NDLI: Centrifugal Compressor Stability Prediction Using a New Physics Based Approach

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Moore, J. Jeffrey David, L. Ransom
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The accurate prediction of centrifugal compressor stability continues to be an important area of interest in the oil and gas industry. Ensuring stability is critical to the cost-effective installation and operation of these machines in remote environments, where field stability problems are much more expensive to diagnose and correct. Current industry standards and tools for the prediction of impeller destabilizing forces are based on empirical methods that, to date, have served fairly well for systems with reasonable stability margins. However, as stability margins are decreased, use of a modeling method that is more physics based and can better represent the observed trends in machine behavior at low stability margins is required. Furthermore, the development of mega-class Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) compressors and ultra-high pressure reinjection compressors provides further motivation to improve accuracy. In this paper, a new physics based expression for the prediction of impeller cross-coupling, previously described by Moore, et al. [1] is further investigated by analyzing several classes and scale factors of impellers ranging from 2-D designs used in reinjection to full 3-D impellers typically used in LNG. The new expression is based on both Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation and experimental test data from a known instability. These results are then applied to two case studies of marginally stable and unstable compressors in the field that were studied by the authors’ company. For each case study, the system stability is evaluated using both the new physics based expression as well as the more traditional empirical approaches. Comparisons are made for overall stability prediction as well as sensitivity to system changes. Conclusions are made regarding the applicability and limits of this new approach.
Sponsorship	International Gas Turbine Institute
Starting Page	1023
Ending Page	1031
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791848876
DOI	10.1115/GT2009-60229
e-ISBN	9780791838495
Volume Number	Volume 6: Structures and Dynamics, Parts A and B
Conference Proceedings	ASME Turbo Expo 2009: Power for Land, Sea, and Air
Language	English
Publisher Date	2009-06-08
Publisher Place	Orlando, Florida, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Stability Computational fluid dynamics Simulation Impellers Engineering standards Compressors Liquefied natural gas Petroleum industry Machinery Modeling Pressure Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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