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There are a lot of misconceptions regarding the effects of valves on the performance of reciprocating compressors. Typically, valves are sold on one or more of three criteria: reliability, capacity (flow) and horsepower. Certainly reliability constitutes the majority of these and everyone in the industry has his or her own solution to this problem. In these cases, it is easy to calibrate the new design and it is quickly determined to be a success or failure. Despite common belief, the other two are not as easy to evaluate, both before and after the sale. This is true for the vendor as well as the end user unless both are intimately familiar with the existing and new valve design, as well as the physical condition and operating parameters of the compressor. In addition to the valve design itself, there are many factors that seriously affect the ability of the valves to produce what is expected. Unfortunately, valves are often sold on improving the compressor efficiency (i.e., increasing capacity and reducing horsepower consumption) when neither party really knows whether or not the new design achieved the desired result or even how to determine if it has after it has been installed. There have been many technical papers on the ability of various designs and materials to run reliably in a given environment, but too often the other effects on the compressor are ignored. This paper will focus on the effect of compressor valves on the ability of the compressor to move the amount of gas that the conditions dictate, as well as the amount of horsepower that they consume to perform this task.
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