Research Article

Kaybob Revisited: What We Have Learned about Compressor Stability from Self-Excited Whirling

Table 1

Kaybob compressor model disk properties.

Disk #StationMass (lbm)Transverse inertia (lbm·in2)Polar inertia (lbm·in2)Length (in)Inner diameter (in)Outer diameter (in)

191576014001.54.3615.0
2101576014001.54.3614.3
3111576014001.44.3614.3
4121576014001.44.3614.3
513576014001.34.3613.6
61454007501.34.3613.3
71554007501.34.3613.1
81654007501.24.3613.1
91754007501.24.3613.0