Myke King breaks down compressor load control and shows how experienced engineers can implement these systems in the DCS without relying on proprietary solutions COMPRESSOR control schemes are often ...

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. As energy prices soared in the 1970s, supermarket owners sought ways to reduce their enormous utility bills. Unlike comfort cooling equipment, ...

[Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on one of the newest refrigeration technologies: the electric suction line regulator. The first part appeared in the Jan. 12 issue of The NEWS ...

Abstract: A common loop from gas processing is studied from a modeling and control perspective with an emphasis on the simplicity and control-orientation of the model components which comprise the ...

The trunnion ball valve design maintains a reliable seal under high differential pressure without excessive torque, ensuring ...

This repository contains a comprehensive implementation of a programmable logic controller (PLC) program designed to maintain and control pressure within a compressor receiver system. The logic ...

Produced gas pressure at the wellhead normally is not sufficient to allow export for sales and further treatment. Therefore, an export gas compression system is required, with a centrifugal compressor ...

M. A. AL-HARBI and A. ALMOGHRABI, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; and A. D. AL-AMRI, Saudi Aramco, Jafurah, Saudi Arabia This article details an optimization opportunity that was taken in a ...

Abdelhak Dhabi explains how variable speed control of compressors can be deployed to reduce energy consumption and wear, as well as increasing the overall system efficiency of refrigeration ...

WHILE some machines can operate in surge for extended periods, others can quickly suffer mechanical problems. And, of course, surge can cause major disruption to the downstream process. While we ...