Siemens STC-GV, STC-GVT User Manual

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STC-GV, STC-GVT Siemens Turbocompressor – Integrally Geared, Vertically split volute casing
A success story since 1948
Since its inception 60 years ago, the STC-GV compressor series has been meet­ing demands for compression solutions with high efficiencies and pressures up to 200 bar. STC-GV compressors, designed according to customer specifications and in accordance with both API 617 and API 672, guarantee the highest quality and technical standards for a broad range of industrial application.
An innovative and compact design allows for an integrated turbine drive within STC-GV, where compressor stages and turbine are mounted on the same gear (STC-GVT).
Highlights
The perfect match for all air
separation and process industry requirements
High efficiency and out-
standing operating range
Powerful and robust
design, with integrated turbine or expander options
Flexible design concepts combining
custom-tailored design with standardized components for maximum reliability
Siemens is the only compressor
manufacturer who also develops and supplies proprietary gear technology
Fields of application
Air separation Ammonia Carbon capture and storage Ethylene oxide Flare mitigation Fuel gas Hydrocarbons Metallurgy
- Direct reduction
- Direct smelting Petrochemicals Phenol Refineries Synthetic fibers
Siemens Turbocompressors
Answers for energy.
Integrally geared centrifugal compressor with vertically split volute casing (STC-GV)
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Design Concept
Powerful, robust and reliable
The STC-GV integrally geared centrifugal compressors feature a multi-shaft arrange­ment with different speeds. All shafts are mounted in maintenance-free, oil-lubri­cated hydrodynamic bearings. With up to eight compressor stages around a central bull gear, the STC-GV compressor series forms a compact unit for the multi-stage compression of a wide range of gases.
Optimized shaft speeds, modern impellers, tailored aerodynamics and mechanics along with optimized auxiliaries guaran­tee the highest efficiency. Adjustable guide vane units at the first and /or any other compression stage optimize the operating range. External cooler arrange­ments allow for operation at extreme site conditions.
Package and driver options
For most STC-GV compressor sizes, Siemens offers a package design. The package includes the compressor, driver, process gas coolers, lube oil console, process piping and all tubing and wiring. The package design leads to significantly reduced on-site installation time. These compressor types are also suitable for direct turbine-drive or integrated turbine design (STC-GVT).
Driver: depending on process and energy resources: steam turbine, gas turbine or electric motor.
Siemens also offers variants of the STC-GV:
STC-GV (H): this compressor is designed
for high-pressure application with suction pressures higher than 5 bar, especially booster air in air separation.
STC-GVT: a new and compact design,
STC-GV is also available with integrated turbine drive, compressor stages and turbine being mounted on the same gear.
STC-GT: single- or multi-stage
expanders enable power recovery from process gases.
STC-GVT: with its single or multiple
expander stages, STC-GV T is the ideal solution for simultaneous gas compres­sion and expansion of process gas.
integrated steam turbine (STC-GVT)
STC-GVT on testbedIntegrally geared turbocompressor with
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Main air compressor for a steel plant Rotor assembly of an integrally
geared turbocompressor
Highlights
Integrally geared, multi-stage design Wide operating range and outstanding
part-load efficiency at turndown
Multi-service capability due to
finely-graded standard components
Feeds multiple functions from
one casing
Can be used in toxic, corrosive and
hydrocarbon application Up to eight stages Casing (volutes) fabricated or cast-
material: from cast iron to stainless steel Axial inlet to each impeller, intercooling
between stages High-efficiency water separators Flexible cooler design Design codes for any kind of gas Design codes API 617 and API 672
GVT with expansion stage (s)
Inlet guide vane unit in front
of each stage Optional interheating between stages
Control systems
Perfect protection and process control via flexible Siemens compressor automation (SCAUT) control systems:
Anti-surge protection Performance controllers acting on
mass flow, suction pressure or discharge pressure
Simultaneous control of sets of variable
inlet guide vanes
Controlled by throttling, bypass opera-
tion or inlet whirl variation
Operation with all available drive
systems, i. e. electric motors, steam turbines and gas turbines
Fully automatic or semi-automatic
start-up and shutdown sequences exactly matched to customers’ process demands
Certified safety systems available
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Air separation
Actual suction flow rate
Suction pressure/Discharge pressure
100
50
60
10
5
1
3
0050010501 V.1,000 cfm
50 100
V.1,000 m
3
/h
1051 1000500
51
p.psi
1000
500
200
100
50
25
Stage 7 to 8
Stage 5 to 6
Stage 3 to 4
2 Stages
bar
range
suction pressure range
discharge pressure
suction pressure range
discharge pressure range
10
32 4610 16 20 32 40 50
16 20 32 40 50 80 100 125
160 200
Siemens integrally geared turbocompressors STC-GV are the perfect match for air separation and air compression. In these processes, the integrally geared turbocompressor serves as main or booster air compressor, combined main and booster air compressor and oxygen compressor. While as main air compressor (MAC), discharge pressures between 5 and 30 bar are key, the booster air compressor (BAC) STC-GV (H) realizes up to 100 bar, depending on process specifications.
compression
CO
2
The compressors in the STC-GV series are ideal for CO
compression
2
where high-pressure capacities of about 200 bar are essential, paired with the highest efficiencies and most reliable technologies. Based on standardized machine concepts, Siemens has developed a tailor-made, optimized solution for carbon capture and storage. The integrally geared compressor series STC-GV covers a suction volume of CO
3
ween 25,000 and 250,000 m
/h. With multistage design and possible
bet-
2
intercooling after each stage, the STC-GV realizes up to 200 bar in one machine. Up to eight stages enable four different rotational speeds, leading to optimized aerodynamic efficiencies.
Technical data
Volume flow rates up to 480,000 m3/h
(280,000 cfm)
Discharge pressure up to 100 bar
(1,450 psi) air and other gases
Discharge pressure up to 200 bar
(2,900 psi) CO
2
Gearbox ratings up to 60,000 kW
(80,000 hp)
Application range STC-GV for air and other gases
Benefits
Proven design concept, patented in 1948 High efficiency and wide operating range Multi-service capability and various application options in one casing Long life due to process-optimized materials Cost-efficient, compact compression solution Siemens-owned gear technology Flexible cooler design High-efficiency water separators
atmospheric conditions
high pressure application
special design for fuel gas, direct reduction and phenol
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