IN IN

Compressor bypass valve Compressor

Fuel gas Fuel gas −1
Spill back 2nd oil
Suction valve separator
Scrubber
Electric
Suction Compressor motor
pressure To 3sets Suction
−1 OUT
of gas turbine Scrubber 2nd oil
control valve
separator
Electric Bulk oil separator Compressor
motor To 3sets
−2 OUT
Oil of gas turbine
Oil temp Oil pump
filter control Electric
valve motor Bulk oil separator
Oil cooler 2nd oil
separator
Compressor Compressor Oil temp Oil pump
−3 control valve
−2
Electric Bulk oil separator Electric Oil
motor motor
filter
Oil Oil cooler
Oil temp Oil pump
filter control
valve
Oil cooler Fig.10 Oil-flooded screw compressor system (case 2)

Fig. 9 Oil-flooded screw compressor system (case 1)

must be removed before use. Kobe Steel's oil-flooded
screw compressor has been adopted in this COG
more than one compressor. The depicted system application, which has attracted attention because
employs two compressors supplying fuel gas to this has not been done anywhere else in the world.
three gas turbines. A bypass line allows the fuel gas The lubricating oil, flooded into the rotor chamber
to be fed direct, without passing through the of the screw compressor, serves to clean the tar and
compressors, when the source pressure becomes dust in the COG being compressed. The oil separator
high. The system integrates a suction pressure and lubricant filter on the discharge side remove the
control valve with a spill-back valve to achieve a dust and pass the cleaned gas to the downstream.
small footprint. The unified pipeline, connecting the Injecting the lubricant into the compressed gas
two compressors and the three gas turbines, not only cools, but also cleans the gas and thus adds
simplifies the site installation work. value to it. This application is an exemplary case,
exploiting the features of oil-flooded screw
3.3 Cost-saving compressors, and indicative of the future.

Fig. 10 shows a system having three compressors Conclusion

for supplying fuel gas to three gas turbines, one of
which is for reserve. Thus the three compressors Kobe Steel will continue to expand the applications
share apparatuses, such as an oil recovery tank, by further improving the intrinsic features of oil-
separator and lubricant pump, designed for the gas flooded screw compressors, as well as their
volume for two turbines. This construction decreases applicability to high discharge pressures.
the system cost, as well as the footprint. Furthermore, Kobe Steel will strive to develop new
applications exploiting their features and thus
3.4 Adding values to the process gas contribute to the industry.

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