Ampliflow T-Boost Ssfly000029-Ena4

Ampliflow T-Boost
Seal Gas Booster
Improve dry gas

seal reliability
Centrifugal compressors fitted with dry gas seals report Features
impressive reliability statistics — and their secret to success and benefits
is an uninterrupted supply of clean seal gas.
• Provides seal gas during
Under normal operating conditions, compressors can directly
provide a constant supply of seal gas. However, during periods of low available differential
startup, pressurization, recycling, standstill and shutdown pressure to allow unlimited pressurized protection
periods, compressor pressure is too low to satisfy seal gas of the dry gas seal, improving compressor uptime
flow requirements. This can lead to process gas migration, seal • Higher energy efficiency eliminates eddy current losses
contamination, downtime and unsafe operating conditions. and reduces operation costs.
The Flowserve Ampliflow T-Boost is an electrically driven seal • Hermetically safe design assures zero leakage of gas
gas booster that improves operational reliability by continuously through boundaries.
delivering seal gas during periods of low differential pressure.
• High-pressure containment shell around the magnetic coupling
The booster combines an innovative drive system with intelligent withstands all pressure conditions, including MAWP.
motor control to achieve higher energy efficiency and run times
• Minimum wearing parts reduces maintenance requirements
exceeding 24,000 operating hours. When included in a complete
compared to competitive designs and helps to achieve MTBR
gas conditioning system, the T-Boost seal gas booster ensures
of 24,000 operating hours.
dry gas seals are fed the right amount of clean, conditioned seal
gas over the total compressor operating window. • Easy to set up and connect to existing dry gas seal
support systems
• Retrofit/upgrade option with pneumatic-driven piston boosters
to extend reliability and application range
• Innovative drive system with an intelligent motor controller
provides the right flow and pressure over a variable
compressor operating window.
• One or two impeller designs possible to meet application
requirements
Ampliflow T-Boost
Seal Gas Booster
Materials of construction Ampliflow T-Boost flow and differential pressure

Metal components: stainless steel Plan for the reliability that comes with an Ampliflow T-Boost delivering the right amount
of clean seal gas and pressure at every point along a compressor’s operating path.
Containment shell: ceramic
Planning example: in a natural gas pipeline, one compressor is exposed to 100 bar
Elastomers: FKM, others
line pressure prior to startup, flooding the gas seal with potential contaminants. The
engineers calculate contamination can be avoided by injecting a seal gas flow of
6 m3/h (3.5 CFM) with a differential pressure of 3.9 bar (56 psi). Checking the T-Boost
Design specifications
performance curve, for natural gas at 100 barg (see graph below), the minimum
Standard area classification: operating speed is clearly established at 3500 rpm.
NEC Class 1, ATEX Zone 1
Gas media: H2 to CO2 T-Boost Flow Performance, Natural Gas at 100 barg (1,450 psig)
Flow rate [ACFM]
Maximum allowable working 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 100
pressure: up to 350 bar (5,000 psi)
@ -20°C to 180°C (-4°F to 356°F) 6
90
3,500 rpm 80
Differential pressure [bard]
Electric motor: 5.5 to 18 kW variable
Differential pressure [psid]

5
70
frequency driven
4 60
Dimensions: 544 dia. x 1,222 mm 50

length (21 x 48 in) 3
2,500 rpm 40
Connections: threaded, flange 2 30
20
Certifications: NACE, others 1
upon request 10
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Flow rate [A m³/h]
Seal gas supply flow rate

This graph illustrates the seal supply
gas flow with and without the use of
Ampliflow T-Boost. During the startup
Flow rate to seal
phases of a gas compressor, the with Ampliflow T-Boost

Ampliflow T-Boost delivers sufficient
seal gas flow rate to protect dry gas
seals from process contamination.
Contact Flowserve for Ampliflow T-Boost

performance curves specific to your without Ampliflow T-Boost
application.
Pressurization Idle warm-up Ramp-up
Compressor startup
Flowserve Corporation
5215 North O’Connor Blvd.
Suite 2300
Irving, Texas 75039-5421 USA SSFLY000029-01 (EN/A4) December 2019
Telephone: +1 937 890 5839 ©2019 Flowserve Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains registered and
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Ampliflow T-Boost

Seal Gas Booster

Improve dry gas

Materials of construction Ampliflow T-Boost flow and differential pressure

Electric motor: 5.5 to 18 kW variable

Differential pressure [psid]

Dimensions: 544 dia. x 1,222 mm 50

Connections: threaded, flange 2 30

Seal gas supply flow rate

phases of a gas compressor, the with Ampliflow T-Boost

Contact Flowserve for Ampliflow T-Boost

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