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ER-56.02
ENGINEERING REFERENCE
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manufacture in part or in whole without written permission from Ariel Corporation.
c. Applications such as air compression, under-balanced drilling, natural gas compression for
vehicle fuel, refinery and petrochemical process systems, acid gas, etc.
d. Drive systems such as turbines, belt drive systems, variable speed motors, etc.
e. Non-lubricated compressor cylinders.
f. Special unloading or control systems.
g. Wet gas (natural gas produced along with crude petroleum in oil fields or from gas-condensate
fields; it contains methane, ethane, propane, butanes, and some higher hydrocarbons such as
pentane and hexane). See Table 5 in ER-56.06.
h. Discharge pressures above 2500 psig (172.4 barg).
i. Special unloading configurations, including single acting, non-acting, stage deactivation, and
blow thru.
7. The Ariel Performance Program calculates gas properties based on either:
The gas analysis components entered.
The specific gravity entered, assuming a gas composed of typical natural gas components.
Non-typical natural gas mixtures require entry of the complete gas analysis to yield proper
compressor performance results.
Guaranteed Performance
Obtain all guaranteed performance in writing from Ariel.
Ariel guarantees a single design point as calculated by the current version of the Ariel Performance
Program for each compressor manufactured. All other performance is "expected" and not guaranteed.
A gas analysis is required to validate this guarantee. At this guarantee design point, performance is
based on gas conditions at the cylinder flanges free of pulsation effects.
Rated capacity and power can be guaranteed to a tolerance of 3% for:
1. Specific gravity between 0.50 and 0.80 (14.48 to 23.17 molecular weight)
2. Suction pressure greater than 10 psig (0.7 barg)
3. Discharge pressure less than 2500 psig (172 barg)
4. Compression ratio greater than 1.8
5. Compression ratio less than 4.0, else suction VE > 50%)
Rated capacity and power can be guaranteed to a tolerance of 6% for conditions outside those listed
above.
NOTE: Performance predictions are not guaranteed for unloading configurations including
single acting or non-acting cylinder, deactivated stage, or blow thru operation.
Performance Testing
1. Testing for guaranteed performance must occur within 90 days of commissioning. If the design point
cannot be reached in this time frame, a mutually agreed upon alternate point will be tested.
2. In questions of capacity delivered or horsepower consumed by an Ariel compressor, check these
common discrepancies: inlet pressure drop, excessive interstage pressure drop, leaking bypass
valves, volume decrease due to liquid drop out, gas analysis different than the quoted gas analysis,
compressor and driver mechanical condition, driver fuel gas consumption, etc.
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3. If doubt still remains, conduct a performance test. Ariel reserves the right to conduct or supervise
any performance field test. All comparisons to predicted performance will comply with this
document. Ariel is not responsible for test costs.
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