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US 2022/0136493 A1Published application
Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Improved Performance of a Pressurized System
AssigneeOptimum Power Technology
InventorsGlen F. Chatfield, John G. Crandall, Dale K. Wells
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Abstract
A natural gas pumping system that includes six reciprocating compressor cylinders, the reciprocating pistons of the six compressors having cycles offset by 60 degrees one from another.
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A natural gas pumping system, comprising:
- six double-acting reciprocating compressor cylinders, each cylinder including:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- a piston reciprocating therein;
- an inlet through which natural gas is received;
- and
- an outlet through which natural gas is discharged;
- the six reciprocating compressor cylinders arranged in pairs with three reciprocating compressor cylinders on the left adjacent to three reciprocating compressor cylinders on the right, the reciprocating cycles of the pistons in the three cylinders on the left offset by 60 degrees one from another, the reciprocating cycles of the pistons in the three cylinders on the right offset by 60 degrees one from another, and the reciprocating cycles of the pistons in the three cylinders on the right offset from the reciprocating cycles of the pistons in the three cylinders on the left by 30 degrees such that pressure peak pulsations propagating from the left compressors occur at or near a midpoint in time between pressure peak pulsations propagating from the right compressors.
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A natural gas pumping system, comprising:
- six double-acting reciprocating compressors, each including:
- a cylinder having:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- a piston reciprocating therein;
- an inlet through which natural gas is received;
- and
- an outlet through which natural gas is discharged;
- the six reciprocating compressor cylinders arranged in pairs with three reciprocating compressor cylinders on the left adjacent to three reciprocating compressor cylinders on the right, the reciprocating cycles of the pistons in the three cylinders on the left offset by 120 degrees one from another, the reciprocating cycles of the pistons in the three cylinders on the right offset by 120 degrees one from another, and the reciprocating cycles of the pistons in the three cylinders on the right offset from the reciprocating cycles of the pistons in the three cylinders on the left by 30 degrees such that pressure peak pulsations propagating from the left compressors occur at or near a midpoint in time between pressure peak pulsations propagating from the right compressors.
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