Burckhardt Compression delivered two cylinders for an existing Sumy primary compressor for a LDPE plant in Tomsk, Siberia
July 2006, Burckhardt Compression received an order from the LDPE plant Neftechim in Tomsk, Siberia. It included the replacement of two first stage cylinders of a four Sumy primary compressor with Burckhardt Compression cylinders as well as their on-site installation. Since July 2007, when the cylinders were installed, the compressor has run absolutely trouble free. Thanks to the revamp the plant productivity increased from 170’000 tons-per-year to 220’000 tons-per-year LDPE.
an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) with over 160 years of experience in the design, manufacture and service of reciprocating compressors, Burckhardt Compression has the specialists and technical competence for revamps, overhauls, engineering services and repairs for other brand compressors (OBC). Burckhardt Compression is the market leader for hyper compressors with a discharge pressure up to 3500 bar.
three stage LDPE compressor was manufactured by Sumy in the year 1992 in the Ukraine. During the 13 years of compressor operation various downtimes occurred and the required volume was never achieved. Results of a comprehensive in-house feasibility and engineering study of the process, the rod load and the required lifetime have led to the decision to replace the Sumy cylinders with cylinders of Burckhardt Compression design with state-of-the-art features. The additional pulsation and vibration studies confirmed that the replacement can be done. Neftechim decided in favor of Burckhardt Compression due to its broad experience and the low lifecycle cost of its products.
Productivity and availability improvements of existing reciprocating compressors or changing compression requirements often call for revamps or up-ratings. With Burckhardt Compression’s in house state-of-the-art sizing and finite element analysis tools professional specialists can model and calculate any existing reciprocating compressor.
