Adjustable frequency drive system for North Sea gas pipeline

Author

Roberton, Robert A. ; Børnes, Atle H.

Author_Institution

Troll Phase I Project, Norske Shell AS, Norway

fYear

1996

fDate

23-25 Sep 1996

Firstpage

255

Lastpage

263

Abstract

The paper provides a brief history and overview of the 100 million cubic meters of gas per day Troll Project, the largest gas project in Europe with an expected lifetime of 50 years. A system description details the selection of five, 40 MW, 12 pulse variable speed drives for the onshore plant and their accompanying turbo rotor synchronous motors and 5 harmonic filters. We detail our lessons learned during selection of the drives, back to back testing, and compressor string testing on through startup of the unit trains

Keywords

compressors; harmonics; machine testing; natural gas technology; power filters; rotors; starting; synchronous motor drives; variable speed drives; 12 pulse variable speed drives; 40 MW; North Sea gas pipeline; Troll Project; adjustable frequency drive system; back to back testing; compressor string testing; drives selection; harmonic filters; onshore plant; startup; turbo rotor synchronous motors; Europe; Frequency; Marketing and sales; Petroleum; Pipelines; Power generation; Production; Testing; Turbines; Variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 1996, Record of Conference Papers. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Incorporated Industry Applications Society 43rd Annual

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

ISSN

0090-3507

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3587-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.1996.564908

Filename

564908