Oil Free Screw

Compressors

Performance
through experience

Our Process Rotary Screw Compressor experience

Oil free
Petrochemical applications
Vapour Recovery applications
Contaminant (Dirty) Gases
Polymerising Gases
over 1000 yrs operational experience
over 1550 yrs operational experience
over 100 yrs operational experience
over 50 yrs operational experience
Oil Free Screw Compressors

An oil free package can be single or multistage Typical applications

configuration with optimal driver arrangement for • Refineries
• Gas Gathering
best efficiency to suit your process requirements. • Petrochemical Plants
• Chemical Plants
Features Benefits
• Synthetic Fertiliser Plants
• Designed to applicable API standards - Full compliance with oil & gas • Synthetic Rubber Plants
industry requirements • Mechanical Vapour
Recompression (MVR)
• Positive displacement compression - No surging effect on gas stream
• Offshore Platforms
• Compressor designed with sleeve journal - Operational longevity and availability
and tilt pad thrust bearings

• Suitable for different configurations of - Process flexibility Unique features

compression seal system and benefits
• Compact size and weight - Low installation costs • Completely oil free delivery of gas
– Suitable for a wide range of processes
• Rotary action compression - Vibration & Pulsation free running
- Very high levels of ARM (Availability • Flexibility of discharge orientation
Reliability & Maintainability) compactness of module design.
- Maximum on line availability – Top-in, top-out arrangement
- Minimal servicing requirement provides optimum compactness
of module design
• Water/solvent injection system available - Suitable for extreme process duties for
cleaning/discharge temperature control – Top-in, bottom-out arrangement
permits handling of high liquid
• Flexibility of discharge orientation - Space / cost effective systems and particulate entrainment

Oil Free Design Criteria

Range 127 2 L/D Ratios
204 2 L/D Ratios
255 2 L/D Ratios
408 2 L/D Ratios
510 2 L/D Ratios
Operating Speeds 2000 – 15000 RPM
Pressure Ratio 7 / 1 (Single Stage)
Pressure/Volume graph Capacity Range 300 – 26000 M3/HR (70000 M3/HR)
Max Discharge Pressure 26 BAR A
Max Discharge Temperature 225 DEG C
Materials Casings Cast Iron
Nodular Iron
Carbon Steel
LT Carbon Steel
12% Chrome Steel (S.S.)
Oil free compressor horizontal section
Key
Gas
Typical piping and instrumentation diagram Oil
Air
Cooling Water
Pneumatic Signal
Electrical Signal

Instrumentation
Howden Process Compressors F Flow
Old Govan Road L Level
LI Level Indicator
Renfrew PA4 8XJ
M Motor
United Kingdom P Pressure
Telephone: +44 141 304 3500 PC Pressure Control
Facsimile: +44 141 304 3600 PI Pressure Indicator
S Speed
Email: hpc.sales@howden.com
T Temperature
Email: hpc.aftersales@howden.com
TC Temperature Control
Web: www.howden.com TI Temperature Indicator