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EP1999378A1 - Unite de compression et utilisation d'un fluide de refroidissement - Google Patents

Unite de compression et utilisation d'un fluide de refroidissement

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EP1999378A1
EP1999378A1 EP07704565A EP07704565A EP1999378A1 EP 1999378 A1 EP1999378 A1 EP 1999378A1 EP 07704565 A EP07704565 A EP 07704565A EP 07704565 A EP07704565 A EP 07704565A EP 1999378 A1 EP1999378 A1 EP 1999378A1
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Prior art keywords
cooling
compressor unit
stator
medium
compressor
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Maria Bade
Axel MÖHLE
Günter Zwarg
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Siemens AG
Siemens Corp
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Siemens AG
Siemens Corp
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Priority to EP07704565A priority Critical patent/EP1999378A1/fr
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D13/00Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D13/02Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F04D13/06Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
    • F04D13/08Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven for submerged use
    • F04D13/10Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven for submerged use adapted for use in mining bore holes
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D17/00Radial-flow pumps, e.g. centrifugal pumps; Helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D17/08Centrifugal pumps
    • F04D17/10Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
    • F04D17/12Multi-stage pumps
    • F04D17/122Multi-stage pumps the individual rotor discs being, one for each stage, on a common shaft and axially spaced, e.g. conventional centrifugal multi- stage compressors
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D25/00Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D25/02Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F04D25/06Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
    • F04D25/0686Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven specially adapted for submerged use
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/02Selection of particular materials
    • F04D29/023Selection of particular materials especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/58Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer
    • F04D29/5806Cooling the drive system
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/58Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer
    • F04D29/582Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • F04D29/584Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps cooling or heating the machine
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C37/00Cooling of bearings
    • F16C37/005Cooling of bearings of magnetic bearings
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/05Shafts or bearings, or assemblies thereof, specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • F04D29/056Bearings
    • F04D29/058Bearings magnetic; electromagnetic
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05DINDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2300/00Materials; Properties thereof
    • F05D2300/40Organic materials
    • F05D2300/43Synthetic polymers, e.g. plastics; Rubber
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C2360/00Engines or pumps
    • F16C2360/44Centrifugal pumps
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16CSHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C32/00Bearings not otherwise provided for
    • F16C32/04Bearings not otherwise provided for using magnetic or electric supporting means
    • F16C32/0406Magnetic bearings
    • F16C32/044Active magnetic bearings
    • F16C32/0474Active magnetic bearings for rotary movement
    • F16C32/0489Active magnetic bearings for rotary movement with active support of five degrees of freedom, e.g. two radial magnetic bearings combined with an axial bearing

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a compressor unit for compressing a Fordermediums, in particular for underwater operation, comprising a compressor and an electric motor, which comprises a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator of the motor is in communication with a separate cooling and is cooled by the separate cooling which cooling has a cooling medium.
  • a compressor unit for compressing a Fordermediums in particular for underwater operation, comprising a compressor and an electric motor, which comprises a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator of the motor is in communication with a separate cooling and is cooled by the separate cooling which cooling has a cooling medium.
  • a special Kuhlmediums for cooling a stator of a motor of a compressor unit for operation under water is the subject of the invention.
  • a compressor unit of the aforementioned type is already known from international patent application WO 02/099286 A1.
  • the compressor unit described therein provides for cooling, that from the Fordermedium, usually natural gas, in the region of an overcurrent of the radial stages of the compressor a Subset is branched off and, by means of which the components to be cooled are lapped, so that the heat loss, which has a magnitude of 100 - 200 kW, is dissipated with the cold medium to be pumped.
  • This concept for cooling the compressor unit is particularly advantageous because the transport medium to be transported anyway is used to dissipate the heat loss and no additional media exchange between the compressor unit and other components of the environment must be done.
  • this approach involves particular difficulties due to the aggressive chemistry of the media to be conveyed.
  • the fluid is heavily contaminated and can affect sensitive components due to the wash in their function. Therefore, for example, the
  • a further risk lies in the regularly porous insulation of the stator, which partially absorbs in the area of the circulation the conveying medium passing as cooling medium with the stator, so that it explodes in the event of a sudden drop in pressure, for example when the operation is interrupted Expansions of the absorbed medium in the pores of the insulation comes, which is destroyed as a result.
  • the invention has therefore taken on the task of providing cooling for the stator of an electric motor of a motor-driven compressor unit, in particular for subsea operation, on the one hand provides excellent reliability and on the other hand requires no material exchange with the environment during operation.
  • a particularly advantageous variant for the operation of the cooling is the use of a Pentaerythrittetracarbonklareesters as a cooling medium of the cooling of the stator of the motor during operation under water.
  • the high flash point of pentaerythritol tetracarboxylic acid ester and the associated reduced risk of fire are a significant advantage in the use according to the invention.
  • the low corrosion properties and the excellent compatibility with the insulating materials used in these areas such as mica tapes and epoxy resin or impregnating resins.
  • pentaerythritol tetracarboxylic esters examples include the ester fluids “Midel” or the “Shell Fluid 4600". These fluids are not just an excellent insulator and with the surrounding materials compatible, but also meet the high fire protection requirements and high environmental requirements, since they are classified in particular as not hazardous to water.
  • Cooling has a closed circuit in which the cooling medium (pentaerythritol tetracarboxylic acid ester) circulates. It makes sense if the cooling has a heat exchanger, which by means of a flow line and a
  • Return line is in communication with the cooled stator, wherein the cooling is designed such that the cooling medium (pentaerythritol tetracarboxylic) between the heat exchanger, the return line, the stator and the flow line circulates.
  • the cooling medium penentaerythritol tetracarboxylic
  • the circulation can be driven by means of natural confectioning, so that there is a natural circulation between the aforementioned components of the cooling medium.
  • the operation of the circulation of the cooling medium in the forced circulation by means of a pump is preferred. This should not be
  • Cooling system for the other elements of the compressor unit.
  • the separation of the cooling of the cooling system will meet the special requirements for the heat dissipation from the stator of a generic compressor unit.
  • the cooling system which among other things cools the compressor and also the rotor of the motor, provides the conveying medium as a cooling medium in a particularly advantageous manner, so that the heat loss is dissipated with the conveying medium to be compressed.
  • This is particularly useful in the subsea of natural gas, since this is regularly relatively cold.
  • the rotor can be usefully rewound from the Fordermedium in the open circuit.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a
  • Figure 1 shows schematically a section along a compressor unit 1 according to the invention, which has as essential components a motor 2 and a compressor 3 in a gas-tight housing 4.
  • the housing 4 accommodates the engine 2 and the compressor 3.
  • the housing 4 is provided with an inlet 6 and an outlet 7, through the inlet 6 by means of an intake manifold 8 to be compacted Fluid is sucked and flows through the outlet 7, the compressed fluid.
  • the compressor unit 1 is arranged vertically in operation, wherein a motor rotor 15 of the motor 2 via a
  • Compressor rotor 9 of the compressor 3 are united to form a common shaft 19 which rotates about a common vertical axis of rotation 60.
  • the motor rotor 15 is mounted in a first radial bearing 21 at the upper end of the motor rotor 15.
  • the compressor rotor 9 is mounted by means of a second radial bearing 22 in the lower position.
  • a thrust bearing 25 is provided at the upper end of the common shaft 19 - ie at the upper end of the motor rotor 15 - .
  • the radial bearings and the thrust bearing work electromagnetically and are each encapsulated.
  • the radial bearings extend in the circumferential direction around the respective bearing point the shaft 19 and are in this case 360 ° circumferential and undivided.
  • the compressor 3 designed as a centrifugal compressor has three compressor stages 11 which are in each case connected by means of an overcurrent 33. The to the
  • Compressor stages 11 resulting pressure differences ensure a thrust on the compressor rotor 9, which transmits to the motor rotor 15 and against the weight of the resulting entire rotor of the compressor rotor 9 and motor rotor 15, is directed so that in nominal operation as far as possible thrust balance.
  • the thrust bearing 25 can be dimensioned comparatively smaller than in a horizontal arrangement of the rotation axis 60th
  • the electromagnetic bearings 21, 22, 25 are cooled by means of a cooling system 31 to the operating temperature, wherein the cooling system 31 provides a tap 32 in an overcurrent of the compressor 3. From the tap 32, a portion of the Fordermediums, which is preferably natural gas, passed through a filter 35 and then guided by two separate pipes to the respective outer bearings (first radial bearing 21 and fourth radial bearing 24 and thrust bearing 25) by means of piping. This cooling by means of the cold Fordermediums (80) saves additional supply lines.
  • the motor rotor 15 is surrounded by a stator 16 which has a
  • Encapsulation 39 so that the aggressive Fordermedium 80 windings of the stator 16 is not damaged.
  • the encapsulation is preferably designed so that it can bear the full operating pressure. This is also because a separate cooling 40 is provided for the stator, in which a separate
  • Cooling medium (pentaerythritol tetracarboxylic acid ester) 56 circulates.
  • a pump 42 provides for a circuit via a heat exchanger 43.
  • At least the encapsulation 39 is made such that the portion extending between the stator 16 and the motor rotor 15, although having a thin wall thickness, is capable of withstanding the squeezing pressure upon complete filling of the stator cooling 40 by means of the cooling medium 56 , In this way, larger eddy current losses are avoided in this area and the efficiency of the overall arrangement improves.
  • the compressor rotor 9 expediently has a compressor shaft 10, on which the individual
  • Compressor stages 11 are mounted. This can preferably be done by means of a thermal shrinkage fit. Likewise, a positive connection, for example by means of polygons possible. Another embodiment provides for a fusion of different compressor stages 11 to each other, from which a one-piece compressor rotor 9 results.
  • FIG. 2 shows the motor rotor 15, the stator 16 and the cooling 40.
  • the cooling 40 has a cooling circuit 50, which is arranged through cooling channels 51, both sides of the cooling channels 51 collecting chambers 52 in these plenums subsequent lines, namely a flow line 53 and a remindlauttechnisch 54 and between the flow line 53 and the return line 54 arranged heat exchanger 55 extends.
  • the cooling medium 56 namely a pentaerythritol tetracarboxylic acid ester having the trade name
  • Cooling channels 51 of the stator 16 flows through the feed line 53 into the heat exchanger 55, where the cooling medium 56 is cooled by the return line 54 in a located at the return end of the cooling channels 51 plenum 52. The circuit is closed.
  • the temperature difference between flow and return is 1OK.
  • the heat exchanger is geodetically at the highest point (height difference ⁇ H), so that the natural convection is supported.
  • a pump 42 is arranged in the return.
  • the stator is sealed and in a gap between the rotor 15 and the stator 16 is carried out by means of the cooling medium 80, which surrounds the rotor 15.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une unité (1) de compression destinée à comprimer un fluide (62) refoulé, notamment pour un fonctionnement sous-marin, comprenant un compresseur (3) et un moteur (2) électrique qui comprend un stator (16) et un rotor (15), le stator (16) du moteur (2) étant en liaison avec un dispositif (40) de refroidissement séparé et étant refroidi au moyen du dispositif (40) de refroidissement séparé, ledit dispositif (40) de refroidissement présentant un fluide (56) de refroidissement. Le refroidissement de machines en fonctionnement sous-marin est particulièrement difficile en raison de la difficulté d'accès et de l'interdiction d'échange de substances avec l'environnement. Pour résoudre ce problème, il est proposé que le fluide (56) de refroidissement soit un ester d'acide tétracarbonique pentaérythrite.
EP07704565A 2006-03-24 2007-02-13 Unite de compression et utilisation d'un fluide de refroidissement Withdrawn EP1999378A1 (fr)

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EP07704565A EP1999378A1 (fr) 2006-03-24 2007-02-13 Unite de compression et utilisation d'un fluide de refroidissement
PCT/EP2007/051393 WO2007110271A1 (fr) 2006-03-24 2007-02-13 Unité de compression et utilisation d'un fluide de refroidissement

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EP (1) EP1999378A1 (fr)
CN (1) CN101410626A (fr)
BR (1) BRPI0709178A2 (fr)
NO (1) NO20084447L (fr)
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CN101410626A (zh) 2009-04-15
US20100232984A1 (en) 2010-09-16
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