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Title: New coatings extend compressor service life

Journal Article · · Hydrocarbon Processing
OSTI ID:122679
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Novacor Chemicals, Red Deer, Alberta (Canada)
  2. Sermatech International, Inc., Limerick, PA (United States)
  3. Elliot Company, Jennetta, PA (United States)

To lengthen production runs, a Canadian ethylene operator experimented with a coating system to protect a critical compressor`s rotor from hydrocarbon-polymerization/fouling. In ethylene manufacturing, compressor fouling is an accepted ``fact of life.`` Past attempts to minimize fouling in the crack-gas compression train were unsuccessful or marginally cost-effective. Applying protective coatings to a critical-service ethylene compressor rotor slowed oiling, thus lengthening the production run time by one year.

OSTI ID:
122679
Journal Information:
Hydrocarbon Processing, Vol. 74, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English