Abstract: Slow speed reciprocating compressors are typically rigidly coupled to single bearing synchronous motors. The compressor load during starting is seldom above 30% of the motor rated torque. In ...

Traditional compressor monitoring has focused on velocity vibration and rod drop. Hardy provides two additional measurement techniques, Impact and Triangulated Rod Drop, that were developed especially ...

The performance of reciprocating compressors remains a pivotal topic in the design and optimisation of industrial process systems due to their widespread application in refrigeration, energy storage ...

Reciprocating compressors require more maintenance than rotating turbomachinery, such as the centrifugal compressor, but they are typically monitored less, or even incorrectly, by comparison. The ...