LIQUID RING COMPRESSORS FOR SUBSEA COMPRESSION OF WET GASES

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to liquid ring compressors that can be employed to remove liquid from a wet gas and/or to compress a wet gas. In one embodiment, a liquid ring compressor includes a shaft, a main body inner casing disposed about the shaft to form a chamber between the shaft and the main body inner casing, and an inlet configured to remove a portion of liquid from a wet gas and to direct the wet gas into the chamber. The liquid ring compressor also includes an impeller rotatably disposed within the chamber and configured to direct a remaining portion of the liquid in the wet gas out towards the main body inner casing to form a liquid ring within the chamber to compress the wet gas.