Compressor station on the Transmediterranean Gas Pipeline and their peculiarities

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6586385

Zampieri, G; deMicheli, F

The Transmediterranean Gas Pipeline is one of the greatest projects realized by SNAM in the last few years, and some compressor stations, 3 of which are installed in Tunisia and 5 in Italy, have very interesting characteristics. For example, in the FERIANA Station which is situated on the border between Algeria and Tunisia, in the proximity of the Gas Metering Plant where the gas is measured, some special devices have been installed to avoid noise or bump in flow effect on measurement due particularly to unit starting/stopping. The CAP BON Station is situated at the head of the sea-lines across teh Sicilian Channel and must be able to compress the contractual quantity of gas even if one of the sea-lines is out of service. For this there is a parallel or parallel/series operation of the units. In the MESSINA Station a heat recovery plant (Combined Cycle) is in an advanced stage of construction. This plant recovers the exhaust gas heat of one unit and the energy produced operates a steam turbine coupled with a gas compressor, obtaining a considerable in saving fuel costs.

• OSTI ID: 6586385
• Report Number(s): CONF-880603-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FLUIDS
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GASEOUS WASTES
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MACHINERY
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PIPELINES
POWER PLANTS
RECOVERY
SEAS
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SURFACE WATERS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
TRANSPORT
TURBINES
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WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
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