Sunday, May 19, 2013

The Logic Behind The Magic."Seal Gas System"

Seal gas will be provided to each turbine driven compressor as a barrier between the process gas lift and the dry gas seals. The primary source of seal gas is from  the discharge of the 2nd stage gas lift compressor. The gas is regulated by inlet control valves (2x100% configuration) to maintain the pressure at 95 barg.

The seal gas scrubber will remove any entrained liquid from the supply gas. The filter coalescer is provided to removed 99.9% any liquid / solid particle greater than equal to 2 micron.  Liquid drop is removed in the seal gas scrubber located immediately downstream of the pressure control valve. 


The gas will be heated such that it will remian superheated by at least 10 degC to prevent condensation. The heater are equipped with electric heating elements, controlled by seal gas outlet temperature controller set at 85.6 degC. 

The seal gas is provided with high-high and low-low pressure trips, high-high and low-low temperature trips, high-high and low-low level trips. 

Control loop destription 

Pressure Controller

The controller  PIC-A maintains a constant pressure in the seal gas scrubber at 95 barg by actuating control valve A. If the pressure continues to fall, PIC-B will actuate control valve B. PIC-B shall be less than the setpoint  of the PIC-A.i.e, set at 92 barg such that the control valve B will normally remain closed. The control valve is fail closed type. The controllers output signal shall be reverse acting and control valve OPDIR is direct. As the pressure falls below the setpoint. The controller shall open the control valve to increase the pressure.

Level Controller

Level control in the scrubber is performed via level controller by opening the control valve between ON and OFF levels.

The control valve is fail closed type. As the level reached the ON setpoint, the controller will open the valve to decrease the liquid level and close the control valve when the level reaches the OFF set point

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