Research Article
Modeling Gas Compressor Station Operation to Minimize Fuel Costs for Surge Zone Protection
Table 3
Main design characteristics of the workload (Mon, Feb 01, 2021, 02:00:00).
(a) R valve closed |
| Calculated rotations | 5035 | rot/min | Real rotations | 5000 | rot/min | | 0.9401 | — | | 0.6676 | — | calculated | 13.3783 | °C | real | 15 | °C | | 124.671 | — | | 4887.5 | kW | | 2495.96 | kW | | 0.5629 | — | | 1.8642 | — | | 2751.13 | kW | | 1557.31 | m3/hour | Compressor work point X | 249.677 | — | Compressor work point Y | 1.1265 | — |
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(b) R valve opened—recirculation |
| Calculated rotations | 5107 | rot/min | Real rotations | 5000 | rot/min | | 0.9535 | — | | 0.6245 | — | calculated | 14.108 | °C | real | 15 | °C | | 123.945 | — | | 4887.5 | kW | | 2588.72 | kW | | 0.5838 | — | | 1.8925 | — | | 2853.37 | kW | | 1596.53 | m3/hour | Compressor work point X | 257.073 | — | Compressor work point Y | 1.1265 | — |
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