Gas inlet and aftercooler – Mobile depletion unit

ClassificationGas coolers. Shell & Tube, fixed tubesheets mounted directly in the piping, no bonnets. Liquid cooler, Removable U-bundle with removable bonnet
FeaturesVarious coolers for a packaged mobile wellhead compressor unit. Multiple scenarios were calculated, and the "worst case" was identified for each device. Coolers designed and built according to NAM specifications.

Gas inlet and aftercooler

“Mobile depletion unit” (MWHC). This unit enables our client to extract the final remaining gas from a well. The unit is mobile, allowing multiple wells to be exploited with the same unit.

The gas pre-cooler is a gas cooler that uses coolant to pre-cool the gas to compensate for the temperature rise in the compressor. The gas outlet cooler cools the gas at the outlet to the specified final temperature. The lube oil cooler is a liquid cooler that maintains the compressor’s lubricating oil at the desired temperature.

This is a ‘Mobile depletion unit’ (MWHC). Due to the many different scenarios and changing gas compositions, there were numerous cases. Because of the interaction between the heat exchangers and the compressor’s behavior in different scenarios, a “worst case” had to be identified for each device. This was decisive for the final design. Through excellent cooperation and mutual understanding of each other’s processes, ROBOX was able to execute this with the engineering firm to full satisfaction. Process simulations and thermal calculations using HTRI software were key to this. The implementation of NAM specifications also presented no limitations for ROBOX, and the heat exchangers were ultimately designed and built accordingly. Satisfaction with this execution also led to a follow-up order.