Gas compressor station in Northern Siberia
A gas compressor station in Northern Siberia, which is part of the process of transporting natural gas from the Bovanenkovo gas field in the far North of Siberia to a gas processing plant in the city of Ukhta.
Pipes and vessels for water, sewage and gas needed to be kept at temperatures between 5ºC and 8ºC in a region where winter temperatures regularly drop to -40ºC. In order to protect the pipes and equipment at nine compressor stations along the 1,100 km line, an electric heat-tracing solution has been installed by Pentrair Thermal Management to monitor a range of pipes and equipment. Heat-tracing was needed for vessels both above and below ground.
The solution combines a variety of Raychem self-regulating and polymer-insulated heating cables to provide heat tracing for the majority of the system. Raychem self-regulating heating cables were also specified for the vessels. For the longest pipelines, Pentair Thermal Management’s UK office provided specialist expertise on Raychem STS skin-effect systems, over 200 km of which were specified in multiple circuits of between 10 and 20 km spread over the nine compressor stations.
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Journal title: Energy World
Subjects: Gas distribution, Pipeline, Transportation of products, Transportation, Transmission and Distribution, Natural gas
