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MAN Energy Solutions
MAN Energy Solutions is investing all of its energy into
creating solutions for sustainable prosperity. By addressing
tomorrow’s challenges within the marine, energy and
industrial sectors, MAN Energy Solutions improves
efficiency and performance at a systemic level.
The company provides a wide range of system solutions
and services, from single-casing compressors and turbines
up to large multi-casing trains for nearly all industrial
applications such as oil and gas production, transportation
and downstream processing. Full train responsibility with
maximum efficiency and reliability throughout the entire
lifetime is one of the company’s core strengths.
Custom-made centrifugal, axial and process gas screw
compressors are capable of handling volume flows up to
1.5 million m
3
/hr and pressures up to 1000 bar, according to
the specific customer requirements. Major references
include world scale turbomachinery for oil and gas
processing, enhanced oil recovery (EOR), fluid catalytic
cracking (FCC), iron and steel production and air separation
as well as very large machine trains for purified terephthalic
acid (PTA), fertilizer production, and ethylene plants.
With a focus on hydrotreating, hydrodesulfurisation and
hydrocracking processes, MAN Energy Solutions used its
proven barrel compressor and steam turbine technology to
create the high-efficiency modular packaged compressor
unit ReTPac® (Refinery Train Package). The modular
configuration covers a range of up to 10 MW, with pressures
up to 250 bar. The pre-engineered train with its auxiliary
system components minimises engineering efforts and as a
result considerably reduces delivery times at competitive
market prices.
Moreover, MAN Energy Solutions has a long experience
in delivering axial compressor trains for different
applications, such as the worldwide largest axial FCC main
air blower with a capacity of 750 000 m
3
/hr or the world’s
largest single industrial compressor, an ASU axial main air
compressor with a train capacity of 5000 tpd O
2
.
L.A. Turbine
L.A. Turbine (LAT) provides custom engineering, design and
manufacturing for application-specific, highly engineered
turboexpanders used in hydrocarbon processing and other
industrial power generation, recovery or refrigeration
applications. LAT turboexpander configurations include
expander-compressor, expander-generator and
expander-dyno (brake) units ranging from 3 kW to 14 MW,
capable of handling up to 3000 PSIG pressure, and
temperatures between -195°C and 260°C. LAT is also a
leading provider of aftermarket service, repair, maintenance
and spare part production for all OEM turboexpander
makes and models.
In 2018, LAT brought to market its newest
turboexpander design, the ARES Active Magnetic Bearing
(AMB) Turboexpander-Compressor for LNG plant sizes of
60 – 300 million ft
3
/d. The ARES AMB turboexpander
features LAT’s exclusive skid mounted AMB control system
and programmable logic control (PLC) panel. Until now,
AMB controllers had to be installed in a building away
from the skid installation site. The on-skid AMB
configuration gives EPC companies greater flexibility with
the plant site layout, accelerates the design to delivery
timeframe, and provides an industry-first AMB design
technology. The simplicity of design, ease of machine
operation, and advanced magnetic bearing technology
translates to operational and financial benefits for end
users as well. Less time and labour are required for the
installation and commissioning of the unit and AMB
machines require minor ongoing maintenance. If a machine
issue occurs, troubleshooting begins immediately via the
remote access capability of the Zephyr® controller.
During 1Q19, LAT built and shipped its first ARES AMB
Turboexpander-Compressor, with a flow rate of
200 million ft
3
/d, to a new NGL processing plant located in
the Bakken Shale Play of North Dakota. Commissioning is
scheduled for 3Q19.
LAT turboexpanders are designed, engineered and built
in Valencia, California, US. Aftermarket service centre needs
of the US, Canada, Asia, Australia and South America are
fulfilled in Valencia. LAT’s European headquarters and
service centre, located in Belgium, supports the aftermarket
needs of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
A completed ARES AMB unit.
reputation. In 2019, the biggest one-piece delivered
condenser of this type in China has been handed over to a
client. The heat exchanger area is more than 16 000 m
2
, and
the total weight is over 300 t. For the Assiut petroleum
refining project a skid-mounted condensing system was
engineered, which will reduce 93% of the installation work
at the site.
The company is dedicated to optimising solutions and
providing customers with the best proposal, focused on the
technology development and cost-down and effect-up plan.
Recent downstream projects include the KPI Integrated
Petrochemical Complex Project in Kazakhstan, as well as the
South Louisiana Methanol Project and Side Cracker Project,
Total Petrochemicals & Refining, in the US.