Skid Mounted Gas Compressor - Integral Vessel and Magnetic Level Gauge

Customer: Petro-Chemical Company – South Coast

Duty: Skid mounted gas compressor – gear box lubrication  

Liquid: Lube Oil, SG 0.83, Pressure: 10 Bar g, Temperature: - ambient

Background: The client did not have sufficient space to house a vessel and a separate level monitoring system on the compressor skid, so they needed an innovative solution to achieve level measurement within the confines of the required vessel. 

 

Front view
Front view
Internal float guide
Internal float guide
 Finished chambers
Finished chambers
 Top view of finished chamber
Top view of finished chamber

 

Solution: TCFC solution was to build a special internal cage into an 8” N.B. chamber that carried the float over the measuring length.  On the outside of the chamber / vessel wall, the reading display was mounted thereby giving the client the required vessel volume and level indication in one chamber.  The solution required re-coding of welders approval to 8” N.B. sch 40 pipe, full X-Ray of all welds and alloy verification for traceability.