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Article: Design considerations for syngas drive steam turbines.
- Article from:
- Nitrogen & Methanol
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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George M Lucas of Dresser-Rand tackles a critical area of methanol and ammonia plant reliability: syngas compressor turbines.
Several important industrial processes, chief among them the production of methanol and primary ammonia, start with the production of synthesis gas, commonly shortened to syngas. In these processes, centrifugal compressors are used to raise the syngas to the relatively high pressures at which the reactions to produce the end product are carried out. The syngas compressors are a major consumer of energy in these processes. Since the process relies on these compressors, the reliability of both the compressors and their drivers is critical to ...