Critical Speed Verification of 18,000 HP Adjustable Speed Drive Motors for Offshore Production Applications

Author

Rains, D.C. ; Bavastri, C.A. ; dos Santos, H.L.V. ; Kazuo Shoji ; Haq, I.U. ; Campos, Rd.S.

Author_Institution

WEG Electr.-USA, Sugar Land, TX

fYear

2006

fDate

11-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

This paper describes the tests and analysis performed on 3 times 18,000 HP purged and pressurized synchronous motors in order to comply with API 546 standard requirements. These tests are even more important if considered that these motors are being supplied power from an adjustable speed drive that varies the motor speed from 1260 up to 1890 rpm on offshore platforms

Keywords

natural gas technology; offshore installations; oil drilling; oil refining; synchronous motor drives; variable speed drives; 18000 hp; API 546 standard requirement; adjustable speed drive motor; critical speed verification; motor speed; offshore production application; pressurized synchronous motor; purged synchronous motor; Frequency; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Petroleum; Production; Sugar industry; Synchronous motors; Testing; USA Councils; Variable speed drives; API 546; Vibration tests; lateral critical analysis; resonant speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 2006. PCIC '06. Record of Conference Papers - IEEE Industry Applications Society 53rd Annual

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

ISSN

0090-3507

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0558-0

Electronic_ISBN

0090-3507

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.2006.359726

Filename

4199086