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[Venkat @89]

May I know the purpose of providing the spillback or minimum flow control valve in Centrifugal Compressors along with anti surge control valve?

[Art Montemayor]

Venkat:

 

Attached is a Centrifugal Compressor document I put together to help my grandson who's taking Environmental Engineering in college.  I believe it answers your query - plus it furnishes a lot of other basic information on centrifugals.

 

I installed and operated a lot of gas compressors in my time and I was often reminded of the trade offs that come with the centrifugal's simplicity, cost savings, and smaller space requirements as compared to reciprocating units.  Surge and Stonewalling are some of those trade offs.  I hope this helps you understand centrifugal features and operations.

Take good care of your compressors, and they'll take care of you.

 

I always preferred reciprocating over centrifugal machines when given a choice.  Power efficiency, versatility, ease of maintenance, and flow controls were some of the good features.

 

 Centrifugal compressor.docx   1.64MB   65 downloads

[breizh]

Hi Art,

Regards from Thailand,

Thanks for sharing,

Breizh.

[Art Montemayor]

Breizh:

 

It's always good to hear from you and the great contributions you make to the Forums.

My warmest regards to you and all the guys that lead the Forums with you.

 

Art

[panoska]

I wish I could meet you in person Breizh and Art!

Edited by panagiotis, 15 June 2024 - 05:59 PM.