Method for operation of a compressor unit, and associated compressor unit
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGaston Mathijssen, Mark van Aarsen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a compressor unit, in particular for underwater operation. The aim of the invention is to minimize the risk of gas hydrate formation during the compression process. To reduce said risk, according to the method components of the compressor unit are supplied with anti-freeze and/or anti-freeze is injected into the flow path of the conveyed medium to be compressed. The invention also discloses a compressor unit, which operates according to said method.
Claims20
A method for pumping natural gas with a compressor having a plurality of bearings, comprising:
- operating a compressor under water;
- and
- applying antifreeze to the bearings of the compressor unit.
A method for pumping of natural gas with an underwater compressor, comprising:
- operating the compressor under water;
- and
- minimizing gas hydrate formation while pumping natural gas under water with the compressor by injecting antifreeze into the flow path of the natural gas to be compressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.