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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2020
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Koichiro Hashimoto, Takasago, JP;
Masashi Takano, Takasago, JP;
Takuro Uba, Takasago, JP;
Takayuki Fukuda, Takasago, JP;
Kenji Nagura, Takasago, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A method for controlling a compression system that includes a compressor for compressing gas, a first on-off valve provided on a suction flow passage connected to a suction side of the compressor, a pressure reducing valve provided on a portion of the suction flow passage upstream of the first on-off valve, a second on-off valve provided on a discharge flow passage connected to a discharge side of the compressor, a bypass flow passage connecting the suction flow passage and the discharge flow passage to detour the compressor, and a bypass valve provided on the bypass flow passage, includes closing the first on-off valve while driving the compressor, opening the bypass valve simultaneously with or after the closing of the first on-off valve, closing the second on-off valve after the opening of the bypass valve, and continuing to drive the compressor after the closing of the second on-off valve.