摘要 |
<p>9167-IR-TP A GAS COMPRESSOR UNIT In the embodiment depicted, the unit comprises three, serially-coupled, multi-stage axial-flow gas compressors, having intercooling and demisting assemblies interposed therebetween. The compressor shafts are commonly coupled, in line, for powered drive from a single prime mover. The intercooling and demisting assemblies are of exceptionally short axial length, define gas-entry areas of exceptionally large dimension, and cause a pressure drop thereacross (i.e., across the intercoolers and demisters) not in excess of one p.s.i. Each cooling assembly is only about one-third the total length of the compressor stages which deliver compressed gas thereinto, is fifteen to twenty-five times larger in area than a last-stage gas exit annulus, and constrains gas flow therethrough to unidirectional, axial conduct.</p> |