PLC-Based Control System Holds 100% Engine Power Output

摘要

Talisman Energy Inc. does not buy engine horsepower to have it sit idle. In compression packages on its natural gas fields, the company expects continuous engine operation at 100 percent load, with greater than 96 percent availability. Talisman is achieving those objectives on two sour gas fields in the Rocky Mountain foothills of British Columbia, Canada. The Sukunka and West Sukunka gas fields near Chetwynd, about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Dawson Creek, produce a combined 102 million cfd. At both fields, Caterpillar G3600 Series gas engines drive Dresser Rand HOS reciprocating compressors, operating at 1,000 rpm.