Abstract
Under the Gas Machinery Research Council 2007 program, Southwest Research Institute has developed an application guideline to be used in the design and selection of centrifugal compressor surge control systems. The surge control system guideline provides a common reference on the required functionality of the surge control system components. The guideline benefits the user, system designer, and compressor manufacturer by enhancing the understanding of surge control system design to improve performance and reduce unnecessary cost. The guideline also provides methods of evaluating surge control system performance against recommended design criteria. This allows the operating company to determine if the surge control system will meet expectations. This paper highlights the critical issues of surge control system design based on the recommendations of the GMRC guideline. Due to the competing factors in the design of the compressor station, the optimal measurement instrumentation, piping layout and recycle valve are not always available. The surge control system designer must overcome these factors by designing against the limitations of the compressor station, the selected measurement instrumentation, and the various components of the control system.
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