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  • Principle: prolonged operating life of wells by increasing pressure
  • Process: drive a compressor using an electric motor to re-inject gas at high pressure back into the oilfield to maintain reservoir production
  • Our solution is adapted to compressor manufacturer’s requirements:
    • high speed solution with induction motors
    • traditional solution with gearbox
  • Our technology:

MotorsVariable Speed Drive System
Induction motorsPWM (MV7000)
Synchronous motors                 LCI (SD7000) and PWM (MV7000)

  • Customer benefits:
    • very good efficiency, environment-friendly
      • the efficiency for a system based on synchronous motors connected to gearbox, is approximately 91% at rated load, or 93% without gearbox (network power in to shaft power out)
      • the efficiency for a system based on high speed induction motors, is approximately 92% at rated load (network power in to shaft power out)
      • unlike other driver types such as gas turbines or fixed speed motors with hydraulic couplings, there is very little fall-off in efficiency at part load
      • unlike gas turbines, no carbon emissions are produced on site, and unlike fixed speed motors with fluid couplings, direct-on-line starting of large motors is eliminated due to the inbuilt “soft-start” facility of Variable Speed Drive Systems
    • low CAPEX and OPEX costs
      • compared to gas turbine, the equipment runs at its optimum operating points then it uses less energy,
      • no environmental tax,
      • production hours increased due to extended maintenance intervals

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