Hydrocarbon Engineering

August

2019

HYDROCARBON

ENGINEERING

Cryostar

Cryostar is a leading supplier of cryogenic equipment for

industrial and natural gas applications, including cryogenic

pumps, turboexpanders, small scale liquefaction plants, LNG

boil-off gas (BOG) compressors and LNG vaporisers.

Cryostar’s multistage cryogenic vertical process (VP)

pump is designed for continuous operations with all

liquefied air gases, dedicated to air separation unit

applications. The pump is generally used for internal

compression, recycling, send out, back-up (O

/Ar) and

in methane wash or LNG applications. Kept in permanent

cold stand-by, the pump is ready for an immediate start.

With various sizes of VP pumps (from 115 to 330 mm) and

the modular multi-stage design, the range of flow rates is

extended from 25 to 5000 l/min (1350 gpm), up to 130 bar

(1900 psig). The VP pumps are equipped with a standard

choice of sealing systems, interchangeable according to

the process: two or three chambers labyrinth or dry gas

seal. Reliable and safe, the VP pump is supplied with a rigid

and insulating flange to mount on the cold box. The pump

is submitted to stringent performance tests in cryogenic

conditions, in the world’s largest liquid nitrogen test

facility.

With more than 50+ years’ experience in the cryogenic

pump business and more than 5500 process pumps

installed, Cryostar is a customer-focused organisation, with

the support of nine business centres worldwide, and a

network of agents and distributors.

Cryostar also offers long-term equipment follow-up,

including supervision, on site intervention with skilled

technicians, on-site or in-house repair services, spare parts,

and revamping.

C.S.T.

–

Compression Service Technology

S.r.l.

C.S.T., founded in Florence, Italy, in 2002, was initially

composed of just four people and worked as a service

engineering provider for an Italian original equipment

manufacturer (OEM), mainly for reciprocating compressors.

In 2004, the company began to set up a remote

monitoring and diagnostic service for reciprocating

compressors. It started with the design of machine

components and packages for reciprocating compressors and

later moved onto centrifugal compressors. In the meantime,

the company has developed its proprietary software for

performance simulation, as well as pressure pulsation,

vibration, and rotor-dynamic analyses.

The company recently produced its own line of precision

lubrication systems for cylinders and packings of reciprocating

compressors, called CST-PLS. The system, designed on the

basis of over 15 years of experience in reciprocating

compressors, has been successful since the first application.

In just 15 years, C.S.T. has transformed from a local

maintenance engineering provider for reciprocating

compressors into an international player for critical machine

applications in the oil and gas and other industrial sectors.

The company currently employs around 50 staff, and

while its business was initially almost 90% in Italy, in the next

year C.S.T. expects to reach 50% of its sales from foreign

markets.

The company is composed of four main divisions:

machine design, system engineering and construction, service

and remote diagnostics, and R&D. C.S.T. is able to offer

full-scope customer support, from design to project

execution and troubleshooting, remote monitoring and

Atlas Copco Gas and Process

Across the globe – from the US, the Middle East and China

– Atlas Copco Gas and Process has produced some of the

most reliable and available machines for the world’s most

demanding chemical-petrochemical applications.

The polyolefin process can be particularly complex and

rigid, and the company’s 50+ years of expertise in this

market has enabled the design of turbomachinery that

offers 99% availability, even in harsh environments.

Whether its customer’s application requires a

direct-driven or integrally-geared compressor solution, all of

Atlas Copco Gas and Process’ machines are engineered to

help support plant availability (e.g. by reducing

polymerisation risks in the compressor). To that end, critical

components such as impellers, casings, guide vanes shaft

seals, gears and bearings are anchored in proven,

field-tested designs that were specifically engineered to

reduce these risks.

In addition to engineering reliable and available

turbomachinery, Atlas Copco Gas and Process is always

mindful of the costs that affect customer decisions in each

purchase. In many scenarios, standardised machinery can be

used to lower CAPEX and shorten delivery times. All

machines – standardised and custom – feature unique

aerodynamics that match each process. The custom

aerodynamics coupled with Atlas Copco’s efficient designs

allow for OPEX savings once the machines are running.

Atlas Copco Gas and Process can design a robust,

reliable polypropylene /polyethylene compressor which

meet the standards of API 617, API 614, ERC (Russia),

CSA/CRN and others.

In addition, Atlas Copco Gas and Process helps

customers prepare for tomorrow by designing, building, and

servicing turbocompressors, gas screw compressors and

turboexpanders for the oil and gas, power generation and

industrial gases industries.

Atlas Copco Gas and Process is a division of the

Compressor Technique business area, headquartered in

Cologne, Germany, with additional production centres in

the US, China and India