Review and reliability modeling of maturing subsea hydrocarbon boosting systems

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 284-296

  Vedachalam, N ^a   Srinivasalu, S ^b   Ramesh, R ^a   Aarthi, A ^a   Ramadass, G A ^a   Atmanand, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Enhanced gas recovery; Power electronics; Reliability; Subsea boosting

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

BOOSTER COMPRESSOR; BOOSTING SYSTEMS; ENHANCED GAS RECOVERIES; FAILURE-IN-TIME; RELIABILITY MODEL; SUBSEA BOOSTING; VARIABLE-SPEED PUMPS; WATER DEPTH;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84929221271     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2015.05.006     Document Type: Review

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