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- Authors : Pavan Kumar Veldandi, Prof. V. Ramesh Kumar, Prof. Chintha Sailu
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- Volume & Issue : Volume 04, Issue 11 (November 2015)
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Modeling and Simulation Studies of a Variable Speed Compressor
Pavan Kumar Veldandi
Department of Chemical Engineering Osmania University College of Technology Hyderabad, India
Prof. V. Ramseh Kumar Prof. Chintha Sailu
Department of Chemical Engineering Osmania University College of Technology Hyderabad, Indiad
Abstract With the increasing need for optimizing the power consumption and to regulate emissions from any process plant, large number of manufacturers looking towards to operating compressors using variable speed drives. The performance of a gas compressor cab be described by the relationship of Actual Flow (Q), Isentropic Head (H), Isentropic Efficiency (), with the operating speed as a parameter (Reference 1). In this paper a computer model has been developed to simulate the variation of power, pressure with inlet flowrate of the compressor and rotation speed of the compressor. It is found that the head, power, pressure ratios can be related to inlet volumetric rate of the compressor using a quadratic expression. It is also found that this variable can be linearly fitted to the speed of the compressor. When multiple speed data curves are given a compressor performance can be predicted at an unknown speed
Keywords Variable speed compressor, Process Simulation and Modeling, Least square analysis.
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INTRODUCTION
Centrifugal compressors are the preferred mean of compressing the gas in a process system. Centrifugal compressors exhibit performance characteristics that depend on the operating point imposed on them by the process (Reference 3). It is thus, necessary for a process simulation model to determine the performance of the gas compressor depending on the head and flow requirement of the operating point, and subsequently, the performance of the compressor as a function of the speed and absorbed power .With the increasing need for optimizing the power consumption and to regulate emissions from any process plant, large number of manufacturers looking towards to operating compressors using variable speed drives (Reference 4). The performance of a gas compressor is described by the relationship of Actual Flow (Q), Isentropic Head (H), Isentropic Efficiency (), with the operating speed as a parameter. Typical manufacturer data includes a map containing this information, which looks as shown below (Refer to Fig. 1
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ADVANTAGES
The advantages of predicting the performance of a compressor at variable speeds are as follows
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Multiple number of compressor performance curves can be generated
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Extrapolation for speeds which fall beyond the data for which user has data
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Head vs Flow data generation , when compressor operates on a fluid with a different MWt than for which user has data
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Surge and stonewall prediction for various RPMs and MWts
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PROCEDURE FOR PERFORMANCE CURVE FITTING
When a user wants to simulate and find the compressor performance curve, itll be necessary for user to fit performance of the compressor to an equation.If the compressor performance data is Head vs flow then this data can be fitted to an equation say a polynomial of the order 2, which looks as follows.
H=a*Q^2+b*Q+c —- (1)
From the performance data H and Q are available. A computer program can be written to find the parameters a through e . A Sum of squares of errors method can be employed to find these parameters.
(H-(a*Q^2+b*Q+c) )^2=0—- (2)
Once these parameters are available, using the same equation
(1) the performance of the compressor can be estimated any unknown flow rates. And when the values estimates from the generated parameters and plotted against the data available it should exactly overlap. Same method can be employed to predicted other performances of the compressor like Outlet pressure, Outlet Temperature and work vs Flowrate
Generally compressor vendors provide the compressors performance data at 5 to 6 operating speeds, ranging from 80% to 105% of the normal operating speed (100%). So users will have data only at these operating speeds, but when user wants to predict the performance of a compressor at a speed for which data is not available following procedure need to be employed
If RPM is the Speed of the Compressor and H is the Head developed at any given flow rate. As shown in the above diagram if user has the data at 11347 and 14184 RPMs and needs to predict the performance data at a speed of 12766 RPM following linear fitting can be used to generate Head data at various flow rates and once the data is available same can be fitted to equation (1) to predict the Head at an unknown flow rates.
When the RPMx is in between RPM1 and RPM2, the Hx data generated using (3) data when plotted against the data user already has it should exactly fall in between as shown in Fig (2) .Above mentioned two techniques are very important in curve fitting in any commercial simulation.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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To model multiple performance curves
The first step in predicting the compressor performance is to be able to read the data for different speeds and be able to fit that data to equation (1). The data in table (1) is considered as input data and when the model is run following output is generated as shown in table (2) & table (3). From the figure 2 its clear that the input data and fitted curve data match properly without much deviation. Now same fitted curve can be used to predict head value at a given volumetric rate for input speeds. The purpose of this step is to make the view the compressor performance curves in graphical format only
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To compare the fitted data with output from program
Now that the input data is fitted to equations, next step is to run the compressor model at the speed which is equal to input data. In this step the compressor model is run at a speed of 11347. A case study is run varying the inlet molar rate of the entering fluid and output adiabatic head is calculated (refer to table 4). The resulting adiabatic head is plot against the inlet volumetric rate. From fig. 4 it is clear that the compressor is running properly at the user supplied speed.
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To get the performance at unknown speed
In step 3, the compressor input speed it changed from 11347 to 12000. Same case study as mentioned in step-2 is run and the compressor output data (table 5) of Adiabatic Head vs Volumetric Rate is plot. The compress output is shown in middle curve in fig 5. It falls exactly it between the two compressor performance curves without any overlapping.
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To get the performance for Output Pressure curves
The procedure explained in section-1 can be extended to performance data of Outlet Pressure of the compressor vs Inlet volumetric rate. The compressor is operated at a speed of 12000 RPM which is the speed at which no performance data is available. Case study is run by varying the inlet molar rate and Outlet pressure output is generated. The data in tables 6,7 & 8 plot as Outlet pressure against Volumetric rate as shown in fig.6, The middle curve gives the output from compressor case study.
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To introduce the efficiency curves
All the above steps from step-1 to step -4 are at a constant efficiency of 100%. But generally the compressor efficiency curves are provided by vendors at different RPMs. The same method as mentioned in section-1 which is used to predict the performance as Head vs Volumetric rate can be used to predict the efficiency values at different volumetric rates and Speeds. The efficiency cure fitting for tabular data is as shown below in tables 9,10 and 11. The same data is plot as shown in Fig 7.
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To get the performance for Pressure Ratio curves
Similar to step-4, in which outlet pressure vs volumetric rate curves are generated, user can give performance curves in Pressure ratio vs Volumetric rate format also. When these curves along with multiple speed Efficiency curves are applied following results are obtained as shown in tables 12,13 &14. The same data is plot in Fig 8.
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Surge Points prediction
The next step is the prediction of surge point. User needs to mention for each performance curve what is the surge point; only then percentage surge can be predicted. When the inlet flow goes too low the head developed by a compressor is very high and it may lead to reverse flow. When the inlet flow goes below surge point following warning is given to the user by calculating the inlet flowrate. The operating point is shown as in Fig 9.
** WARNING ** UNIT 1, 'C1' – Volumetric flow rate is at
83.158 percent of SURGE.
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Stonewall Points prediction
When the flowrate to the compressor is very high the inlet pressure and outlet pressure almost becomes the same. Following warning is given to the user to that effect. The operating point is shown as in Fig 10.
** WARNING ** UNIT 1, 'C1' – Volumetric flow rate is at
102.73 percent of STONE WALL.
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TABLES
TABLE 1 GENERAL COMPRESSOR INPUT DATA
Input Data @ RPM1 Volumetric
Flowrate Adiabatic
(m3/hr) Head(m)
Input Data @ RPM2
Volumetric Adiabatic Flowrate(m3/hr) Head(m)
4919.2798
12654.7
5838.5698
16032.9
5457.3999
12545.7
6264.5698
15996.6
5995.52
12364.1
6600.8999
15923.9
6354.2598
12146.1
7094.1699
15778.6
6668.1602
11964.5
7475.3398
15597
6982.0601
11710.2
7968.6099
15233.8
7228.7002
11456
8372.2002
14834.2
7542.6001
11056.4
8820.6299
14325.6
8013.4502
10402.5
9067.2598
13998.7
8372.2002
9821.35
9358.7402
13599.1
8618.8301
9349.13
9650.2197
13126.9
8820.6299
8876.9
10031.4
12364.1
9156.9502
8077.75
10278
11782.9
9291.4805
7714.5
10479.8
11238
TABLE 2: COMPARISON OF INPUT PERFORMANCE DATA AND FITTED DATA AT
Input Data
Fitted Data
Fitted Data
m3/hr
Head
(M)
m3/hr
Head
(M)
m3/hr
Head
(M)
4919.28
12654.7
4919.28
12654.7
6793.72
11872.1
5457.4
12545.7
5026.904
12638.7
6856.5
11821.2
5995.52
12364.1
5134.528
12619.8
6919.28
11767.3
6354.26
12146.1
5242.152
12598
6982.06
11710.2
6668.16
11964.5
5349.776
12573.3
7031.39
11663.6
6982.06
11710.2
5457.4
12545.7
7080.72
11614.8
7228.7
11456
5565.024
12523.3
7130.04
11564
7542.6
11056.4
5672.648
12494
7179.37
11511.1
8013.45
10402.5
5780.272
12457.7
7228.7
11456
8372.2
9821.35
5887.896
12414.4
7291.48
11378.4
8618.83
9349.13
5995.52
12364.1
7354.26
11299.7
8820.63
8876.9
6067.268
12319.6
7417.04
11219.7
9156.95
8077.75
6139.016
12275.6
7479.82
11138.7
9291.481
7714.5
6210.764
12232
7542.6
11056.4
6282.512
12188.8
7636.77
10935.5
6354.26
12146.1
7730.94
10809.7
6417.04
12115.6
7825.11
10678.9
6479.82
12082.2
7919.28
10543.2
6542.6
12045.9
8013.45
10402.5
6605.38
12006.6
8085.2
10296.3
6668.16
11964.5
8156.95
10185.1
6730.94
11919.8
8228.7
10068.9
SPEED = 11347 RPM
TABLE3: COMPARISON OF INPUT PERFORMANCE DATA AND FITTED DATA AT
SPEED = 12766 RPM
Data comparison @ Speed = 12766 RPM
Input Data
Fitted Data
Fitted Data
m3/hr
Head
(M)
m3/hr
Head
(M)
m3/hr
Head
(M)
5838.57
16032.9
5838.57
16032.9
7869.96
15317.5
6264.57
15996.6
5923.77
16030.6
7968.61
15233.8
6600.9
15923.9
6008.97
16025.9
8049.33
15158.3
7094.17
15778.6
6094.17
16018.6
8130.05
15080.6
7475.34
15597
6179.37
16008.9
8210.76
15000.7
7968.61
15233.8
6264.57
15996.6
8291.48
14918.5
8372.2
14834.2
6331.84
15983.8
8372.2
14834.2
8820.63
14325.6
6399.1
15970.1
8461.89
14741.3
9067.26
13998.7
6466.37
15955.6
8551.57
14644
9358.74
13599.1
6533.63
15940.2
8641.26
14542.3
9650.22
13126.9
6600.9
15923.9
8730.94
14436.2
10031.4
12364.1
6699.55
15902.9
8820.63
14325.6
10278
11782.9
6798.21
15877.9
8869.96
14261
10479.8
11238
6896.86
15848.9
8919.28
14196.1
10883.4
9748.7
6995.52
15815.8
8968.61
14130.7
7094.17
15778.6
9017.93
14064.9
7170.4
15749.2
9067.26
13998.7
7246.64
15716.3
9125.56
13924.6
7322.87
15680
9183.85
13847.6
7399.11
15640.2
9242.15
13767.7
7475.34
15597
9300.44
13684.8
7573.99
15535.4
9358.74
13599.1
7672.65
15468.3
9417.04
13512.4
7771.3
15395.6
9475.33
13421.8
TABLE 4: COMPARISON OF FITTED DATA WITH COMPRESSOR OUTPUT DATA AT SPEED = 11347 RPM
Compressor output data @ Speed = 11347 RPM
m3/hr
Head, M
m3/hr
Head, M
5454.3657
12550.812
7227.0347
11461.819
5590.7251
12521.252
7363.394
11291.956
5727.084
12480.771
7499.7529
11116.46
5863.4434
12429.079
7636.1123
10940.108
5999.8022
12365.663
7772.4712
10756.279
6136.1616
12281.509
7908.8306
10562.079
6272.5205
12198.968
8045.1895
10359.681
6408.8799
12123.874
8181.5488
10149.267
6545.2388
12048.396
8317.9082
9920.7471
6681.5981
11959.294
8454.2666
9680.3398
6817.957
11856.876
8590.626
9412.1992
6954.3164
11739.811
8726.9854
9099.832
7090.6758
11608.71
TABLE5: COMPRESSOR OUTPUT PERFORMANCE DATA AT SPEED = 12000 RPM
Compressor output @ speed = 12000 RPM
m3/hr
Head,
M
m3/hr
Head,
M
m3/hr
Head,
M
5454.37
14146.3
6681.598
13778.6
7772.471
12893
5590.73
14136.4
6817.957
13707.3
7908.831
12738
5727.08
14117.6
6954.316
13624.6
8045.19
12572
5863.44
14089.9
7090.676
13530.8
8181.549
12398
5999.8
14052.9
7227.035
13426.3
8317.908
12210
6136.16
14001.8
7363.394
13304.3
8454.267
12015
6272.52
13948.5
7499.753
13174.1
8590.626
11802
6408.88
13895.5
7636.112
13038.1
8726.985
11560
6545.24
13840.6
TABLE 6: COMPARISON OF INPUT PERFORMANCE DATA AND FITTED DATA AT
SPEED = 11347 RPM
Speed @ RPM = 11347
Input Data
Fitted data
m3/hr
K Pa
m3/hr
K Pa
m3/hr
K Pa
5357.8
2276.8
5357.8
2276.8
6677
2236.8
5996.8
2267.7
5485.6
2276.4
6786
2229.5
6460.1
2249.4
5613.4
2275.3
6895
2221.5
7003.2
2212.9
5741.2
2273.5
7003
2212.9
7562.3
2158.2
5869
2270.9
7115
2204.5
7993.6
2094.3
5996.8
2267.7
7227
2194.8
8440.9
2030.4
6089.5
2265
7339
2183.9
8872.2
1948.3
6182.1
2261.8
7450
2171.7
9335.5
1847.9
6274.8
2258.2
7562
2158.2
9782.8
1729.3
6367.4
2254
7649
2145.2
10150
1619.8
6460.1
2249.4
7735
2132.4
TABLE 7: COMPARISON OF INPUT PERFORMANCE DATA AND FITTED DATA AT
TABLE 8: COMPRESSOR OUTPUT PERFORMANCE DATA AT SPEED = 12000 RPM
Output data @ 12000 RPM
m3/hr
Kpa
m3/hr
Kpa
m3/hr
Kpa
5509.294
2388.66
7850.75
2255.6
10054.46
1823.55
5647.027
2387.14
7988.48
2237.76
10192.2
1782.79
5784.759
2384.96
8126.21
2220.41
10329.93
1739.75
5922.492
2382.1
8263.94
2201.45
10467.66
1694.42
6060.224
2378.65
8401.68
2180.81
10605.39
1646.81
6197.957
2374.53
8539.41
2157.95
10743.13
1596.91
6335.689
2369.64
8677.14
2133.28
10880.86
1544.73
6473.421
2363.99
8814.87
2107.88
11018.59
1490.26
6611.154
2357.86
8952.6
2082.16
11156.32
1433.5
6748.886
2351.45
9090.34
2056.59
11294.05
1374.46
6886.618
2343.91
9228.07
2029.51
11431.79
1313.13
7024.351
2335.38
9365.8
2000.13
11569.52
1249.52
7162.083
2326.23
9503.53
1968.39
11707.25
1183.62
7299.815
2315.48
9641.27
1934.53
11844.98
1115.44
7437.548
2303.27
9779
1898.94
11982.72
1044.97
7575.28
2289.42
9916.73
1862.02
12120.45
972.213
7713.013
2272.82
12120.45
897.172
TABLE 9: COMPARISON OF INPUT EFFICIENCY DATA AND FITTED DATA AT
Efficiendy data @ Speed RPM = 11347
Input Data
Fitted Data @ RPM = 11347
m3/hr
Eff
%
m3/hr
Eff
%
m3/hr
Eff
%
m3/hr
5357.8
84
5358
84
7734.8
86.1
8700
5996.8
86
5486
84.6
7821.1
86.1
8786
6460.1
86
5613
85.1
7907.3
86
8872
7003.2
86
5741
85.5
7993.6
86
8965
7562.3
86
5869
85.8
8083.1
85.9
9058
7993.6
86
5997
86
8172.5
85.8
9150
8440.9
86
6089
86
8262
85.7
9243
8872.2
84
6182
86
8351.4
85.6
9335
9335.5
81
6275
86
8440.9
85.5
9425
9782.7
75
6367
86
8527.2
85.3
9514
10150
71
6460
86
8613.4
85
9604
SPEED = 11347 RPM
SPEED = 12766 RPM
Speed @ RPM = 12766
Input Data
Fitted data
m3/hr
K Pa
m3/hr
K Pa
m3/hr
K Pa
5916.933
2514.07
5916.93
2514.07
7507.988
2450.876
6571.885
2495.82
6047.92
2511.21
7629.394
2441.18
7386.582
2459.32
6178.91
2507.96
7750.799
2430.229
7993.611
2404.56
6309.9
2504.31
7872.205
2418.024
8520.767
2331.56
6440.9
2500.26
7993.611
2404.563
9000
2249.43
6571.89
2495.82
8099.042
2391.415
9511.183
2158.18
6734.82
2491.91
8204.473
2377.541
9862.62
2076.05
6897.76
2486.3
8309.904
2362.94
10357.83
1939.16
7060.7
2479
8415.336
2347.613
10996.81
1701.9
7223.64
2470.01
8520.767
2331.559
TABLE 10: COMPARISON OF INPUT EFFICIENCY DATA AND FITTED DATA AT
SPEED = 12766 RPM
Efficiency Data @ RPM = 12766
Input Data
Fitted Data @ RPM = 12766
m3/hr
Eff
%
m3/hr
Eff %
m3/hr
Eff %
m3/hr
Eff
%
5916.93
84
5916.93
84
8808.3
86.11
9862.62
83
6571.89
86
6047.92
84.54
8904.2
86.07
9961.66
82.4
7386.58
86
6178.91
85.01
9000
86
10060.7
81.6
7993.61
86
6309.9
85.41
9102.2
85.8
10159.8
80.8
8520.77
86
6440.9
85.74
9204.5
85.6
10258.8
80
9000
86
6571.89
86
9306.7
85.4
10357.8
79
9511.18
85
6734.82
86
9408.9
85.2
10485.6
77.7
9862.62
83
6897.76
86
9511.2
85
10613.4
76.2
10357.8
79
7060.7
86
9581.5
84.66
10741.2
74.6
10996.8
71
7223.64
86
9651.8
84.28
10869
72.9
8616.61
86.07
9722
83.88
10996.8
71
8712.46
86.11
9792.3
83.46
TABLE 11: COMPRESSOR OUTPUT EFFICIENCY DATA AT SPEED = 12000 RPM
TABLE 12: COMPARISON OF INPUT PRESSURE RATIO DATA AND FITTED DATA AT SPEED = 11347 RPM
Speed @ RPM = 11347
Input Data
Fitted Data @ RPM = 11347.000000
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
5357.8
2.46
5357.8
2.465
6568.69
2.428365
5996.8
2.45
5485.6
2.46454
6677.316
2.421047
6460.1
2.43
5613.4
2.46333
6785.942
2.413048
7003.2
2.4
5741.2
2.46135
6894.569
2.404365
7562.3
2.34
5869
2.45858
7003.195
2.395
7993.6
2.27
5996.8
2.455
7115.016
2.38595
8440.9
2.2
6089.5
2.45204
7226.837
2.375525
8872.2
2.11
6182.1
2.44856
7338.658
2.363725
9335.5
2
6274.8
2.44456
7450.48
2.35055
9782.7
1.87
6367.4
2.44004
7562.301
2.336
10150
1.75
6460.1
2.435
7648.563
2.322007
Speed @ RPM = 12766
Input Data
Fitted Data @ RPM = 12766
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
5916.93
2.721
5916.93
2.721
7507.99
2.6529
6571.89
2.702
6047.92
2.71814
7629.39
2.6425
7386.58
2.662
6178.91
2.71481
7750.8
2.6307
7993.61
2.603
6309.9
2.71101
7872.21
2.6175
8520.77
2.524
6440.9
2.70674
7993.61
2.603
9000
2.435
6571.89
2.702
8099.04
2.5888
9511.18
2.336
6734.82
2.69759
8204.47
2.5738
9862.62
2.247
6897.76
2.69139
8309.9
2.558
10357.8
2.099
7060.7
2.68339
8415.34
2.5414
10996.8
1.842
7223.64
2.67359
8520.77
2.524
7386.58
2.662
8616.61
2.5065
TABLE 13: COMPARISON OF INPUT PRESSURE RATIO DATA AND FITTED DATA AT SPEED = 12766 RPM
Efficiency Data @ RPM = 12000
m3/hr
Eff %
m3/hr
Eff %
m3/hr
Eff
%
5509.29
83.38
7299.8
86
8814.9
85.1
5647.03
84.03
7437.5
86
8952.6
84.8
5784.76
84.57
7575.3
86
9090.3
84.4
5922.49
85.03
7713
86.03
9228.1
83.8
6060.22
85.35
7850.7
86.03
9365.8
82.8
6197.96
85.58
7988.5
86
9503.5
81.6
6335.69
85.76
8126.2
85.98
9641.3
80.3
6473.42
85.91
8263.9
85.91
9779
79
6611.15
86
8401.7
85.78
9916.7
77.7
6748.89
86
8539.4
85.61
10054
76.4
6886.62
86
8677.1
85.42
10192
75.2
TABLE 14: COMPRESSOR OUTPUT PERFORMANCE DATA SPEED = 12000 RPM
Compressor output Speed 12000 RPM
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
m3/hr
Pres
Ratio
5509.294
2.58524
6886.62
2.537
8126.21
2.403628
5647.027
2.58376
7024.35
2.5277
8263.942
2.383136
5784.759
2.58153
7162.08
2.5178
8401.675
2.360808
5922.492
2.57855
7299.82
2.5062
8539.406
2.336058
6060.224
2.57489
7437.55
2.4931
8677.139
2.309332
6197.957
2.57049
7575.28
2.4781
8814.871
2.281803
6335.689
2.56523
7713.01
2.4602
8952.604
2.253863
6473.421
2.55911
7850.75
2.4416
9090.336
2.226085
6611.154
2.55237
7988.48
2.4224
9228.068
2.196699
6748.886
2.54529
9365.801
2.164898
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FIGURES
Fig 1.Compressor Performance data fitting using SSE
Fig 2.compressor performance
Fig 3.Compressor data viewing in curve format
Fig 4.Compressor performance matching with the data in curve format
Fig 5.Compressor performance prediction at 12000 rpm
Fig 6.Compressor performance prediction at 12000 rpm
Fig 10 .Compressor stonewall point prediction at 12000 rpm
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CONCLUSIONS
Compressor Efficiency
Curves
Input Data @ RPM = 11347.000000
Input Data @ RPM = 12766.000000
From the above analysis its clear that a quadratic fit will be sufficient to model performance curves of a variable speed compressor
The assumption of variation of heat developed by a compressor is linearly proportional to its speed can be verified
Volumetric Flowrate (m3/hr)
70
4000 9000 14000
90
85
80
75
Adiabatic Efficiency (%)
FIG 7.Compressor efficiency prediction at 12000 rpm
Fig 9 .Compressor surge point prediction at 12000 rpm
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Perry, R.H. and Green, D.W. (Editors) , Perrys Chemical Engineers
Hand Book,8th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York 2007
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McCabe, W., Smith, J. and Harriott, P. Unit operations of chemical engineering, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York 2004
Fitted Data @
RPM = 11347.000000
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Bruce A. Finlayson, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Computing, 2nd Edition, Wiley, Washington 2014
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P.A. O'Neill, Industrial Compressors: Theory and Practice Hardcover
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