New lubricant series helps improve natural gas quality
New Royco 800 series lubricants help improve the quality of natural gas, increase energy efficiency, and protect compressor parts from scoring and wear.
The customized, polyalkalene glycol-based lubricant series helps extend application life by exhibiting a high initial viscosity at cylinder operating conditions and minimal viscosity change from fluctuations in pressure, temperature, or gas density.
These lubricants resist wash-off by gas condensates often present in compressor cylinders. They will prevent deposits, sludge, or varnishes from forming, the firm says. Additionally, the series is non-reactive to additives in the gas stream and is compatible with well-strata treatment chemicals and all compressor components.
Highlighted products in the 800 series include the 880 for high-pressure natural gas applications and Royco 868, 886, and 889 for process gas and natural gas vehicle fueling applications. These compressor lubricants are engineered to provide high film strength to protect against wear and corrosion. Formulated with pour points as low as -55° C., they provide cold-weather start-up protection for compressor cylinders, packings, gaskets, hoses, and other critical application components.
Source: Anderol Inc., Box 518, East Hanover, NJ 07936.
Program helps predict equipment performance
Newly released version 4.0 of AMS suite-equipment performance monitor-enables users to predict performance of mechanical and process equipment.
The new release adds predictive analyst capability that supports predictive and proactive maintenance strategies.
The AMS performance monitor’s new capability analyzes current performance of equipment as compared with the original design and then predicts how equipment will be operating in coming months. The tool determines when degraded performance will occur, enabling users to plan maintenance activities in advance.
Results are displayed both as the “time to warning” and as a graphical representation so users can view the expected degradation curve, and values for any given period. In addition, PDF reports can be generated and e-mailed, including the configuration data and the generated results.
The predictive analyst in AMS performance monitor provides users with the ability to predict:
• Asset performance for a specified operating period.
• Date(s) that asset performance will fall below specified values.
• The number of operating hours before a warning status is triggered.
AMS performance monitor provides accurate monitoring of assets including gas and steam turbines, compressors, boilers, pumps, and heat exchangers.
Source: Emerson Process Management, Box 4100, St. Louis, MO 63136-8506.