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Compressor Calculation - G10-Jan20
Compressor Calculation - G10-Jan20
5 Compressor
F = Feed, P = Product
1. Specific Gravity, SG
New specific must be calculated as the compressor does not consider argon into the
𝑘𝑔
molecular compound. 28.96𝑘𝑚𝑜𝑙 is the molecular weight of air.
𝑀𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝑆𝐺 =
28.96
𝑆𝐺 = 0.996
2. Specific Volume, Vs
𝑓𝑡 3
13.08𝑙𝑏𝑚 is specific volume of air (reference). The formula for specific volume at suction
condition,
13.08
𝑉𝑆 =
𝑆𝐺
𝑓𝑡 3
𝑉𝑆 = 13.133
𝑙𝑏
𝑓𝑡 3
𝐹𝐼𝑀 = 4949.57
𝑚𝑖𝑛
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4. Compression Ratio, RC
Compression ratio in industry ranging from 1.2 to 5.0.
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑃𝑑
𝑅𝐶 =
𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑃𝑠
𝑅𝐶 = 1.51
𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑀𝑤
𝑅𝑄 =
𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑀𝑤 − 1.99
𝑅𝑄 = 1.074
𝐻𝑃𝐶 = 12524.26 𝑓𝑡
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7. Number of Stages, NS
Assume 2500 ft as value for polytrophic head compression reference. In industry, it ranges
from 1000 to 10,000 𝑓𝑡.
𝐻𝑃𝐶
𝑁𝑆 =
𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝐻𝑃𝐶 𝑟𝑒𝑓
𝑁𝑆 = 5 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠
8. Actual Value, Av
Assume 15 impellers,
𝐻𝑃𝐶
𝐴𝑉 =
15 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑓𝑡
𝐴𝑉 = 834.95
𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟
𝐹𝑀 × 𝐻𝑃𝐶
𝑃𝐺𝐻 =
33000 × 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝐸𝑃𝐶
𝑃𝐺𝐻𝐻𝑃 = 87.285 𝐻𝑃
𝑃𝐺𝐻𝑇 = 135.785 𝐻𝑃
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11. Bearing Losses, BL
Table 7.8 Loss Coefficients Based on Bearings and Seals in Different Inlet Mass Flow
Loss Coefficients
Capacity, ICFM Bearings, BL Seals, SL
500 - 4225 0.174 0.093
2100 - 6500 0.321 0.174
2750 - 8500 0.603 0.321
Assume speed of impellers around 3000 RPM. Bearing loss coefficient is 0.174. Low-
pressure casing is assumed 1.55 HP.
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠 2
𝐵𝐿 = (𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑏𝐿 ) ( )
1000
𝐵𝐿𝐻𝑃 = 1.57 𝐻𝑃
𝐵𝐿 𝑇 = 1.57 𝐻𝑃 + 1.55 𝐻𝑃
𝐵𝐿 𝑇 = 3.12 𝐻𝑃
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠 2
𝑆𝐿 = (𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑠𝐿 ) ( )
1000
𝑆𝐿𝐻𝑃 = 0.837 𝐻𝑃
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14. Total Bearing Losses, SLT
𝑆𝐿 𝑇 = 𝑆𝐿𝐻𝑃 + 𝑆𝐿𝐿𝑃
𝑆𝐿 𝑇 = 1.672 𝐻𝑃
𝐵𝐻𝑃𝐻𝑃 = 89.692 𝐻𝑃
For low-pressure,
𝐵𝐻𝑃𝐿𝑃 = 60.885 𝐻𝑃
𝐵𝐻𝑃𝑇 = 150.577 𝐻𝑃
𝑉𝐴 = 1278.276 𝑓𝑝𝑠
𝑈 = 163.625 𝑓𝑝𝑠
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19. Mach Number, Mn
𝑈
𝑀𝑛 =
𝑉𝑎
𝑀𝑛 = 0.128
𝑉𝑆𝑃 = 10.899
𝐷𝑆𝑃 = 0.811
𝐹𝐶 = 92.43
𝜇 = 491.37
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24. Polytrophic Discharge Temperature, TPC
𝑅𝑄 −1
( )
𝑅𝑄
𝑇𝑃𝐶 = 𝑇𝑆 × 𝑅𝐶
𝑇𝑃𝐶 = 563.386 °𝑅
𝜇 −1
( 𝑖 )
𝜇𝑖
𝜂=
𝜇𝑝 − 1
( 𝜇 )
𝑝
𝜂 = 0.776
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