The Turbo Air® 3000 Centrifugal Compressor Compressor Handbook
The Turbo Air® 3000 Centrifugal Compressor Compressor Handbook
The Turbo Air® 3000 Centrifugal Compressor Compressor Handbook
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Installation<br />
Utility Piping<br />
<strong>The</strong> utility piping is defined as any piping, tubing or electrical conduit external to the compressor<br />
package, which support subsystems required to complete the compressor installation. Included in this<br />
category are:<br />
· <strong>The</strong> cooling water (coolant) piping for the four water-cooler heat exchangers.<br />
· <strong>The</strong> condensate drain piping.<br />
· <strong>The</strong> instrument air piping for the reservoir vent ejector system.<br />
· <strong>The</strong> instrument tubing which connects various pressure-sensing points to transducers located on<br />
the compressor package.<br />
· Any medium- and/or high-voltage electrical conduit for the main drive motor, Vantage Control<br />
Panel, oil pump motor and optional lubricating oil heater.<br />
<strong>The</strong> user/installer is responsible for providing all external piping, tubing and conduit, as well as for the<br />
basic design of the utility piping. Typical arrangements for some of the utility piping are included in<br />
this section.<br />
To ensure successful utility piping installations, always:<br />
· Use clean piping to be sure no foreign material enters the compressor’s subsystems’ components.<br />
· Keep the piping, tubing or conduit as short and direct as possible.<br />
· Clean the piping and conduit thoroughly after fabrication.<br />
· Support the piping and conduit properly, where necessary, so that the support (rather than the<br />
compressor) carry the load.<br />
· Provide drop legs or drains at low points to carry away any collected condensate.<br />
WARNING:<br />
Remember that it is the owner’s and installer’s responsibility to provide appropriate utility<br />
piping to and from the compressor. Failure to follow good industrial practices and the<br />
requirements and recommendations listed could cause poor compressor performance,<br />
mechanical failure, property damage, and/or personal injury.<br />
Cooling Water (Coolant) Supply Piping<br />
<strong>The</strong> typical <strong>Turbo</strong> Air <strong>3000</strong> <strong>Compressor</strong> package includes four water-cooled heat exchangers (two<br />
intercoolers, an aftercooler, and an oil cooler). Figure A—10 illustrates the manifolding of these heat<br />
exchangers to provide a single feed connection and single return connection for cooling water at the<br />
compressor. Figure A—10 also shows the placement of a valve to throttle water flow to the oil cooler<br />
to control oil temperature. (This throttle valve is required only when the Automatic Oil Temperature<br />
Control option is not included at the time of order or has been retrofitted into the lubrication system.)<br />
A—19
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