Centrifugal

Compressor Casing
Compressor Components
Casing Design
Rotor Assembly
Aero Components
Eye/Shaft Seals
Bearings
Overall of centrifugal compressor
- horizontal split type Disch. nozzle

Balance piston
Inlet nozzle
Upper casing Disch. volute

Journal bearing

Journal
Thrust bearing bearing

shaft

Seal
Chamber

Bearing housing
Diaphragms

End wall impellers Supports

Seal
Chamber
Three Basic Casing Designs
for
Centrifugal Compressors
Basic Casing Designs
Horizontally Split Design
Multi-stage, “M-Line”

Barrel Design/Vertical Split Design

Multi-stage Barrel, “MB-Line”

Single Stage Design

“P-Line”
“TC model”
Horizontally Split Design
“M-Line”
Horizontally Split Design
“M-Line” / large size
Horizontally Split Design
“M-Line” / small size
Horizontally Split Design
“M-Line”/ middle size
 Advantages of the
Horizontally Split Casing Design
Typically less expensive to manufacture
Easier to inspect and maintain in
plant/refinery locations
Better for multiple body trains
Minimal special tooling required
Low “Heaviest Part for Maintenance”
 Disadvantages of the
Horizontally Split Casing Design
Larger sealing surfaces
Lower pressure ratings
Removal of overhead piping for up
nozzle configuration
Vertically Split/Barrel Design
“MB-Line” (vertical split)
 Barrel Design
“MB-Line” (without vertical split flanges )
Barrel Design
“MB-Line”
Vertically Split/Barrel Design
“MB-Line”
 Advantages of the
Vertically Split/Barrel Casing Design
Reduced potential for gas leaks
Higher pressure ratings
Can remove rotor and internal components
without affecting external piping
Removable inner bundle allows easy
disassembly/transport
 Disadvantages of the
Vertically Split/Barrel Casing Design

Typically more expensive to manufacture

More difficult to maintain if in the middle
of a multiple body train
Special tooling required for inner bundle
removal
High “Heaviest Part for Maintenance”
High overall weights in larger frame sizes
Single Stage Design
“TC Model”
Single Stage Design - P, PH or TC
OPTIONAL DISCHARGE
INLET
GUIDE
VANES

INLET
 Elliott Multi-Stage
Centrifugal Compressor
Models and Pressure Ratings
60M7-5 I M Line Compressor
Iso-Cooled Design
Number of impellers
Number of casing stages
Multi-Stage centrifugal
compressor

Diffuser diameter (inches)

■ MB – multistage Barrel centrifugal compressor

■ MBH - Multistage Barrel High, MBHH - High-High
pressure Multistage Barrel
■ MD – Multistage Doubleflow
Diffuser Diameter

60 inches

60M casing
 Elliott Model and Pressure
Ratings for “M-Line” Compressors

Frame Rating (psig) Frame Rating (psig)

10M 1000 56M 750
15M 1000 60M 600
20M 1000 70M 400
25M 1000 78M 400
29M 1000 88M 400
32M 1000 103M 250
38M 1000 110M 250
46M 1000
 Elliott Model and Pressure
Ratings “MB-Line” Compressors

Frame Rating (psig) Frame Rating (psig)

10MB,H,HH 2000, 5000, 8500+ 38MB 2000
15MB,H,HH 2000, 5000, 8500+ 46MB 2000
20MB,H,HH 2000, 5000, 8500+ 56MB 1500
25MB,H,HH 2000, 5000, 8500+ 60MB 1000
29MB,H,HH 2000, 5000, 8500+ 70MB 750
32MB,H,HH 2000, 5000, 8500+
 17G-07 Multi-Stage Centrifugal
Compressor - Straight Through Flow

INLET DISCHARGE