difference between do- be interesting to review the tools pro- n-Butane 0.13 1.05 0.67
mestic production and demand. ducers of LNG have to deal with. A Isopentane 0.04 0.46 0.08
As of now, not enough LNG pro- number of options are available with
duction capacity is being installed to present liquefaction plants and other n-Pentane 0.36 0.78 0.04
match import capability. Even if that designs (or variations on existing de- Hexane 0.79 1.12 0.31
were not a problem, the LNG ship- signs) being considered.
ping fleet is inadequate to meet in- One of the first considerations in Heptane Plus 0.73 0.99 0.18

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authors, Anthony Eaton, Rick Hernandez and Allyn Risley of

ConocoPhillips and Phil Hunter, Amos Avidan and John
Duty of Bechtel Corp. discussed a study rendered by the
two representative companies involving larger LNG trains
with the conclusion that trains as large in capacity to 8 mil-
lion tonnes per annum (mtpa) are feasible and could be
cost-effective. Bechtel Corp. recently announced it had won
the contract for Nigeria’s Brass LNG plant. This plant, when
completed, will have a capacity of 10 mtpa. Production is
scheduled to start in 2010-11.
This study was based on the Phillips Optimized Cascade
LNG Process. The study revealed also that plants in the
coming decade will fall into 4, 5 and 8 mtpa sizes based on
available resource and preference of the producer. GE Frame
7 and 9 gas turbine drivers were considered, along with liq-
uid and gas expanders, heat recovery systems and electric
drives. The compressors were some of the world’s largest ■ The refrigeration compressor hall of one LNG train at Atlantic LNG’s
and acceptably meet application guidelines. One factor fa- Point Fortin facility as seen from the gas turbine air filter housings.
voring the system studied is that some 75% of capacity can
be maintained if one the trains inadvertently trips. The typical configuration of the Phillips Optimized Cascade
LNG Process is shown in the accompanying diagram. The
Treated process refrigeration train, illustrates the “two-trains-in-one”
Gas LNG configuration. The system incorporates three separate cooling
circuits, each using a pure refrigerant, propane, ethylene and
methane-rich stream. A conventional kettle chiller and plate
fin heat exchanges are used in two separate cold boxes and
Propane separate compressors for each cooling circuit.
Perhaps the system contributing the most tonnage of LNG
Ethane worldwide is that licensed by Air Products and Chemicals
Inc. (APCI). This is a propane precooled, mixed refrigerant
Methane (MR) process. The MR in this case consists of nitrogen,
methane, ethane and propane. The precooling stage of the
■ Simplified diagram of the Phillips optimized cascade process. incoming stream is in a separate propane chiller.
Pretreatment Processes
Sour
Feed
Gas
Propane Precooling Multicomponent Refrigerant System
■ Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APCI) process overview.
This system includes two main refrigerant cycles. The

compressor in the first cycle uses pure propane as refrigerant
for precooling. MR is used in the liquefaction and subcooling
cycle and is made up of nitrogen, methane and propane.
The precooling cycle can cool the process gas down to
-40°F (-40°C). It is also used to cool and partially liquefy
the MR. The cooling is achieved in kettle-type exchangers
with propane refrigerant boiling and evaporating in the
shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger and with the
process streams flowing in the tube bundles.
A centrifugal compressor with side streams recovers the
evaporated propane streams and compresses the vapor 218
to 363 psi (15 to 25 bar), which is condensed and recycled
to the propane kettles.
In the MR cycle, the partially liquefied refrigerant is sepa-
rated into vapor and liquid streams that are used to liquefy
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and subcool the process stream from a typical temperature

of 95°F (35°C) to between -232°F to -298°F (-150°C to
-180°C). Process
The process gas passes through a heat exchanger, entering Gas
at the bottom and emerging liquefied at the top. The liquid
MR stream is extracted after the warm or middle bundle and
is flashed across a hydraulic expander onto the shell side. It
flows downward and evaporates, providing the bulk of cool-
ing for the lower bundles. The vapor MR stream passes to the
top (cold bundle) and is liquefied and subcooled, and is
flashed across an expander JT valve into the shell side over
the top of the cold bundle. It flows downward to provide the
cooling duty for the top bundle and, after mixing with liquid
MR, part of the duty for the lower bundles.
The overall vaporized MR stream from the bottom of the
cryogenic heat exchanger is recovered and compressed by
the MR compressor to 653 psi to 696 psi (45 to 48 bara). It LNG
is cooled and partially liquefied first by water or air, then
by the propane refrigerant, and then recycled to the ex- ■ Simplified PRICO (Black & Veatch) process.
changer. In earlier plants, all stages of the MR compression
were normally centrifugal; however, in some recent plants In the Statoil/Linde mixed fluid cascade process,
axial compressors have been used for the LP stage and cen- three mixed refrigerants are used for cooling and liquefac-
trifugal for the HP stage. Recent plants generally use Frame tion. The process is used in the 4 mtpa Snøhvt LNG project
6 and 7 gas turbine drivers. in Norway, which is a single train LNG plant.
The Prico process, licensed by Black and Veatch
Pritchard is a single MR process. The refrigerant consists of Process
nitrogen, methane, ethane, propane, butane and pentane. A Gas
single driver compressor system compresses the refrigerant,
giving a single process train to reach its capacity. The cool-
ing and liquefaction is carried out at several pressure levels,
in plate-fin heat exchangers located in cold boxes. The re-
frigerant is compressed and circulated using a single com-
pression train.
LNG
■ Simplified overview of the Statoil/Linde mixed fluid cascade process.
Precooling is carried out in a plate-fin heat exchanger by

the first MR, and the liquefaction and subcooling are carried
out by the other two refrigerants in a proprietary exchanger
made by Linde. It may also be used for the precooling stage.
The refrigerants are made up of components selected from
methane, ethane, propane and nitrogen.
The three refrigerant compression systems can have sep-
arate drivers or integrated to have two strings of compres-
sion. Large gas turbine drivers have been proposed for
large LNG trains grater than 4 mtpa. An important feature of
the project is that motor drivers will be used for all the
main refrigerant compressors, with sizes up to 60 MW. The
Linde heat exchanger is compatible with other liquefaction
processes in new and expansion projects or as a replace-
ment for old cryogenic exchangers.
The Axens Liquefin process is a two MR process used
in very large LNG baseload projects of train sizes up to 6
mtpa and greater. All cooling and liquefaction is conducted
in plate-fin heat exchangers in cold boxes. The refrigerants
consist of methane, ethane, propane, butane and nitrogen.
The first MR is used at different pressure levels to precool
the process gas and precool and liquefy the second mixed
refrigerant. The second MR is used to liquefy and subcool
CT716.qxp 6/28/07 11:15 AM Page 4
■ Simplified diagram of the Axens Liquefin process.

Process
Gas
LNG
the process gas. Using an MR for the Another key difference is that the pre- stranded resource to an enthusiastic
precooling stage allows a lower tem- cooling is carried out in heat exchang- world market as LNG.
perature, down to -76°F (-60°C), de- ers rather than kettles. The refrigerant Thus, LNG, that vibrant, azure blue
pending on refrigerant composition. compressors are driven by two Frame untouchable stuff, is fast becoming a
Two large drivers can drive the re- 7 gas turbines. An axial compressor is precious commodity. The worldwide
frigerant compression systems. Frame also used as part of the cold refriger- natural gas industry has faced many
7 gas turbines are being proposed for ant compression stages. challenges. Among the more mind bog-
the large LNG trains. The basic processes involved in liq- gling is how to keep up with increasing
The Shell double mixed refriger- uefaction and regasification are well world demand by discovering and dis-
ant process (DMR) is installed in the known and proven in existing appli- tributing new natural gas resources from
Sakhalin Island project, which has a cations around the world. The equip- which to draw. We have no doubts that
capacity of 4.8 mtpa per train. The ment used to do the job, despite its the industry will prevail, as it always
process is close to the APCI system. massive scale, is familiar to those in has. All it needs is a balance among de-
Rather than propane, the precooling the gas-processing field. Those char- mand, production and transportation,
is accomplished by a refrigerant con- acteristics alone seem certain to help and LNG is one tool that can help the
sisting mainly of ethane and propane. bring much of the world’s previously industry achieve that balance. ■
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■ Pictured are 20 in. and 42

in. injection-molded anchors for
an LNG plant in Canada.
INJECTION-MOLDED COLD SHOE ANCHORS

FOR LNG APPLICATIONS
Piping Technology & Products Inc. Offers an Array
of Anchors for Cryogenic Pipe Support
By Brent Haight
When natural gas is cooled to -259°F duct systems. Its ASME code shop, lb. (61,689 kg); vertical load is 40,000
(-161°C), it becomes liquid. Because Sweco Fab Inc. fabricates pressure lb. (18,144 kg); lateral load is 15,909
such extreme temperatures are in- vessels, expansion joints which re- lb. (7216 kg) foam density for the
volved, when transporting LNG, spe- quire code stamps, flow products large anchors is 32 lb.
cific considerations need to be made to such as orifice plates, line blinds, “These supports are used in a re-
ensure that piping, as well as the pip- plate flanges, bleed rings and strain- gasification terminal and are designed
ing supports, can withstand the cold. ers. Sweco Fab Inc. is also a manu- for -20°F [-29°C] ambient and -320°F
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.-headquar- facturer of pipeline pig launchers and [-196°C] fluid temperatures,” said
tered Piping Technology & Products receivers and SWEEGEE pigs. Courtney Chadwell, project manager
Inc. (PT&P) has been offering pre- “We are one of the world leaders in at PT&P. “The polyurethane foam in-
insulated pipe supports to protect pip- engineered pipe hangers and support, sulation is injected into a mold with a
ing in LNG applications for almost 30 and miscellaneous fabricated sup- pipe spool in place to ensure maxi-
years, but with the recent increase in ports,” said Stallings. “We’re a unique mum fit. The pipe anchors are made
demand for LNG, the company has company in that we are a one-stop from 516 Grade 70-N carbon steel.
seen a rise in business. shop for pipe supports. There are The pipe within the anchor is fabri-
“We are extremely busy at this time many people who maybe do one small cated from 304/304L stainless steel.
in the LNG market. We have many portion of what we do, but I don’t be- These supports were put through fi-
projects that we are doing in LNG lieve you’ll find another fabricator who nite element analysis, hydro tested,
around the globe,” said Joyce does as much as we do.” dye-penetrant tested, and inspected
Stallings, sales manager for PT&P. Most recently, PT&P designed and by our Quality Control department to
Piping Technology & Products Inc. fabricated injection-molded cold shoe ensure product quality.”
and its fully owned subsidiaries anchors for an LNG plant in New Insulated pipe supports are designed
Sweco Fab Inc. and U.S. Bellows Inc. Brunswick, Canada. The order called to prevent direct temperature transfer
manufacture a widely varied product for small, medium and large anchors. between pipes and their supports.
line, which includes engineered vari- The small anchors were fitted to 6 in. Cold shoe supports are most com-
able load spring hangers, constant nominal pipe size (NPS). Axial load is monly applied in industrial processes
load spring hangers, hanger hard- 9773 lb. (4433 kg); vertical load is such as production, transport and dis-
ware, expansion joints, insulated pipe 5682 lb. (2577 kg); and lateral load is tribution of liquid gasses such as
supports (cold and hot shoes), fabri- 2273 lb. (1031 kg). The foam density methane, propane, butane, ethylene,
cated pipe and instrument supports, is 20 lb. Medium anchors were fitted oxygen, hydrogen and ammonia.
slide bearings using both Teflon and to 20 in. NPS with an axial load of Piping Technology & Products rec-
graphite, mechanical and hydraulic 62,500 lb. (28,350 kg); vertical load of ommends multiple layers for cold shoe
shock arrestors and many other items 14,773 lb. (6701 kg); and a lateral load supports that have a total insulation
required for piping systems. Its U.S. of 11,364 lb. (5155 kg). Foam density thickness of 4 in. (10.16 cm) or greater.
Bellows Division produces all types is 32 lb. Large anchors were fitted to “We use multiple layers of insulation
of expansion joints for piping and 42 in. NPS. The axial load is 136,000 continued on page 32

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■ Carbon steel 42 in. injection-molded anchors.
because when you are operating at really cold temperatures

you’re going to have slight gaps in the insulation,” said
David Baker, field service manager at PT&P. “We offset the
insulation layers so that you don’t have a direct path of air
to the pipe. With a direct path of air to the pipe you get
condensation, frost, ice, etc.”
In the field, cold shoes are typically mated with existing
line insulation. Due to the low temperature of the pipe,
moisture from the ambient air can be drawn to the pipe
through gaps that may exist between the cold shoe and the
line insulation. At lower temperatures, where thicker insula-
tion is required, there is greater opportunity for moisture to
be drawn to the pipe. This is because of the increased sin-
gle mating surface area between the line insulation and the
cold shoe.
A solution that eliminates this potential problem is pro-
viding multiple mating surfaces between the line insulation
and the pipe support. Hence, when insulation thickness is
4 in. and greater, multiple layers provide an improved
moisture seal due to steps between the different layers.
Piping Technology & Products can tailor a layering sys-
tem to meet the customer’s requirements.
Polyurethane foam is one of the major components of
■ Pictured are 36 in. insulated pipe anchors with base stops to

prevent lateral and axial movement of the anchor.
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DOMINION TO EXPAND ITS

NATURAL GAS STORAGE CAPACITY
Dominion’s Storage Factory Project Combines New
Salt-Cavern Storage with Depleted Reservoir Storage
Dominion has unveiled its Storage common in the Northeast market area.
Factory Project, which would expand Gas can be repeatedly injected and
…for low-temperature the company’s natural gas storage ca- withdrawn from the caverns, bringing
LNG terminal and pacity by up to 50 Bcf (1.4 x 109 m3). great flexibility to the system in the
The Storage Factory Project would winter. The salt cavern storage will be
storage applications. integrate the high deliverability of coupled with additional, lower-deliv-
Dresser-Rand’s reciprocating storage in salt formations with the erability storage facilities to provide a
large capacity of depleted reservoir flexible, reliable mix of gas storage
compressors are ideally
storage. According to the company, service offerings.
suited to accommodate the result is an efficient, reliable oper- The project is subject to approval
changes in cryogenic ation that will bring competitive and by the Federal Energy Regulatory
flexible gas storage services to cus- Commission. The anticipated in-
suction temperatures and tomers in the Northeast and Mid- service date for the first two caverns
flow rates in LNG boil-off Atlantic market areas. is 2014.
The first phase will add 11.2 Bcf “The demand for clean, natural gas
gas service. Our proven
(3.1 x 108 m3) of new natural gas stor- is growing throughout the Northeast
reciprocating compressor age. Initial construction is scheduled and the Mid-Atlantic,” said Paul
designs—coupled with for 2009, when work will begin on Koonce, chief executive officer of
two salt caverns to be added to the Dominion Energy. “We are calling it
significant advances in existing fleet of depleted reservoirs. the Storage Factory Project because
sealing ring and compressor The salt caverns will be in Tioga we can construct new storage facilities
County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. as the demand for natural gas grows.”
valve technologies—provide
“The future of natural gas storage is The plan calls for a compressor sta-
ultimate reliability, reduce here,” said Thomas F. Farrell II, chair- tion for injection and withdrawal, as
energy consumption, man, president and chief executive of- well as pipelines needed to get the
ficer of Dominion. “The blending of natural gas to market. Dominion ex-
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■ One Chinese power project that involved Siemens and its joint venture company Shanghai Turbine Company Ltd. is the Huaneng Shanghai 3x4000
MW combined-cycle power plant, which included the supply of three Siemens single-shaft SGT5-4000F gas turbines, similar to the one shown here.
INDIA AND CHINA KEEP FEET ON THE GAS

Growing Economies Fuel Need for Electric Power and Natural Gas
By Ian Cameron
The unremitting economic growth in ber of orders for compressors and Naturally, the thirst for power is of-
China and India shows no sign of abat- compressor trains in China with a fering significant opportunities for
ing and has brought with it increased combined order value of more than equipment suppliers to make com-
demand for compression and electricity. US$57 million. mercial inroads into the Chinese mar-
Rolls-Royce has, for example, com- Estimates for the past year suggest kets, although several already have
pleted the installation of 12 RB211 gas that electricity consumption in the considerable interests there.
turbine compressor sets on China’s country increased by 14 to 15%. The For example, GE has been in China
West-East pipeline, which runs from building of power-generating facilities for more than 90 years, and has pro-
the Tarim Basin in the West Gobi has also been dramatic with newly in- vided 56 steam turbines, more than
desert to Shanghai. stalled capacity reaching record levels 160 gas turbines and more than 100
One of the more successful com- and grid construction work also ex- hydro turbines. More recently Rolls-
panies to find markets in China has tensive. According to informed Royce also announced that the
been Siemens, which in March this sources, the total power-generating Ningxia Hanas Thermal Power
year announced its latest move in capacity increased to more than 620 Company in Yinchuan, China, has se-
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A significant recent order was also

announced by Mitsubishi Heavy In-
dustries Ltd. (MHI), jointly with
Marubeni Corp., for an M251S gas tur-
bine from Chinese steelmaker Taiyuan
Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. The gas
turbine will be part of blast-furnace-
gas (BFG) fired gas turbine combined-
cycle power generation plant that
TISCO is building in the city of
Taiyuan, in Shanxi Province. BFG-
fired GTCC power plants use exhaust
gas from blast furnaces to meet part
of a steel plant’s electricity needs. The
Taiyuan power plant is scheduled to
go on-stream in August 2008.
The 50 MW power plant consists
of the M251S gas turbine, a steam
turbine, a heat recovery steam gener-
ator and a generator. The 30 MW
M251S gas turbine will be manufac-
■ Rolls-Royce has completed the installation of 12 RB211 gas turbine compressor sets on tured and supplied by MHI’s
China’s West-East pipeline, which runs from the Tarim Basin in the West Gobi desert to Shanghai. Takasago Machinery Works. Accord-
ing to MHI there is a growing trend
(DLE) gas turbine to power one of its acid (PTA) production plant in Dalian, in the steel industry to introduce
combined-cycle generating plants. in Liaonin Province in northeast China. high-efficiency GTCC power plants
The unit, packaged by Turbomach of The Dalian plant has an annual pro- that utilize BFG for fuel.
Switzerland, will provide 52 MW of duction capacity of 1.2 million tonnes It added that because BFG has a
electrical power. of PTA. The white powder is used in lower calorie rating than natural gas,
The majority of power generated in the production of synthetic materials stable combustion of BFG-fired gas
China, though, is from coal-fired such as polyester and polyethylene turbines requires sophisticated tech-
power plants followed by hydroelec- terephthalate (PET). The two identical nology, including the development of
tric and then nuclear. But even compressor trains will each consist of a BFG-dedicated combustors. MHI said
though there has been a huge rise in five-stage air compressor and a radial because of the new order from China,
the country’s installed electrical capac- expansion turbine. They will be driven it plans to strengthen its marketing ac-
ity, around 21 out of 31 provinces in by SST-600 steam turbines. tivities for BFG GTCC plants.
China recently experienced power Siemens PG has also secured orders In India, meanwhile, huge new gas
shortages and outages, which encour- from Linde Engineering for the new field discoveries and the growing im-
aged the government to approve Shougang Jingtang iron and steel mill portation of liquefied natural gas
more new power plants. in Caofeidian, located some 137 mi. mean that the fuel is going to play a
However, there is strong evidence (220 km) northeast of Beijing, to sup- growing role in power provision in
that the government policies point ply two identical high-pressure air the country via both turbines and
firmly toward developing more clean compressors and two nitrogen prod- large gas engines.
energy. In the Chinese government’s uct compressors. Power cuts are becoming more
Five-Year Plan there was a strong em- Part of the Siemens success has common in parts of the country as a
phasis on improving efficiency and been based on its foundation of many side effect of India’s growing eco-
lowering consumption with a high- joint venture companies in China, no- nomic prosperity. The ability of the
light being the aim of ensuring that tably Shanghai Turbine Company Ltd., Indian power generation industry to
energy consumption per unit of gross which designs and manufactures satisfy the power cravings of domestic
domestic product will be about 20% steam turbines (50 to 13,000 MW). and commercial consumers is under
lower than that at the end of the 10th Among Siemens’ major gas power greater scrutiny than ever.
Five-Year Plan period. projects was the Huaneng Shanghai However, such is the desperation to
The plan called for the develop- 3x4000 MW combined-cycle power maintain power in some of the big
ment of clean energy substitutes for plant, which included the supply of cities, notably Mumbai, that belea-
coal and oil with recommendations three Siemens single-shaft SGT5-4000F guered politicians have insisted that
that there should be tax incentives to gas turbines that the company said of- the power must stay on in the me-
encourage energy conservation. This fered net efficiency of 58%. The com- tropolis at all costs.
initiative was seized upon in April, pany added that a 14-year long-term The average demand for power in
with plans by the U.S. Department of maintenance contract was also signed Mumbai, for example, is estimated at
Commerce for a Clean Energy for the project last year. 2500 MW with peak demand in the
Technologies Trade Mission to China According to a Siemens outlook on sprawling city touching 2700 MW.
with the goal of matching participat- China, by 2020 total installed capacity Power utilities are reported to be
ing U.S. companies with potential is expected to reach 1000 GW, with falling short by 200 to 400 MW, mean-
partner agents, distributors, licensees the country remaining as a strong ing that they have to buy power from
and retailers. market for power transmission mar- other areas.
Under contract to Yisheng Dahua kets over the next 20 to 30 years and The situation is highly unlikely to
Petrochemical, a recently formed joint is expected to become the world’s resolve itself quickly, prompting the
venture, Siemens PG will supply two largest single market for high voltage government to assess its future
compressor trains for a pure terephtalic direct current transmission. continued on page 42

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considerable investment in LNG termi-

nals in India.”
For the latter, he is referring to the
recent announcement by the Gujarat
local government that a state-run
corporation had discovered what it
describes as India’s largest reserve
of natural gas in the Krishna-
Godavari basin, with initial test re-
sults indicating estimate reserves of
20 Tcf (5.66 x 1011 m3) of natural gas
with a value of some US$50 billion.
• Manufacturing The discovery is expected to double
the current gas production of the
• Reconditioning nation. The country is also investing
heavily in LNG terminals.
• Engineered Applications However, Sanyal added, “I feel coal
is still going to be the major fuel in
the thermal power sector and, as in
• ISO 9001-2000 the past, when large power plants are
set up, those will have to be close to
■ A Bergen gas engine shown here during the source of fuel, which ensures
installation at the Saheli Exports power sta- economies of scale.
tion in southern India. “However, as per the trends seen
all over the world, such large central-
power strategy and examine how to ized generations must be supple-
meet demand. mented with decentralized distrib-
Although it is not the dominant fuel uted power generating stations, set
source in India at the moment (coal up in proximity to load centers, to
remains king), it is widely believed eliminate major investment and
that natural gas will play an important losses involved on account of trans-
role in meeting power demands mission and distribution.
which, of course, means good news “We often forget that the extremely
for gas turbine and large gas engine high costs associated with transmission
manufacturers wanting to expand and distribution always adds to the cost
their sales in the country. of generation and it is the consumer
Premangshu Sanyal, director Rolls- who bears the burden ultimately. The
Royce Energy Systems Pvt Ltd. based Electricity Act 2003, in principle, pro-
in Delhi, India, predicts a bright fu- motes such decentralized power gener-
ture for gas and therefore gas turbines ating plants to be set up, therefore an
and large gas engines in India and accelerated growth of the distributed
Bangladesh — the areas for which he generating plants across India is taking
has responsibility. place and is likely to continue.
Rolls-Royce has been active in “In addition, there will also be a
India supplying diesel engines, gas growth in the centralized large gener-
engines and gas turbines for the ating stations, in view of the huge ad-
power generation and oil and gas ditional capacity requirement. Coal
markets, and the company has more will definitely be the major fuel but
than 200 engines operating in India the authorities are also paying close
on various grades of crude oil, resid- attention to other environment-
ual fuel oils, HSD and natural gas friendly power generating options in-
since the 1960s. More than 100 gas cluding gas-based power, hydro
turbines are generating power and power and other renewable and non-
run gas compressors with GAIL and conventional energy solutions.”
ONGC for both onshore and offshore An extensive program to build a
applications. gas pipeline network across vast
In view of increased activities in the stretches of India is also under way,
Indian energy market, Rolls-Royce de- which he believes will also encourage
cided in 1999 to start its own com- the adoption of gas-power generating
pany in India to upgrade its service to plants in the country.
the existing customers and for further- He added, “I foresee significant
Valves ing market development.

He added, “In view of our recent
gas discoveries and import of LNG,
growth opportunities for suppliers of
gas turbines and larger gas engines in
India for power generation. The mar-
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monitor performance of a glycol or

amine contactor while avoiding con-
■ A new H 2 O moisture and tamination to the natural gas. This is
CO 2 analyzer technology is done by checking the output of the
available that employs tunable bed or column in order to determine
diode laser (TDL) spec- the breakthrough point (the exact
troscopy to provide highly point at which the concentration of
accurate and virtually in- H2O or CO2 rises), which indicates
stantaneous measure- that the desiccant is saturated.
ments of trace amounts of a Now, a new H2O moisture and CO2
particular gas compound. analyzer technology is available that
employs tunable diode laser (TDL)
spectroscopy to provide highly accu-
rate and virtually instantaneous meas-
urements of trace amounts of a partic-
ular gas (H2O or CO2 in this case). By
its nature, the TDL-based gas detec-
tion method is not susceptible to ag-
ing effects, making its factory calibra-
tion a timeless constant, the company
said. The result is a very low mainte-
nance analyzer that does not require
consumables or scheduled calibration.
Developed by Rancho Cucamonga,
California, U.S.A.-based Spectra-
Sensors, its TDL-based analyzers em-
ploy a simple measurement that uses
a fundamental principle: molecules
vibrate when excited by light at spe-
cific wavelengths. Therefore, if you
can detect how much light is ab-
sorbed at these wavelengths, you can
precisely measure the concentration
of a given gas.
The system consists of a cell that
the sample gas flows through, a tun-
able diode laser that emits a specific
wavelength of light through the gas,
an optical detector, and software to
analyze and output the results.
In the past, LNG and NGL gas
processors have relied on surface-based
analyzers such as electrochemical and
quartz crystal cells to measure trace
amounts of moisture in process streams.
NEW LASER TECHNOLOGY GIVES Although these devices may perform

with acceptable accuracy at first, the
confidence level in their measurements
ULTRA-FAST MOISTURE DETECTION soon falls due to drift, the inability to

read high concentrations of moisture,
and the tendency for their sensor
DURING LNG LIQUEFACTION

probes to become desensitized by the
gas streams they are measuring. Such
situations have led to excessive mainte-
nance and high operational costs.
A New Tunable-Diode Laser Analyzer Technology Helps to The technology, widely considered
Prevent Catastrophic Ice Formation in LNG Liquefaction a new standard in natural gas meas-
urement, is extremely fast and the re-
sults are highly reliable, according to
the company. Changes in gas con-
centrations during dehydration can
be seen immediately, without the
The presence of even trace amounts any case, it is essential to have very wet-up and dry-down delays that oc-
of H20 moisture or CO2 can threaten fast detection to improve the life of cur with traditional moisture analyz-
the integrity of processing equip- the desiccant while maintaining ers. Furthermore, this “TDL” sensor
ment during compression and lique- product quality. does not become desensitized or drift
faction of the natural gas due to ice In the LNG liquefaction process it is over time. ■
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continued from page 13 joined Cameron in 2000 as vice president,

said Santiago. “VetcoGray and its employ- Engineering, for the Turbocompressor
ees will benefit from GE’s global re- product line and has also held leadership
sources, including broader career devel- roles in the company’s Lean Six Sigma
opment opportunities and training program as well as in the reciprocating
programs, and GE’s Oil & Gas business engineering, information technology and
will expand its opportunities for growth technical training functions.
in new industry segments such as drilling, Before joining Cameron, Bartos held
completion and subsea production.” similar positions with Ingersoll-Rand and
David Tucker has been named chief with A-C Compressor. He has a Bachelor
operating officer for VetcoGray. In this of Engineering degree from Stevens
role, Tucker will be responsible for lead- Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New R. Stephens J. Thompson
ing the business and ensuring a success- Jersey, U.S.A. and customer service to streamline the
ful integration process. Recently pro- order process to shorten lead times and
moted to GE company officer, Tucker is Miratech reduce warranty replacements. Stephens
a seasoned executive who has run vari- Miratech Corp. has announced two ad- received a Bachelor of Science in
ous global organizations during his 23 ditions to its engineering staff. Both will Mechanical engineering, graduating with
years with GE. be located at the company’s headquarters honors from The University of Oklahoma
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. and holds EIT certification.
Cameron Rachel Stephens has been named ap- “Rachel Stephens is an appreciated ad-
Cameron’s board of directors has plications engineer for Miratech, a posi- dition to the engineering department,”
elected John C. Bartos as vice president, tion in which she will use her experience according to Miratech engineering man-
Development and Technology, responsi- to develop engineering project plans and ager, John Sartain. “She will provide a
ble for identifying and implementing provide technical application support for high level of application and technical
new technology that supports Cameron’s the company’s expanding line of indus- support of Miratech products to cus-
company-wide engineering processes and trial engine air pollution control devices. tomers, vendors, sales and production
product development initiatives. Prior to joining Miratech, Stephens personnel,” he said.
Bartos has served as vice president, held an applications engineering position In addition, Josh Thompson has joined
Engineering and Product Development in which she provided custom product Miratech as a project engineer. Sartain said
for the Compression Systems group since solutions and engineering support for the that Thompson will be a valuable addition
2003, where he has led efforts to develop sales department in a large HVAC com- to the company’s engineering team, where
and introduce new product offerings. He pany. She also worked directly with sales continued on page 48
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that is abraded by a rotating part,
which creates the tighter clearances
required for reduced leakage. In turn,
that leads to nitrogen consumption
MEET DEMANDS OF LNG APPLICATIONS levels two-thirds lower than those of a
standard laby seal and comparable to
a no-contact carbon seal.
Abradable Seals can be Retrofitted
to Existing Installations
manufacturers. It features minimum

clearances to reduce barrier gas (ni-
trogen) consumption.
The seal is based on abradable
technology developed by GE Oil &
Gas and GE Global Research and
features Halar ECTFE coating, a
Teflon-based material that is applied
on stator parts using thermal spray
techniques.
■ New abradable seal from GE features Proven in challenging environ-
Italian ECTFE coating. ments, the technology can operate in
very dry nitrogen conditions, such as
A new abradable tertiary seal for those required for LNG applications, ■ Basic design of new seal.
centrifugal compressors, designed to the company said. “This type of tough,
meet demanding operating require- resistant coating has produced good The new seal is available immedi-
ments such as LNG and refinery ap- results when applied to components ately for commercial applications.
plications, is being introduced by GE used in particularly aggressive envi- According to GE, it has been success-
Oil & Gas. ronments,” said Jeff Nagel, vice presi- fully tested in some major LNG proj-
The new product can be retrofitted dent global services of GE Oil & Gas. ects in the United Arab Emirates. ■
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GE Sensing Awarded Dushanzi Petro- with the Medelsheim station on the from Russia has been brought to a
chemical Project Contracts in China German/French border. pressure of approximately 1160 psi (80
GE Sensing has been awarded a The new gas turbine unit is to be in- bar). In light of increasing gas require-
three-year purchase contract for ultra- stalled in parallel to the existing oper- ments in France, capacities can be
sonic flowmeters, moisture analyzers ating machinery and will have the ef- raised and the increasing demand satis-
and oxygen analyzers in China’s fect of expanding the pipeline station. fied with this MAN Turbo unit.
largest petrochemical project, the Since 1976 in Waidhaus, natural gas continued on page 53
Xinjiang Dushanzi Project.
This selection recognizes GE Sensing
as the sole supplier of the aforemen-
tioned products in the Dushanzi proj-
ect, with a total value of more than
US$3 million.
The Dushanzi project marks another
strong milestone of GE Sensing’s busi-
ness growth in China, and looks to ben-
efit GE Sensing’s future sales into the
China petrochemical segment. With a
total investment of US$3.8 billion, it is
the largest petrochemical project thus
far in China, with 10 million tons of pe-
troleum refinery and 1 million tons of
ethylene capacity.
The Dushanzi project, which began
in 2005 and is scheduled for completion
in 2008, is an important part of a big
energy cooperation framework agree-
ment between China and Kazakhstan.
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continued from page 45 with a project lifespan of 30 to 50 years. According to Mike Lordi, vice president
he will apply his experience with The BLM’s ROD is based on a preferred of Industrial Products, “I am especially
Solidworks and design optimization in sup- alternative course of development that will proud of our on-time performance be-
port of Miratech’s engineering, production reduce disturbance by 18% from the pro- cause our business has essentially dou-
and sales groups. posed action, set a disturbance limit goal bled since the beginning of 2006. And we
Prior to joining the company full-time, of 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) per well pad, limit are not only getting turbines out of the
Thompson participated in Miratech’s in- well site spacing to eight well sites per 640 door on schedule, we’ve also been able
ternship program while finishing his de- acre (259 ha) section (80 acre [32.4 ha] to reduce our lead time by 30%. Over the
gree in Mechanical Engineering at The spacing), emphasize reclamation by cap- past year, our people have worked very
University of Tulsa. ping unreclaimed disturbance at no more hard to become more efficient and more
“Thompson’s addition to our team than 7600 acres (3080 ha), require annual responsive to our customers. We’ve put a
highlights our commitment of providing planning and coordination with stakehold- lot of work into improving every part of
technical expertise and support to our ers and establish performance goals to de- organization and our processes, and our
customers and marketing partners,” said scribe conditions BLM and operators will customers are now realizing the benefits
Bill Clary, Miratech vice president/sales strive to achieve. The BLM said those of our efforts.”
and marketing. goals will be achieved through interagency Elliott Co. is a global leader in the de-
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iprocating engine emission control firms Western Canadian oil and gas market, the group’s Gas Turbine Services
to combine both U.S.-based sales with with its large installed base of high- Division, specializes in servicing pump,
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Rawlins Field Office has released the sales, support and service, and Spartan gion to more than US$55 million, the
Record of Decision (ROD) on the envi- Controls Ltd., with its existing infrastruc- company said.
ronmental impact statement (EIS) for the ture and solid reputation for supporting Wood Group Engineering Services
Atlantic Rim Coalbed Natural Gas Project high-quality process control, measure- Qatar LLC has already won its first con-
in south central Wyoming, U.S.A. The ac- ment and automation products, is a per- tract with a major oil and gas company in
tion authorizes development of an esti- fect fit for Dynalco.” Qatar, to provide machine shop support
mated 1.35 Tcf (38.2 billion m3) of natural “Our customer base in Western Canada services over three years at onshore refin-
gas. The project is expected to generate is very motivated to reduce unscheduled ing and production facilities. Managing
US$6.4 billion in economic activity, in- downtime and increase throughput in the Qatar operation is new business unit
cluding US$320 million in federal royal- their natural gas-driven compressor manager, Steven Strang, who joins Wood
ties. Half of this federal royalty will go to fleets. The Dynalco Sentinel Predictive Group from Weir Engineering Services.
the State of Wyoming. Wyoming sever- Early Warning System delivers value by
ance taxes would generate an additional monitoring engine and compressor per- MAN Turbo
US$271 million. formance and costs. By deploying the MAN Turbo AG of Oberhausen is build-
Anadarko Exploration Co. and other Sentinel product, the field operator will ing a production and service shop in the
operators (including Double Eagle achieve optimized throughput with less Wujin High-Tech Industrial Zone in the
Petroleum and Mining Co., and Warren risk and downtime,” according to Mike Chinese city of Changzhou, approximately
Resources Inc.) proposed development of Iuliano, PIC business unit manager at 124 mi. (200 km) west of Shanghai. The in-
coalbed natural gas in the Atlantic Rim Spartan Controls Ltd. vestment earmarked for the company’s first
area. The project area includes 270,080 manufacturing plant outside Europe is €15
acres (109,000 ha) from Baggs to 6 mi. Elliott Co. million. Two halls covering a total area of
(9.65 km) south of Rawlins, including Elliott Co. has achieved 100% on-time around 107,639 sq.ft (10,000 m2) will be
173,672 acres (70,300 ha) of public land, delivery in May for its Industrial Products constructed among other facilities on a site
14,060 acres (5690 ha) of State of steam turbines. This was the second con- totaling 538,195 sq.ft. (50,000 m2). It is here
Wyoming lands, and 82,348 acres (33,300 secutive month that Elliott shipped 100% that around 200 employees will produce
ha) of private surface. The proposal of orders for steam turbines according to basic turbomachinery components and as-
called for a maximum of 1800 coalbed the contracted schedule, and the fourth semble them together with other compo-
natural gas and 200 conventional natural time in the past 12 months that Elliott nents supplied from Europe to form com-
gas wells that could be drilled in the reached the 100% on-time milestone. For plete machine units. The projected capacity
Atlantic Rim project area. Drilling is ex- the past year Elliott’s average on-time per- will also include service facilities.
pected to last for approximately 20 years, formance has exceeded 90%. continued on page 52

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GAS ENGINE AIR FUEL

GE OIL & GAS EXPANDS CONTROL SYSTEMS
MAINTAINING A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
PRESENCE IN TRINIDAD-
TOBAGO WITH NEW SERVICE Meeting current and future emission
limits set in California without
continuous manual adjustment.
AND MAINTENANCE CENTER
Facility to Support Long-Term
Service Agreement with Atlantic LNG
Economical systems
for lean and rich
burn engines.
Increasing its commitment to regional development and
expanding its service and repair capabilities for local cus-
tomers, GE Oil & Gas has established a new Field Service
and Maintenance Center for Trinidad and Tobago, one of
the top five producers of LNG in the world.
High-ranking government officials joined GE executives
in May to mark the official opening of the center, a 30,000 Field proven and fully supported
sq.ft. (2787 m2) facility located in Point Fortin, Trinidad, ad- in the US and worldwide.
jacent to the Atlantic LNG Co.’s production facility.
“This new facility is a key part of our commitment to
support the region by bringing our service capabilities close
to local customers,” said Jeff Nagel, vice president, Global
Services, GE Oil & Gas. “It also will play a key role in our
training program for local citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, Suitable for OEM, new build or
supporting our efforts to maximize local skills and facilitate engine conversions /upgrade.
sustainable development for the island.”
In addition to providing services for customers through-
out the region, a key role for the new maintenance center
will be to support a 17-year contractual service agreement
(CSA) GE signed in 2005, covering 27 gas turbines and 47
centrifugal compressors at the Atlantic LNG facility.
The CSA includes a new maintenance approach based
on an evolution of the modular exchange normally ap-
plied on GE aeroderivative engines and now extended to
GE heavy-duty 32 MW machines, such as the units used
by Atlantic LNG.
Using this approach during scheduled outages, Atlantic
LNG’s existing gas turbines will be removed and replaced
in modules, substantially reducing the turnaround times.
The modules then will be refurbished in the new mainte-
nance center.
“Our patented modular replacement method is designed
to reduce outage durations and significantly increase plant
availability,” noted Nagel.
The new Trinidad and Tobago center, which currently
employs 30 people, offers field service capabilities includ-
ing installation, commissioning, troubleshooting and re-
lated services for GE equipment. It also contains a repair
workshop that offers inspection and repair services, in-
cluding the balancing of centrifugal compressors and gas
turbine rotors. In addition to GE equipment, the workshop
covers a range of equipment from other manufacturers, in-
cluding centrifugal compressors and gas turbines. YOU’VE TRIED OTHERS, NOW TRY ONE THAT WORKS
The repair center is equipped with overhead cranes, a For Europe For USA
balancing machine, a horizontal lathe, a nondestructive Tel: +44 (0) 1590 613500 (UK) Tel: +1 740 398 0484 (USA)
testing (NDT) station and various light machine tools. ■ Fax: +44 (0) 1590 613555
Website: www.gill.co.uk Email: ignition@Gill.co.uk
JULY 2007 49 SEE DIRECTLINK AT WWW.COMPRESSORTECH2.COM
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■ Full view of Ajax electronic

governor (IGTB).
CAMERON’S COMPRESSION SYSTEMS INTRODUCES IGTB

AS A FIELD RETROFIT FOR AJAX ENGINES
Integrated Governor Throttle Body Offers Fast Response to Load Change
Cameron’s Compression Systems’ IGTB is a derivative of a Woodward rosion-resistant plated steel butterfly
Ajax engineering team has introduced Governor Co. industrial control valve and sealed bearings. There are no
a new Integrated Governor Throttle with sealing upgrades designed by “yellow metals” in contact with the
Body (IGTB) as a field retrofit for the Ajax engineers. Construction features fuel gas stream, making this an ideal
original mechanical throttle valve op- include an aluminum valve body, cor- valve for fuel gas with H2S content,
erated by any previous design gover-
nor used. This product can be used ■ Ajax IGTB and op-
for Ajax units that use automatic vari- tional alternator as
able speed operation for load control installed.
and is standard equipment on all new
2801, 2802, 2803 and 2804 units.
The IGTB is a combined throttle
valve and electronic governor. Its pur-
pose is to maintain a fixed speed set-
point throughout the engine’s load
range. The governor measures engine
speed with a magnetic pickup and
compares it to the set-point speed
provided by the transducer. When en-
gine speed changes from the desired
level, the IGTB automatically adjusts
fuel gas header pressure as required
to maintain the desired speed. The

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Aftermarket Support & Service

For The Gas Compression Industry
■ Flexible fuel connections isolate IGTB from vibration.
according to Cameron’s. In addition, flexible fuel connec-

tions isolate the IGTB from vibration.
“Everything that we’ve developed on Ajax engines
throughout the history of the machine can be retrofitted to
older machines to bring them up to current design,” said
John Sargent, Alliance and Distributor sales manager. “I think Stewart & Stevenson, your authorized Waukesha engine
you will find about 90% of everything that has been de-
distributor, provides complete aftermarket service and sup-
signed for Ajax and is now available through the aftermarket
is capable of being modified to existing machines. That’s port for the gas compression industry. We offer:
how we build longevity and value into the product line. • Swing engines, including models 7044, 7042, 1197, F18
Every problem is an opportunity. We look at problems as an
opportunity to enhance our product line to make it more
and more
versatile and useful and user friendly.” • 24-hour, on hand parts availability
The IGTB began field prototype testing in late 2004. • Visibility and access to parts throughout the entire
According to Gene McClendon, Ajax Engineering, the pro- Waukesha distribution network
totype worked so well, the company quickly standardized • Periodic Maintenance contracts
the product on all new engine production. “The IGTB of-
fers enhanced performance over the mechanical-type gov- What’s New?
ernor in that it has a quicker response time and greater • VGF and VHP Extender Retrofit parts
throttle control and offers an interface with other types of • ESM Display Panel upgrade kit
controllers that may or may not be used on a particular
product,” said McClendon. • Onsite operator and technician training
“Our original intent was to use the IGTB as a high-end
governor to be used in applications, either controlling the
rpm off of the suction or the discharge,” added McClendon. Contact your local Stewart & Stevenson for more details!
“That was the original design for the controller. Once we
got into this and saw how well it works, that’s when we Albuquerque, NM Great Bend, KS
decided to make it a standard product. We felt that it en- 505-881-3511 620-793-3552
hanced the operation of the whole unit over the standard
governors that we had available to us at that time.” Casper, WY Liberal, KS
Offering the IGTB as a field retrofit for the original me- 307-234-6975 620-624-5672
chanical throttle valve is a natural evolution of the product, Denver, CO Phoenix, AZ
said Bruce Chrisman, Ajax Engineering. “We’ve offered the 303-287-7441 602-462-1636
IGTB as a retrofit product in limited availability from our
Oklahoma City [Oklahoma, U.S.A.] facility for a while. Now Farmington, NM Salt Lake City, UT
that it has become a well-proven retrofit product, we are 505-325-5071 801-288-8848
making it more widely available for the aftermarket.” Gillette, WY Vernal, UT
The IGTB’s major marketplace activity is wellhead com-
pression. When a compressor site does not have electrical
307-685-6413 435-789-3383
power available, Ajax can provide power for the system
through a 24 Vdc, 3.7 amp alternator that bolts to the
control box in place of the old governor. Also, a pre- Stewart & Stevenson
wired terminal box with wiring harness makes connection
of the magnetic pickup, pressure transducer, alternator
and IGTB a snap. One IGTB system fits most Ajax 13.25
and 15 in. (336.6 and 381 mm) power cylinder units. The
same IGTB is used for all two-, three- and four-cylinder
engines. In order to convert a one-cylinder unit, all the
same components are used but with a smaller bore IGTB Building For The Next Century
for more accurate fuel control at the lower flow. ■
SEE DIRECTLINK AT WWW.COMPRESSORTECH2.COM © 2007 Stewart & Stevenson. Products and services vary by location.
JULY 2007 51 SEE DIRECTLINK AT WWW.COMPRESSORTECH2.COM

Industry News
COMPRESSORTechTwo
continued from page 48
Construction work on the new plant
has now officially started. Production is
ALTRA HOLDINGS INC. COMPLETES expected to commence in mid-2008. Dr.

Martin Z. Wilderer has been appointed
managing director of the new company,
ACQUISITION OF TB WOOD’S CORP.

which will trade as MAN Turbo
(Changzhou) Co. Ltd.
TB Wood’s will Expand Altra’s Global Footprint Lovejoy Inc.

Coupling manufacturer Lovejoy Inc. has
by Adding Facilities and Resources updated its website to provide customers
in Mexico, Italy and India with cutting-edge Internet tools. The com-
pany said that it had been working on the
website improvements over the past year in
an effort to make the site easier to navigate
and include more information. The com-
pany said that visitors will find expanded
installation instructions, more product infor-
Altra Holdings Inc. has completed Wood’s has been an independent mation and more technical articles.
its acquisition of TB Wood’s Corp. company for 150 years. Joining forces
pursuant to a short-form merger in with Altra marks a new future and Produced Water
which Forest Acquisition Corp., a sub- new opportunities for TB Wood’s and Management System
sidiary of Altra, was merged with and its talented and loyal employees. Produced water is a significant envi-
into TB Wood’s, resulting in TB TB Wood’s complementary product ronmental issue because an estimated
Wood’s becoming a wholly owned lines will expand Altra’s breadth of 15 to 20 billion bbl of produced water
subsidiary of Altra. products and provide access to new are generated each year in association
In connection with the acquisition markets. TB Wood’s offering of elas- with natural gas and oil production in
of TB Wood’s, Altra also announced tomeric couplings fills a critical gap the United States alone from nearly a
that its wholly owned subsidiary Altra for Altra and will expand engineered million wells. Worldwide produced wa-
Industrial Motion Inc. had completed coupling revenues by over 50%, the ter generation is estimated at over 50
a follow-on offering of an aggregate company said. billion bbl. A new website from the
of US$105 million of its existing 9% According to the company, the DOE’s National Energy Technology
senior secured notes due 2011 and strength and brand recognition of the Laboratory provides an online resource
entered into an amendment to its ex- TB Wood’s name will be a solid addi- for technical and regulatory information
isting credit facility. Proceeds from the tion to Altra’s stable of brands. Altra for managing produced water, including
follow-on notes offering and borrow- revenues generated through distribu- current practices, state and federal regu-
ings under the amended credit facility, tion will increase by approximately lations, and guidelines for optimal man-
as well as cash on hand, were used to 37% and will enable the combined agement practices. The site’s URL is
fund the acquisition. company to serve this channel more http://web.evs.anl.gov/pwmis/index.cfm
TB Wood’s is an established de- efficiently, offering a broader portfolio Produced water requires special man-
signer, manufacturer and marketer of of products and services. agement efforts because the constituents
electronic and mechanical industrial In addition to five U.S. manufactur- in produced water can pose a high risk
power transmission products, which ing locations, TB Wood’s will expand of environmental damage. Those con-
are sold to North American and inter- Altra’s global footprint by adding facil- stituents include salt content (salinity,
national manufacturers and users of ities and resources in Mexico, Italy total dissolved solids, electrical conductiv-
industrial equipment. Headquartered and India. ity), oil and grease, various natural inor-
in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Altra Industrial Motion, a subsidiary ganic and organic compounds or chemi-
U.S.A., the company operates produc- of Altra Holdings Inc., is a leading cal additives used in drilling and
tion and sales facilities in the United multinational designer, producer and operating the well, and naturally occur-
States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, marketer of a wide range of electro- ring radioactive material (NORM).
Italy and India. mechanical power transmission prod- Site visitors can use its resources to
“TB Wood’s is a great fit with the ucts. The company brings together learn basic facts about produced water
existing Altra platforms and meets our strong brands covering over 35 prod- and to access information about prac-
disciplined acquisition philosophy per- uct lines with production facilities in tices that are currently employed by the
fectly,” said Michael L. Hurt, chairman six countries and sales coverage in industry to manage produced water. The
and CEO of Altra. “The acquisition of over 70 countries. Brands include site also offers convenient, one-stop ac-
TB Wood’s broadens our growing cou- Boston Gear, Warner Electric, cess to the state and federal regulations
pling product line and adds engi- Formsprag Clutch, Ameridrives that form the regulatory context for pro-
neered belted drive systems as well as Couplings, Industrial Clutch, Kilian duced water management practices.
adjustable speed electronic drives and Manufacturing, Marland Clutch, Finally, visitors can use an interactive
systems to our product portfolio.” Nuttall Gear, Stieber Clutch, Wichita online tool to determine optimal man-
G. John Krediet, chairman of TB Clutch, Twiflex Limited, Bibby agement practices for their particular ge-
Wood’s, said, “The TB Wood’s Board Transmissions, Matrix International, ographic or environmental setting and
of Directors is pleased to announce Inertia Dynamics, Huco Dynatork and circumstances.
the sale of TB Wood’s to Altra. TB Warner Linear. ■ continued on page 65

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Recent Orders
turn to the COMPRESSORTechTwo Home Page at WWW.COMPRESSORTECH2.COM
continued from page 47 To date, MAN Turbo has supplied expanding British gas storage market.
40 units of this special compressor Several new plants are planned there in
GE Oil & Gas to Supply T urbo- type for gas storage purposes. the next few years because the U.K.
compressors to ADGAS for Das MAN Turbo’s compressor systems can no longer cover its gas needs from
Island LNG Complex meet all the demanding requirements, its own North Sea gas production.
GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a the company said, and so the company Suitable reserves must therefore be cre-
contract to supply two gas turbine-dri- can continue to play a major role in the ated on a far larger scale than before. ■
ven turbocompressor trains to the Abu
Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co. (ADGAS).
The equipment will be used for feed
gas service to compress natural gas
from the ADGAS Das Island LNG com-
plex through a 124 mi. (200 km) subsea
pipeline to Ruwais and a 62 mi. (100
Got a Compression
km) onshore pipeline to the onshore
Habshan plant managed by GASCO,
where the gas will be processed.
Das Island is part of the emirate of
headache?
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, but
lies well offshore, about 100 mi. (160
km) northwest of the mainland. It ex-
ports crude oil, LPG and liquified nat-
ural gas by ship around the world as
far as Japan and Europe.
ADGAS, which is part of the Abu
Dhabi National Oil Company (AD-
NOC), is one of the largest processors
of LNG in the Middle East. The Das
Island site already includes a power
plant based on five GE Frame 5 gas
turbines, LPG as well as LNG plants,
and facilities for approximately 2000
workers located on the island.
The new turbocompressor trains will Making the wrong selection can Authorised packagers for GE Oil
be driven by GE Frame 5D gas tur- be painful - so check with & Gas, rotary vane &
bines, with each compression train in- Flotech for the right advice and reciprocating compressors.
cluding a low-pressure and a high- equipment selection for your Applications include fuel gas
pressure casing. Each train also will be application. boost, re-injection, gas lift,
equipped with a waste heat recovery petrochemical / process, FPSO
unit for steam production. Avoid headaches - we have the & offshore, vapour recovery
The equipment will be manufactured specialised expertise to design, and high pressure systems.
at GE Oil & Gas facilities in Florence, build and guarantee your
Italy, and shipped to Das Island in compression solution to the Flotech – also renowned for
August of 2008, following string testing. highest standards. Plant Kallt®
Heat Exchange and
Installation, commissioning and start-up failures can cost you dearly, so Greenlane Biogas upgrading
®
of the new trains are expected to take why take the risk. systems.
an additional 12 months, with commer-
cial operation targeted for the fourth
quarter of 2009.
E.ON UK Or ders Thr ee T urbo-

compressors from MAN Turbo
E.ON UK, the British subsidiary of
the German E.ON Group, has placed
an order with MAN Turbo for the sup-
ply of three turbocompressors for gas
BDA 23856 A Rev2
storage for its newly established com-

pany Holford Gas Storage Ltd.,
flotech.com
London. The order for the hermeti- Sweden - Australia - New Zealand - Singapore
cally sealed “HOFIM Sealed” compres-
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■ This Burckhardt Compression Hyper compressor is for installation in a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant that is part of the integrated ethyl-
ene and polyethylene (PE) complex at Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. It is expected to compress some 160 tons of ethylene/hour to a discharge pressure
up to 38,400 psi (2650 bar).
GIANT HYPER COMPRESSOR DELIVERED FOR

SAUDI ARABIAN POLYETHYLENE COMPLEX
Termed by Burckhardt Compression as the Most Powerful Single-Frame
Compressor, its 350 ton (344 tonnes) Weight and 38,400 psi (2650 bar)
Discharge Pressure Lends Support to This Claim
By Joe Kane
Compressor design, application and Burckhardt Compression, is driven by contractor for this project is Tecnimont.
production are fascinating subjects at a directly coupled 200 rpm, 60 Hz, The compressor is to be installed in Al
any level, but when the design reaches 36,900 hp (27,500 kW), 11,000 V, spe- Jubail by mid-July of this year.
the “Hyper” level, imaginations tend to cially designed synchronous electric The new petrochemical complex in-
run wild and design innovation is at its motor. The compressor is expected to cludes a gas cracker and two 400,000
most creative. A recent news item from compress some 160 tons of ethyl- tons/year PE plants. One of these
Burckhardt Compression AG, Winter- ene/hour to a discharge pressure up plants will produce LDPE, based on
thur, Switzerland, trumpeted the to 38,400 psi (2650 bar). Hyper com- Basell’s Lupotech T technology. The
“World’s most powerful single-frame pressors are high-pressure reciprocat- joint venture project was set up by
compressor delivered.” When a num- ing compressors for low-density poly- Basell Polyolefins GmbH and Tasnee &
ber of dimensional and performance ethylene plants up to 50,000 psi (3500 Sahara Olefins Company. The project
statistics are revealed, the claim as bar). These compressors are charac- is scheduled to be completed in 2008.
World’s Most Powerful is certainly be- terized by long life and high safety re- A number of features contribute to
lievable. For example, its 350 ton total quirements because of their many de- long life, ease of maintenance and the
weight includes a 180 ton motion sign features. meeting of safety requirements for
work. This, in turn, includes a crank- The order was received in October Burckhardt Compression’s Hyper com-
case of approximately 86 tons and a 25 of 2005 from National Petrochemical pressor. For example, to reach and
ton crankshaft. The compressor is de- Industrialization NPIC (Tasnee) for the sustain ultra-high pressures, special de-
signed as a two-stage unit with six low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant sign considerations and material com-
cylinders in each of the two stages that is part of the integrated ethylene position must be met. The plungers
making a 12-cylinder machine. and polyethylene (PE) complex at Al (the pistons in the Hyper compressors)
The unit, recently delivered by Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The responsible continued on page 56

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Offshore Challenge
LIQUIFIED GAS
Algeria Methane
Brunei Nigeria
Centrifugal Offshore
Compressor Pipeline
Condense Pressure
Consumption Prismatic
CovePoint Reciprocating
Cryogenic Refrigeration
Deregulation Regasification
Eemshaven Storage
Elba Subterranean
Everett Tanker
Faraday Temperature
Flowmeter Terminal
Freeze Train
Gaseous Trinidad
Infrastructure Vaporization
Liquefaction Vessel
Liquid Wobbe
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of cast steel along with steel plates to

complete the construction. Large steel
covers on top of the crankcase allow
easy access to all internal components
and contribute to easy inspection and
dismantling for maintenance. A
unique cartridge system enables rapid
change-out of cylinders.
As a safety feature, the compressor is
equipped with an additional distance
piece so that ethylene gas will not en-
ter the crankcase. Burckhardt Com-
pression compressors are equipped
with an auxiliary crosshead between
the main crosshead and the plunger.
This arrangement eliminates all unde-
sired movements and lateral stress to
the plunger. All cylinder materials and
moving parts are made out of special
alloy steel, contributing to long life.
According to a company spokesman,
Burckhardt Compression is the only
manufacturer that offers a complete
range of “Laby” (labyrinth piston), proc-
ess gas and Hyper compressors. These
compressors are used in a wide range
of applications in the chemical and
■ The massive crankshaft for the Hyper compressor is shown resting on its bearings in the petrochemical industry, in refineries, air
lower half of the crankcase. separation systems and for gas trans-
port and storage. They also are used to
consist of solid tungsten carbide bars. ity and stiffness to this moving part. compress, cool or liquefy gas, for ex-
The cylinders are special and are as- The compressor is equipped with ample hydrocarbon or industrial gases.
sembled of several high-pressure cups large diameter bearings, providing ex- Burckhardt Compression says its
made out of special alloy steel and con- ceptionally low specific loads. The global service network gives compres-
taining bronze sealing elements. The massive design of the Hyper compressor operators, especially in remote lo-
central valves (cylinder valves) also are sor enables Burckhardt Compression cations, peace of mind. It enables
made out of special alloy steel. Each to manufacture machines using fewer Burckhardt Compression to offer com-
cylinder is equipped with one central cylinders than other basic designs. prehensive customer support services,
valve body in which both suction and This feature enables Burckhardt such as delivery of top-quality com-
discharge valves are combined. Compression to design its machines ponents, servicing of compressor
Long life and ease of maintenance with fewer moving wear parts, result- valves, complete system overhauls,
are enhanced by the 200 rpm driver ing in low operating costs. engineering services and establishing
motor speed, which accounts for low Contributing to ease of mainte- and fulfillment of comprehensive
friction and consequently low wear. nance is the construction of the maintenance contracts. ■
Also, the massive crankshaft construc- crankcase. It is produced from a com- SEE DIRECTLINK AT
tion without webs lends greater rigid- pound welded design with main walls WWW.COMPRESSORTECH2.COM
■ Computer-generated in-
stallation of the Al Jubail
Hyper compressor from
Burckhardt Compression.
View shows the operating
components plus the founda-
tion and auxiliary skid.

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Products COMPRESSORTechTwo
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tions, GE Energy introduced OpFlex Wide Wobbe, which pro- life; easy disassembly — removable sections allow for easy access
vides customers the ability to operate continuously across a to major components for repairs; greater flexibility — bellows-
range of natural gas-derived fuels of varying compositions while type connections ensure positive seal maintenance. Complete as-
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company said. are now available for six-, eight-, 10- and 12-cylinder models.
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With rising demand for natural gas and growth in LNG im- sors, which offer high reliability and accuracy at saltwater depths
ports, the frequency and magnitude of variations in fuel compo- of up to 9824 ft. (3000 m). The new sensors enable accurate proc-
sition and heating value are expected to increase. OpFlex Wide ess measurements to be made directly on subsea wellheads and
Wobbe was designed specifically with this in mind and allows production manifolds, and have been developed specifically to
customers to operate their units within ±5% variation from a provide continuous use in excess of 25 years, the company said.
baseline Wobbe Index. Designed to meet the increasingly stringent requirements for
OpFlex Wide Wobbe utilizes GE proprietary and patented subsea operation and featuring piezoresistive or quartz measuring
model-based boundary control technology, which allows the technologies, the PTX 400 sensors can measure pressure to an ac-
control system to self-adjust based on a complex analysis of op- curacy of 0.1% FSD and temperature to 0.2% FSD, using 4 to 20
erating conditions. Model-based boundary control enables the mA analogue outputs and Modbus and CANbus connectivity. They
optimum performance permitted across all turbine operating lim- are suitable for pressures up to 1500 psi (1035 bar) and tempera-
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The new OpFlex Wide Wobbe is for GE 7FA+e (PG7241) gas vided with dual-redundancy outputs for even greater reliability.
turbines with DLN2.6 combustors. While the first release is for 60 The new sensors are of all welded construction and are manu-
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periodic walk-around cylinder balancing. Intrinsically safe ver-
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sponse may be adjusted for use during engine load changes on
low- or high-speed engines. These sensors have measurement
ranges up to 3,600 psi (250 bar) and a maximum pressure of up
to 4000 psi (300 bar). They are well suited for use in high tem-
peratures up to 570°F (300°C), and are packaged in stainless-
steel housings with rugged cables and connectors. Series 175 fea-
tures a robust M14 thread, and may be mounted to existing
engine pressure indicator valves.
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Cameron’s Compression Systems’ engineering team has devel-
oped an improved water inlet header for all Cooper-Bessemer
GMV units. According to the company, the new design improved
over the “Dresser-style” design and ensures a water-tight fit dur-
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ACI Services, Inc. .......................................................................32 Flotech Compression............................................................23, 53
AXH air-coolers.............................................................................2 France Compressor Products .....................................................45
*Altronic, Inc...................................................................................1 GPSA..........................................................................................46
ARIEL .........................................................................................11 Gill Instruments...........................................................................49
CECO, *HOERBIGER Kompressortechnik Holding GmbH .....................25
Compressor Engineering Corp. ...............................................8 John Hopkins, Unlimited Inc. ......................................................26
*C. Lee Cook, A Dover Company ................................................21 Kiene Diesel Accessories, Inc. ...................................................20
*CPI, Compressor Products International....................................17 Klaus Enterprises Ltd. ................................................................42
*CPI-TRIBO .................................................................................17 Kobelco EDTI Compressors, Inc.................................................15
Cameron’s Compression Systems ........................................34-35 Kobe Steel, Ltd. ..........................................................................15
*Caterpillar ...................................................................................31 LCEC, Louisiana Chemical Equip. Co., LP .................................24
Clean Air Power, Inc. ..................................................................33 Mobil Industrial Lubricants..........................................................29
Compressor Renewal Services, LTD ..........................................28 MOTORTECH GmbH....................................................................2
Converteam ................................................................................39 *Murphy, FW ........................................................41, Fourth Cover
Cook Valve ...................................................................Third Cover Neuman & Esser Group..............................................................43
Dow Chemical Company ............................................................13 SGA, Southern Gas Association ................................................65
*Dresser-Rand Company.......................................................36, 37 Southwest Compressor Services ...............................................27
DYNALCO ..................................................................................19 Stewart & Stevenson ..................................................................51
*Elliott Company........................................................Second Cover Summit Industrial Products...........................................................7
Enginuity .....................................................................................47 *Tech Transfer, Inc..........................................................................5
Exline, Inc. ..................................................................................33 *Tranter, Inc....................................................................................9
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■ Three packages
with Superior MH62
reciprocating com-
pressors driven by US
Motor electric motors
are shown being com-
pleted in UE Com-
pression’s Commerce
City (Denver), Colora-
do, U.S.A., facility.
DENVER-AREA PACKAGERS MERGE OPERATIONS

Gas Packagers, Colorado Compression and Iron Horse Compression
Acquired by UE Compression LLC
By Norm Shade
Recently, UE Compression LLC sig- boosting or under 500 hp (373 kW) GPI people that wanted to stay with
nificantly broadened its market cover- gas engine-driven reciprocating and the company.”
age and extended its capability with rotary screw compressor packages for Offices for the combined company
the acquisition of Gas Packagers Inc. wellhead compression services. have been consolidated into GPI’s for-
and two related companies. “Finalized UE Compression (UEC) also ac- mer 10,000 sq.ft. (929 m2) office com-
in December 2006, this is a good mar- quired two other companies, plex. New network, computer and
riage of two companies that serve dif- Colorado Compressor Inc. (CCI) and phone systems have been installed,
ferent markets,” said John W. Vevurka, Iron Horse Compressor (IHC) that and they tie into United Holdings’ cor-
general manager. were affiliated with GPI. Both affili- porate offices for accounting and
UE Compression was formed in ates are Gardner Denver industrial air other administrative support functions.
2002 by United Holdings, bringing to- compressor and blower distributors. With the acquisition, UEC now has
gether a staff with more than 170 years CCI, based in Commerce City, has re- compressor packaging facilities in both
of gas compression package design ex- sponsibility for Colorado; and IHC, Commerce City (Denver), Colorado
perience from the former Pamco based in Casper, Wyoming, U.S.A., and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Compression division of Stewart & covers Wyoming, Montana and the Built in 2005, the 10,000 sq.ft. (929 m2)
Stevenson (see COMPRESSORTechTwo, April western half of North Dakota, South high-bay Oklahoma City packaging fa-
2004). Since its formation, the Dakota and Nebraska. cility, with 35 ton (32 tonne) lift capac-
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., company “For UE Compression, this merger ity, can handle large packaged units.
has primarily specialized in large 500 added parts and service businesses This facility is part of the 42,000 sq.ft.
to 4500 hp (373 to 3356 kW) gas en- that we like, and it also expanded (3902 m 2 ) ISO 9001 certified UE
gine-driven packages for upstream and diversified our business into the Manufacturing Center.
natural gas markets. air compressor market. This is a dif- UEC’s Commerce City plant has
Gas Packagers Inc. (GPI) began op- ferent market for UEC and is a fairly 34,000 sq.ft. (3159 m2) of packaging
erations in 1992 (see COMPRESSORTechTwo, steady based business,” said Vevurka. and parts staging space with signifi-
June 2004). Based in the Denver sub- “This move provides the GPI, CCI cant overhead clearance, overhead
urb of Commerce City, Colorado, GPI and IHC businesses with more sup- cranes and custom doors for easy
has specialized in the packaging and port such as central accounting ser- product movement. UEC is currently
fabrication of both custom-engineered vices, better access to capital, and looking at ways to further increase
and standard gas compressor systems. the critical mass for handling larger the crane capacity of that facility.
Most of its packages have been either projects and business levels,” he ex- The facility’s large storage and stag-
motor-driven reciprocating compres- plained. “In combining operations, ing area is used for production parts
sors for turbine generator fuel gas we have retained all the UEC and only, allowing more focus on projects

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Siemens, Toshiba and US electric mo-

tors. Most packages utilize Fin-X,
ACE, SmithCo or Amercool coolers
and Allen-Bradley, Murphy or
Altronic control panels.
Some of the company’s recent
packages provide examples of their
diverse capability and experience.
Examples of large packages include
eight residue gas units with 3550 hp
(2648 kW), 1000 rpm Caterpillar
G3612 gas engines and Cameron’s
Compression Systems WG74 recipro-
cating compressors for an application
in Parachute, Colorado; two gas stor-
age units with 3550 hp (2648 kW),
1000 rpm Caterpillar G3612 gas en-
gines and Cameron’s Compression
Systems WH76 reciprocating com-
■ This is one of twelve packages with 676 hp (503 kW), 1800 rpm Jenbacher J312 gas engines pressors for a transmission company
driving GE Gemini A354 reciprocating compressor being fabricated by UE Compression for a in Kansas, U.S.A.; and four 900 rpm
rental fleet customer. packages with remanufactured
Superior 12GTLB and new Cameron’s
without mixing with parts required UEC is an authorized distributor or Compression Systems WH74 com-
for aftermarket sales. The plant in- packager for most major manufactur- pressors for a project in Romania.
cludes ASME code and ANSI B31.3 ers of compressors, engines, electric Examples of medium-sized pack-
welding capability. Vessels, bottles, motors and related equipment. The ages include twelve units with 676 hp
skids and process piping are fabri- combined UEC and GPI experience (503 kW), 1800 rpm Jenbacher J312
cated and welded in state-of-the-art includes packages with Ariel, gas engines driving GE Gemini A354
welding cells that have smoke- and Cameron’s Compression Systems (for- reciprocating compressors packaged
dust-removal equipment. merly Cooper Superior), GE Gemini, for a rental fleet customer.
UEC is a supplier of specialized and Dresser-Rand, Knox Western, Joy, Examples of smaller size UEC pack-
often high-specification compression Belliss & Morcom, Corken or ages include multiple two-stage units
equipment that is designed and built Blackmer reciprocating compressors; with 91 hp (68 kW), 1200 rpm
for customers’ unique applications. Ariel, Gardner Denver, Howden, Cummins G8.3 gas engines and GE
“After 15 years in the business, GPI has LeROI, Mycom or Sullair rotary screw Gemini H301 reciprocating compres-
become recognized as a quiet leader in compressors; or GE AC RoFlo sliding sors for a gas-gathering application in
specialized gas compressor packaging vane compressors. Compressor driv- the Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.A.
and repackaging capability,” said Keith ers have included Caterpillar, area; three aeration packages with 400
Kern, operations manager. “Our organ- Waukesha, Jenbacher, Cummins and hp (298 kW), 1800 rpm Waukesha F18
ization has the ability to successfully Arrow gas engines as well as GE, continued on page 64
produce highly technical and special-
ized products in a modern, efficient
and low overhead environment.”
Packages are designed and built for
a wide range of applications using
the experience of the combined com-
panies. These applications include
field gas gathering and boosting, gas
production and processing, fuel gas
boosting, acid gas, refinery, process,
vapor recovery, refrigeration, custom
air, coalbed methane, digester gas
and landfill gas. In addition to de-
signing and building new packages,
UEC also repackages existing end
user-owned equipment.
Prior to the merger, both compa-
nies were already using 3-D Solid
Works for design, giving them a vast
combined data base of package de-
signs. Finite element analyses are
conducted on all new skid designs
by third-party consultants to provide
optimal stiffness without adding ex-
tra weight. Torsional and acoustic ■ UE Compression packaged four 900 rpm remanufactured Superior 12GTLB gas engines driv-
pulsation analyses are provided by ing new Superior WH74 compressors from Cameron’s Compression Systems. After shipping
either Beta Machinery Analysis or from UEC’s Commerce City, Colorado, plant, the packages will be finished out in Europe for
Peerless Dynamics. compliance with CE mark requirements and final delivery to a customer in Romania.

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■ This is one of eight

packages built in UE
Compression’s Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.,
plant with Caterpillar
G3612 gas engines and
Superior WG74 compres-
sors for residue gas
service in Parachute,
Colorado.
gas engines and Gardner Denver a-week support. Our inventory is

11CDL31 helical screw blowers for a backed by the factory inventory of
Wyoming water processing plant; and our manufacturer partners. And we
standard 25 hp (19 kW) electric motor- view the inventory on each of our
driven Gardner Denver instrument and service trucks as a distinct warehouse
plant air compressor packages. location that is constantly reviewed
“We have packaged compression and replenished,” explained Moss.
equipment for numerous oil and gas The company provides certified
producers and consulting engineering technicians that service air compres-
companies, meeting application re- sors, perform new unit start-ups, and
quirements throughout the U.S.A. and provide scheduled or preventive
even internationally,” said Dave Moss, maintenance for owners of Ariel,
account manager. “Our customer list Cameron/Superior, GE Gemini,
includes most of the major oil and gas Dresser-Rand, Knox Western, Sullair,
companies, and our expertise has al- LeROI, Gardner Denver, Howden
lowed us to work closely with large and other compressors. Repairs,
engineering firms as well,” he added. overhauls and rebuilds are also pro-
Service and parts are provided vided at UE Compression’s Com-
from both the Denver and Casper lo- merce City repair shop.
cations. The Denver facility includes “Our many years of collective ex-
a 15,000 sq.ft. (1394 m 2) overhaul perience and expertise in engineered
and service shop that includes a bay products have made us a leader in
and paint booth suitable for packag- packaged compression sales,” said
ing smaller standard compressor Moss. “This experience and expertise
units. Vevurka said that the company have served most of the gas com-
is exploring prospects for expanding pression markets, meeting our cus-
the markets served by the 4000 sq.ft. tomers’ specifications and exceeding
(372 m2) Casper location. their expectation. We enjoy lots of
“UE Compression maintains an ex- repeat business and our current
tensive inventory of genuine OEM backlog runs through the first quarter
parts, along with a trained, profes- of 2008,” he concluded. ■
sional parts sales and purchasing SEE DIRECTLINK AT
staff to provide 24-hour, seven-days- WWW.COMPRESSORTECH2.COM
■ A new UE Com-
pression package with
a Caterpillar G3516 gas
engine driving an Ariel
JGT/4 reciprocating
compressor is shown
being set at a Colorado
field gas-gathering site.
64 COMPRESSORTechTwo
continued from page 52 Elliott Turbomachinery Ltd. tor of Elliott EMA (Europe, Middle East &
The Produced Water Management In a ceremony on May 23, 2007, in Africa) and Gary Allsopp, Elliott’s senior
Information System was developed by Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, Elliott customer coordinator for Saudi Arabia.
Argonne National Laboratory, with fund- Turbomachinery Ltd. (ETL) received a Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
ing provided through DOE’s National prestigious “Certificate of Recognition” SABIC is one of the world’s leading
Energy Technology Laboratory. from the Supply Management Group of petrochemical companies and the largest
Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corp. non-oil industrial company in the Middle
NAES Turbine Services (SABIC) for outstanding performance as a East. SABIC’s supplier recognition initia-
NAES Turbine Services, a division of supplier in 2006. Faisal Al-Dabal, general tive reflects its ongoing commitment to
North American Energy Services Co. manager of SABIC’s Arabian Gas Services, continuous improvement in all aspects of
(NAES), a broad-based provider of services presented the award to Guido Vesti, direc- its operations.
to the power generation industry, an-
nounces the addition of a Western
Regional Office. NAES Turbine Services
Western Region, headquartered in
Southern California, U.S.A., will be man- Southern Gas Association
aged by Bruce Perry, with Lew Archer 3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1300
providing generation sales. Dallas, Texas 75234
Bruce Perry comes to NAES with 19
SGA OPERATING CONFERENCE
2007
years’ experience at Thomason
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■ JGR2 Electric booster, ready for shipment to an East Texas, U.S.A., processing plant.
TARGETING WELLHEAD DEPLETION

Herzfeld Fabricators Inc. Has Carved out a Niche in the Under
50 hp (37.3 kW) Packaged Compressor Market
By Brent Haight
Herzfeld Fabricators Inc. (HFI) was expanding the processing division it Herzfeld Fabricators is currently in-
formed in 1969 as a companion com- began in the 1980s and continuing to volved with projects in Dickens
pany to Atlas Power Inc., a leading package gas compressors for sale. County and in Wichita county, Texas.
gas compressor leasing company in “We decided to attack the natural “In Wichita County we’re involved in
the north Texas, U.S.A., region spe- gas industry from two points,” said some old production that’s been there
cializing in custom design and fabrica- Herzfeld. “One was to find more since 1938,” said Herzfeld. “There is
tion. An authorized packager of deals where we could install gas pro- some very, very rich gas there. They
Gardner Denver, Ariel, Le Roi and cessing equipment on a relatively drilled some new wells in the Kamay
Boss compressors, HFI spent the small volume, say up to 1 to 1.5 Field and gathered up about 150,000
1970s and 1980s fabricating all the MMcfd [28,316 to 42,475 m3/d]. In the to 200,000 mcfd [4246 to 5663 m3/d],
rental units for Atlas Power Inc. early 1980s, HFI began procuring and but it’s about 2000 btu, so there is a
“In the late 1990s, it became evi- refurbishing small refrigeration plants great deal of liquids in it. We buy that
dent that a large-scale expansion was for stripping gas liquids. What we are gas from the producer, strip it of its
required to keep pace with the de- looking for are people who have cas- liquids, and flare the residue. Plans
velopment of the Barnett Shale and ing head gas production, which is are in the works to install generation
other fields spurred on by the in- rich in liquids, and there is no mar- equipment for lease use.”
crease in gas prices,” said Charles ket for the gas. Any time there is a In situations where no residue mar-
Herzfeld, president of the Wichita market, usually the market wants the ket exists, HFI can install gas engine-
Falls, Texas-based HFI. Atlas con- liquids. In counties west of Wichita driven generators fueled by the
tracted with Oil and Gas Advisors Falls, Texas, toward Abilene and plant’s tailgate gas to provide electric-
Inc. of Dallas, Texas, to explore the Lubbock, there is a lot of oil produc- ity to use on their location. It can also
avenues of an expansion or sale. In tion going on and there are few lines install a PLC and related equipment
November 2000, Atlas was sold to JW available for selling gas. So what we to use in conjunction with the local
Operating Inc. do is go in and buy the gas from the utility to displace some or all of the
At the time of the sale, the officers producer for a price, strip the liquids electricity the customer is purchasing.
within Atlas Power decided to begin out of it, and operate the equipment. The second priority after the sale of
operating under the affiliate Herzfeld Then, perhaps, even burn the tailgate Atlas Power was to keep packaging
Fabricators Inc. with an emphasis on to produce electricity.” compressors. “That’s what we’ve been

CT683.qxp 6/26/07 11:27 AM Page 2
■ A 400 hp (298
kW) SSU Gardner
Denver installation
on a steam flood
project in Southern
California, U.S.A.
■ A 40 hp (29 kW) engine-driven portable rotary screw package.
doing for 40 years,” said Herzfeld. natural gas engines from Buck’s Gardner Denver and Leroi machines,”
“We are an authorized Ariel packager, Engines in Lubbock, Texas. We can said Herzfeld.
but we didn’t particularly want to go build packages with electric motors While not engaged in the rental
after the big recip business and try to too, from 10 to 500 hp [7.4 to 372 kW].” business, small wellhead units are
compete with the other packagers out Herzfeld Fabricators buys the com- available on short-term conditions for
there. The market we are going after pressor kit and the engine kit and the purpose of testing a well to deter-
is the rotary screw market, 250 lb. dis- packages the unit in-house. Skid mine the size of a permanent unit.
charge pressures up to 2 million cfd. mounting is also done on-site. “We Custom packages are available up to
Most of our packages fall in the 50 to use stainless-steel flex hoses instead 1000 hp (745 kW).
100 hp (37 to 74 kW) range.” of steel piping,” said Herzfeld. “We “We get a lot of people who are un-
Herzfeld Fabricators Inc. is packag- use a 12 Vdc FW Murphy ST-8 panel. sure of whether or not our machine
ing engine and electric drive rotary It will give you all the indications of can help them,” said Herzfeld. “We
screw compressors made by Gardner why the unit has faulted”. get calls all the time from people say-
Denver, LeRoi and T-Mar. Packages “We’ve done everything we can to ing, ‘I’ve got a well bucking 80
are available in several sizes and con- reduce costs while still giving the pounds and I think if I pull it down to
figurations. According to Herzfeld, the producer a quality product that works zero and compress it, it’ll help the
focus has been on minimizing fabrica- just like a [US]$100,000 package, but production, but I’m not sure.’ They
tion costs in order to produce a com- for much less,” said Herzfeld, who is don’t want to buy the machine not
petitive product. quick to point out one difference be- being sure. So what we do is rent the
“In the wellhead depletion niche, tween HFI’s package and the more machine to them for 30 days. We
it’s easy to pay for a lot more than expensive offerings. “This is an auto- hook it up and if it doesn’t work in a
you need. You can put an engine-dri- motive-type engine. It’s great quality month, they only owe the rental cost
ven recip package in small wellhead for the price. It’s probably the best for the unit and we’ll come back and
compression, but you’ll be paying a dollar per horsepower on the market. get it. If it does work, then they pay
lot more for it,” said Herzfeld. “Our Lots of them are in successful service the purchase price.”
unit will handle the same job for a with a lot of companies. It may re- According to Herzfeld, HFI can send
lot less.” quire a little more frequent oil equipment “wherever the gas is.” The
Herzfeld Fabricators offers standard changes and other adjustments. If you company is currently working on de-
packages that incorporate General want a wet sleeve, heavier engine, veloping a service network to handle
Motors engines and Boss screw com- we offer the Arrow and Cummins line service and maintenance on the units
pressors. “We sat down and designed of engines. For packages above 85 hp wherever HFI packages end up. “I can’t
about three portable units to handle [63 kW], HFI is a Gardner Denver and service a unit in Pennsylvania from
the majority of the calls we were get- LeRoi distributor. We are currently Texas,” said Herzfeld, “so we are cur-
ting,” Herzfeld said. “We offer a 40 hp building a 400 hp [298 kW] electric rently networking with other compres-
[29 kW] unit, a 60 hp [44 kW] unit, and unit for a customer in California; and sor folks to build a service network. We
an 80 hp [59 kW] unit to get up into a duplex propane refrigeration unit are confident our service network will
that 500,000 to 600,000 Mcf [14,158 to with Caterpillar G3306NA/Gardner grow in pace with our unit sales.” ■
16,990 m3] range. We are using four- Denver screws. We go up to 600 hp SEE DIRECTLINK AT
cylinder, V6, and V8 General Motors [447 kW] in a rotary screw using WWW.COMPRESSORTECH2.COM
■ A Caterpillar G3306/Gardner Denver du-

plex refrigeration package being readied for
a northern Oklahoma, U.S.A., project.
■ An 80 hp (59 kW) Boss rotary screw unit

fabricated for a client’s rental fleet.

CT706.qxp 6/27/07 3:20 PM Page 1
About the Business
KK&K … SIEMENS TURBOMACHINERY EQUIPMENT …

GAS PROCESSOR ASSOCIATION … VOITH TURBO … BHS
GETRIEBE … SPECTRASENSORS INC. … INTEGRATED
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
turn to the COMPRESSORTechTwo home page at www.compressortech2.com
■ Kuehnle, Kopp & Kausch Voith AG, headquartered in Heiden- gas applications. In mid-May 2007,
(KK&K) Aktiengesellschaft became heim, Germany, plans to take over the the company announced that it had
Siemens Turbomachinery Equip- gear manufacturer BHS Getriebe acquired Integrated Information
ment GmbH effective June 12, 2007. GmbH based in Sonthofen, Germany, Technologies (IIT), a provider of
Siemens acquired KK&K, which man- from the hitherto majority shareholder Supervisory Control and Data Acqui-
ufactured steam turbines, compressors Halder. Halder is an investment com- sition (SCADA) and other software
and fans, in late November 2006. pany with strong credentials in the field products for the natural gas and gas
Siemens Turbomachinery Equipment of management buyouts of medium- processing markets.
has facilities in Frankenthal and sized businesses in Germany. The pro- “This acquisition of IIT will greatly
Leipzig, Germany. posed acquisition is subject to the ap- enhance SpectraSensors’ ability to
“With the international brand name, proval of the antitrust authorities, and provide complete solutions for gas
Siemens, the company’s growth will when approved, will be retroactive quality measurement while adding
be further accelerated,” said Frank from January 1, 2007. Financial details capability to provide software solu-
Stieler, head of the Oil & Gas and were not disclosed. tions for data acquisition, monitoring
Industrial Applications Division within BHS Getriebe GmbH manufactures and control in critical process moni-
the Siemens Power Generation turbo transmissions. In addition to toring applications,” said George
Group. “Since KK&K was acquired by high-performance gears, the com- Balogh, SSI CEO.
Siemens, there has been a further in- pany’s product portfolio also includes IIT has been providing SCADA
crease in the demand for the turbines couplings and rotary turning gear pri- turnkey solutions to oil, gas and util-
and compressors produced there.” marily used for energy generation, the ity industries for over 15 years, ac-
With the acquisition of KK&K, extraction and transport of oil and cording to SSI, and will continue to
Siemens has expanded its steam tur- gas, as well as in the chemical and support its customers with a larger
bine and compressor portfolio in the petrochemical industry. support network through the SSI
lower capacity range. Siemens According to Voith, the acquisition Sales, Applications Support and
Turbomachinery Equipment develops, will allow Voith Turbo and BHS Training Center in Houston, Texas,
manufactures and markets steam tur- Getriebe to pool their know-how in U.S.A. Richard Cline, former CEO of
bines with ratings up to 5 MW and the field of planetary gears and turbo IIT, will join SSI’s Houston-based
compressors for industrial applica- transmissions. High growth potential team as director of software applica-
tions. The former KK&K subsidiary can also be realized in the jointly tions support for both pipeline and
TLT Turbo GmbH, a manufacturer of worked markets. Additional growth refinery applications.
fans with facilities in Zweibruecken, opportunities will arise from the inter- SpectraSensors Inc. headquartered
Bad Hersfeld and Oberhausen, national sales and service structures of in Rancho Cucamonga, California,
Germany, will continue to operate un- Voith Turbo and BHS Getriebe. U.S.A., was incorporated in 1999 as a
der the name TLT Turbo. Voith intends to operate BHS technology spin-off of the NASA/
■ The Gas Processor Association Getriebe GmbH within the Group Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The
(GPA) has extended its call for papers Division Voith Turbo as a product company is a leading manufacturer of
for presentation at the 87 th GPA group of the market division optically based gas analyzers for the
Annual Convention. The convention “Industry.” The company will trade as analytical process and natural gas
will be held at Grapevine, Texas, an independent unit under the name markets. Typical applications include
U.S.A., March 2-5, 2008. The deadline of Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe. It will be noncontact measurement of moisture,
for submission of a title and 200- to managed jointly by the current carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and
250-word abstract has been extended Managing Directors of BHS Getriebe, other contaminants in natural gas
to July 15, 2007. For details on topics Dieter Groher and Lothar Hennauer. pipelines, refinery and petrochemical
and additional instructions, please Headquarters will remain in Sonthofen. processes, and airborne water vapor
visit www.gasprocessors.com/Pdf ■ SpectraSensors Inc. (SSI) is and other atmospheric measurements
Files/CallForPapers08.pdf known as a supplier of moisture, from commercial aircraft for the U.S.
■ Voith Turbo, a Group Division of CO 2 and H 2 S analyzers for natural and International Weather Services. ■

CookValve.qxp 5/17/07 1:02 PM Page 1
It’s a dirty job, Flare gas, recycle hydrogen, vapor

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Murphy.qxp 3/16/07 12:22 PM Page 1
"WHEN WE NEEDED AN UPGRADE,

WE STAYED WITH MURPHY."
“ Our Murphy engine controls were still running after 20 years, but we needed new ignitions and new
technologies. Our old ignition systems kept backfiring the engine and damaging the turbocharger.
We wanted automated startups, diagnostics and remote communications for the future. Someday we want
to be able to check our compressors from our house.
We upgraded our old Tattletale® panels to Murphy compressor panels with TTD™ annunciators and
TDXM temperature scanners. We also replaced our old magneto-based ignition with Murphy Power Ignition®
controls with secondary diagnostics. We got the automation we wanted, and now we're getting longer plug life.
Murphy supported us through the installations, and even included training on the new equipment.
”
That's why 95% of our engine controls are Murphy.
MIke Gryder,
mechanic at Ranger Gas
BEEN THERE.
SOLVED THAT.
TM
FW Murphy
Corporate Offices, Tulsa, Oklahoma - +1 918 317 4100
Control Systems & Services Division, Rosenberg, TX +1 281 633 4500
www.fwmurphy.com e-mail sales@fwmurphy.com

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