ON-SITE TRIAL IN SIBERIA

FIRST TURBOKHOLOD TURBOEXPANDER WITH S2M MAGNETIC BEARINGS

ROBUST TECHNOLOGY FOR NATURAL GAS WITH HIGH CONDENSATE CONTENT

 

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INDUSTRY

• Semicon manufacturing
• Air conditioning unit
• Aluminum milling

OIL & GAS

• Offshore gas treatment
• >Onshore gas treatment (Russia)
• Natural gas production
• Hofim [Natural gas transport]
• Mopico [Natural gas transport]
• Ethylene manufacturing

2006. Produced by Turbokholod (Moscow), the premier Russian constructer of turboexpanders for gas treatment, the first turboexpander fitted with S2M magnetic bearings has been successfully tested at the Gazprom site near Yamburg in Siberia.

 

This machine is used in a cooling cycle for natural gaz with an exceptionally high condensate content. S2M's "tough technology" is designed for difficult operating conditions like this, and the trial has demonstrated beyond any doubt the high technical reliability of S2M's magnetic bearings in a particularly testing environment. The Yamburg gas has the highest condensate content of any Russian gas deposit.

 

 

 

Aerial view of Siberia, near to the Yamburg site with its huge natural gaz deposits.

 

 

 

 

 

The test site.

 

 

 

 

 

One of the 85mm diameter S2M bearings integrated into this machine.

The project was conceived and completed in less than a year.