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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Equinor Energy As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventor:
Lars Brenne, Sandnes, NO;
Assignee:
Equinor Energy AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/70 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B08B 9/032 (2006.01); E21B 43/34 (2006.01); E21B 43/36 (2006.01); F04D 17/12 (2006.01); F04D 31/00 (2006.01); F17D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/705 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/04 (2013.01); B08B 9/032 (2013.01); E21B 43/34 (2013.01); E21B 43/36 (2013.01); F04D 17/12 (2013.01); F04D 29/701 (2013.01); F04D 29/706 (2013.01); F04D 31/00 (2013.01); F17D 1/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and corresponding gas processing system for cleaning deposited solid material from a fouled portion of a gas compressor whilst the gas compressor is in situ in a natural gas processing system are provided. Cleaning of a gas compressor is achieved by accumulating liquid removed from cooling gas used for cooling the gas compressor and supplying the accumulated liquid to an inlet of the gas compressor in order to remove deposited solid material from the gas compressor. The cooling gas is extracted from an intermediate stage of the gas compressor.