This paper presents a framework which integrates maintenance and optimal operation of multiple compressors. The outcome of this framework is a multiperiod plan which provides the schedule of the operation of compressors: the schedule gives the best decisions to be taken, for example, when to carry out maintenance, which compressors to use online and how much to load them. These decisions result in the minimization of the total operational costs of the compressors while at the same time the demand of the plant is met. The suggested framework is applied to an industrial gas compressor station which encompasses large multistage centrifugal compressors operating in parallel. The optimization model of the framework consists of three main parts: the models of compressor maps, the operational aspects of compressors, and a maintenance model. The results illustrate the optimal schedule for 90 days and an example of the optimal distribution of the load of the compressors for 5 days. Finally, the results show the economical benefits from the integration of maintenance and optimization.
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April 2016
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Optimal Operation and Maintenance of Gas Compressor Stations: An Integrated Framework Applied to a Large-Scale Industrial Case
Dionysios P. Xenos,
Dionysios P. Xenos
Centre for Process Systems Engineering,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
London SW7 2AZ, UK
e-mail: d.xenos@imperial.ac.uk
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
London SW7 2AZ, UK
e-mail: d.xenos@imperial.ac.uk
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Erling Lunde,
Erling Lunde
Efficient Facilities,
Research, Development and Innovation (RDI),
Statoil, Trondheim 2005, Norway
Research, Development and Innovation (RDI),
Statoil, Trondheim 2005, Norway
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Nina F. Thornhill
Nina F. Thornhill
Centre for Process Systems Engineering,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
London SW7 2AZ, UK
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Dionysios P. Xenos
Centre for Process Systems Engineering,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
London SW7 2AZ, UK
e-mail: d.xenos@imperial.ac.uk
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
London SW7 2AZ, UK
e-mail: d.xenos@imperial.ac.uk
Erling Lunde
Efficient Facilities,
Research, Development and Innovation (RDI),
Statoil, Trondheim 2005, Norway
Research, Development and Innovation (RDI),
Statoil, Trondheim 2005, Norway
Nina F. Thornhill
Centre for Process Systems Engineering,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
London SW7 2AZ, UK
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
London SW7 2AZ, UK
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Oil and Gas Applications Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received July 16, 2015; final manuscript received July 30, 2015; published online October 21, 2015. Editor: David Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Apr 2016, 138(4): 042401 (10 pages)
Published Online: October 21, 2015
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Received:
July 16, 2015
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July 30, 2015
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Xenos, D. P., Lunde, E., and Thornhill, N. F. (October 21, 2015). "Optimal Operation and Maintenance of Gas Compressor Stations: An Integrated Framework Applied to a Large-Scale Industrial Case." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. April 2016; 138(4): 042401. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031307
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