Transmed compressor stations posed design challenges
- SNAM S.p.A., Milan (IT)
- Transitgas AG (CH)
The design of three compressor stations on the Transmediterranean gas pipeline from Algeria to Northern Italy presented engineers with some unusual and diverse challenges. Chief among the problems were: Avoiding noise or bump in flow due particularly to compressor-unit start-up and shutdown (Feriana station); Achievement of high compression levels (210 bar; 3,045 psi) along with the feasibility of organizing the compressor units in series and/or parallel according to operational requirements (Cap Bon Station); and Installation of a combined-cycle plant for heat recovery of turbine exhaust gases (Messina station). Commissioned in June 1983, the Transmediterranean gas pipeline, the world's deepest offshore system, can transport up to 12 billion cu m/year (423 bcf/year) of gas from the Algerian desert across Tunisia and the Sicilian Channel to South Italy.
- OSTI ID:
- 6773565
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 86:45; ISSN OIGJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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