Revamped process gas compressors delivered to Petrobras refinery
Petrobras selected Burckhardt Compression (Brasil) Ltda. to revamp their existing process gas compressors that are operated in the Petrobras Recap refinery in Capuava, Brazil.
Burckhardt Compression (Brasil) Ltda. finalized the delivery of two revamped process gas compressors to the refinery; the order included the relocation of deactivated compressors and the redesign and revamp of the existing equipment in order to comply with Petrobras’ new operating conditions. In 1996, the process gas compressors were manufactured by Burckhardt Compression and originally delivered to the Petrobras Replan refinery in Paulinia, Brazil.
The process gas compressors comply with the API 618 guidelines and will be installed in the natural gas recycling system of the refinery raising the pressure from 17 to 36 bar. Several components have been reused to save the customer’s investment costs. The scope of supply also includes the engineering and manufacturing of new auxiliaries, such as heat exchangers, pulsation dampeners, lubrication system and the revamp of the entire monitoring and control system.
Further, the two units will be equipped with the Burckhardt Poppet Valve. These in-house engineered compressor valves are fully field repairable aiming lowest operating costs.
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