Combined cycle operation for pipeline compressor stations
Using a combined cycle with a high-performance gas turbine to drive compressors, pumps, and generators is the most fuel-efficient prime-mover arrangement now available. Pipeline companies can easily upgrade their systems by installing, for example, an integrated Brayton-cycle gas turbine/Rankine-cycle steam turbine/compressor package designed for pipeline applications such as gathering, lift, or injection at the wellhead, recompression after a pressure drop in a liquids-removal plant, and pipeline transmission to markets. The combined-cycle configuration could improve overall fuel efficiency by about 35% over simple-cycle units, usually paying back the additional capital cost in less than 2 years.
- OSTI ID:
- 5451841
- Journal Information:
- Turbomach. Int.; (United States), Journal Name: Turbomach. Int.; (United States) Vol. 21; ISSN TUIND
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BRAYTON CYCLE
COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS
COMPRESSORS
DESIGN
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FLUID INJECTION
FUEL ECONOMY
GAS COMPRESSORS
GAS INJECTION
GAS TURBINES
MACHINERY
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
OPERATION
PIPELINES
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
PUMPS
RANKINE CYCLE
STEAM TURBINES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY