An apparatus and method of cooling a rotatable member enclosed within a casing are provided. The gas compressor includes a rotor, a plurality of stages of compression extending along said rotor from an inlet stage configured to receive a flow of relatively low pressure gas to an outlet stage configured to discharge a flow of relatively high pressure gas, a casing at least partially surrounding said plurality of stages, and a conduit extending radially inwardly from said casing to an area proximate said rotor.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BOWED ROTOR START MITIGATION USING ROTOR COOLING
2017-11-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Method and system for bowed rotor start mitigation using rotor cooling
European Patent Office | 2019
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