Compression Solutions
2007
Gulf region, planned for 2007
Air Seperation
Siemens has been contracted to supply a large-scale compression solution for an air separation plant in the Gulf region. At the heart of the solution will be a 700,000- cbm/h main air compressor (STC-SR) and an integrally geared booster air compressor (STC-GV), both powered by a double-ended 81-megawatt (MW) steam turbine — all designed, manufactured and installed by Siemens. Scheduled for start-up in the fourth quarter of 2007, the unit will be the most powerful of its kind in the Middle East and range among the largest worldwide, supplying some 100,000 cbm/h of oxygen to a petrochemical refining process.