Research Article

Vibration Failure Analysis and Countermeasures of the Inlet Pipelines at a Gas Compressor Station

Table 2

Boundary conditions of the inlet pipeline modification models for CFD analysis.

PositionModel AModel BModel C
Boundary conditionValueBoundary conditionValueBoundary conditionValue

Inlet1Pressure inlet4.2 MPaPressure inlet4.2 MPaPressure inlet4.2 MPa
Inlet2WallWallPressure inlet4.2 MPa
No. 1Velocity outlet0.89 m/sVelocity outlet0.89 m/sVelocity outlet0.89 m/s
No. 2Velocity outlet0.89 m/sVelocity outlet0.89 m/sVelocity outlet0.89 m/s
No. 3Velocity outlet0.89 m/sVelocity outlet0.89 m/sVelocity outlet0.89 m/s
No. 4WallWallWall

Velocity 0.89 m/s is converted by 64 × 104 m3/d based on the gas equation of state and the diameter of pipe.