Optimal operation and maintenance of gas compressor stations: An integrated framework applied to a large-scale industrial case

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Xenos, Dionysios P ^a   Lunde, Erling ^b   Thornhill, Nina F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; GAS TURBINES; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; TURBINES; WIND POWER;

COMPRESSOR STATIONS; ECONOMICAL BENEFITS; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; MAINTENANCE MODELS; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMAL OPERATION; OPTIMIZATION MODELING;

GAS COMPRESSORS;

EID: 84941238124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2015-44002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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