MAN Diesel & Turbo: First AR-MAX1 compressor has been successfully
commissioned by Air Products in China.
June 19, 2015 + + + For MAN Diesel & Turbo, the commissioning of the first AR-MAX1
compressor in one of the world's most modern air separation units (ASU)
currently being built by Air Products in Yulin (Shaanxi) China in April
2015 is another highlight in a success story. Air Products’ ASU at the
site is expected to be fully placed on-stream later this year.
One
of the most challenging compressor development projects in MAN's
corporate history has thus not only been realized successfully, but has
now gained an important reference point. The axial compressor AR-MAX1
used as the main air compressor is already regarded as a technological
milestone in the market.
“Commissioning of the first AR-MAX1 for our
new facility in Yulin was very successful,” said Mark Begg, Asia
Operations Director Industrial Gases at Air Products. “We look forward
to similar success with the additional AR-MAX1 units as we progress to
bringing our ASU fully on-stream in the coming months. We are pleased
with our working relationship with MAN and look forward to the
contribution their technology will provide to our facility when
complete.” Shortly after the final sales release of the AR-MAX1, at the
beginning of 2012, Air Products, the US-based global industrial gas
company, ordered four AIRMAX S trains. These each consist of a main air
compressor AR105/06M and an integrally geared compressor RG45-6 as a
booster compressor. A steam turbine DK80/190R positioned in between,
drives both compressors.
“Since the sales release of the AR-MAX1 we
have received orders for 19 AIRMAX trains in total, 15 of which have
already been delivered," explains Dr. Kai Ziegler, Vice President
Engineering Compressors and Expanders at MAN Diesel & Turbo in
Oberhausen. "This excellent response confirms our product planning," he
adds. As part of a new high-level service approach MAN Diesel & Turbo
enables that turbomachines can be operated optimally over the entire
life cycle. "Amongst other things we have prepared a comprehensive
remote monitoring and diagnosis system with which we can support
customers after the commissioning, for maximum availability and
productivity," explains Dr. Hans-O. Jeske, Member of the Executive
Board and Chief Technology Officer of MAN Diesel & Turbo.
The design
of the AR-MAX1 combines the advantages of industrial compressors, such
as robust design and a high level of efficiency, with the advantage
offered by compressors in gas turbines and aircraft engines: a
particularly high
power density. MAN Diesel & Turbo can thus serve large air separation
units, also termed mega-ASUs, with a uniquely compact, robust and
efficient compressor solution from a single supplier. All turbomachines in
the AIRMAX train are "Made by MAN." While the companys plant in Berlin
designs and manufactures the integrally geared compressors, AR-MAX1 axial
compressors and driving steam turbines are designed and produced in
Oberhausen, where furthermore very large test beds are available for ASU
air compressor trains.
Air Products is building and will own and
operate the air separation unit in Yulin, China. The plant unit is
designed for a production capacity of 12,000 tonnes of oxygen per day
(t/d) and also provides significant volumes of nitrogen and dry
compressed air for a coal-to-oil products facility.
Source: Felix Brecht, MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
www.mandieselturbo.com
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