Coupling guard oil leakage on critical gas compressor trains can be a problem causing delays in startup after repairs due to sealant curing times, and a daily nuisance to operators. At Saudi Aramco's ..
Coupling guard oil leakage on critical gas compressor trains can be a problem causing delays in startup after repairs due to sealant curing times, and a daily nuisance to operators. At Saudi Aramco's Uthmaniyah Gas Plant facility, three 25,000-hp sales gas compressors are considered critical to the plant's daily output of 2,500 MMscfd natural gas. The machines were installed almost 25 years ago with a standard split-line multistage coupling guard enclosing a diaphragm coupling between the gearbox and the compressor (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1
The original OEM design leaked after several years o
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