Industrial Compressor Anti-Surge Computer Control

The paper presents a compressor anti-surge control system, that results in maximizing compressor throughput with pressure standard deviation reduction, increased safety margin between design point and surge limit line and avoiding possible machine surge. Alternative control strategies are presented.

Authors:

• Ventzas Dimitrios
• Petropoulos George

Keywords:

• Anti-surge
• control
• compressor
• PID control
• safety
• fault tolerance
• start-up
• ESD.

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