Wet gas compressor systems
The present application provides for a wet gas compressor system. The wet gas compressor system may include a wet gas compressor with an inlet section. A variable cross-section nozzle may be positioned about the inlet section.
1. A wet gas compressor system, comprising:
a wet gas compressor;
the wet gas compressor comprises an inlet section;
a plurality of impellers disposed downstream of the inlet section; and
a variable cross-section nozzle positioned upstream of the plurality of impellers and about the inlet section.
2. The wet gas compressor system of claim 1 , wherein the inlet section comprises a radial inlet section or an axial inlet section.
3. The wet gas compressor system of claim 1 , wherein the variable cross-section nozzle comprises a throat section.
4. The wet gas compressor system of claim 1 , wherein the variable cross-section nozzle comprises a divergent section.
5. The wet gas compressor system of claim 4 , wherein the divergent section comprises a shock point.
6. The wet gas compressor system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of variable cross-section nozzles.
7. The wet gas compressor system of claim 1 , wherein the inlet section comprises an inlet scroll.
8. The wet gas compressor system of claim 1 , wherein the inlet section comprises a pipe section.
9. The wet gas compressor system of claim 1 , further comprising a gas flow with a plurality of liquid droplets therein.
10. The wet gas compressor system of claim 9 , wherein the gas flow comprises a subsonic speed.
11. The wet gas compressor system of claim 9 , wherein the gas flow comprises a supersonic speed.
12. The wet gas compressor system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of liquid droplets comprises a first size upstream of the variable cross-section nozzle and a second size downstream of the variable cross-section nozzle and wherein the second size is smaller than the first size.
13. The wet gas compressor system of claim 1 , wherein the variable cross-section nozzle is positioned between a plurality of stages.
14. A method of flow conditioning a gas flow with a plurality of liquid droplets therein, comprising:
flowing the gas flow in a converging section of decreasing cross-sectional area;
flowing the gas flow in a diverging section of increasing cross-sectional area;
wherein the gas flow accelerates in the converging section and the diverging section such that the plurality of liquid droplets break up from a first size to a second size;
flowing the gas flow across a shock point such that the plurality of liquid droplets break up to a third size; and
feeding the gas flow and the plurality of broken liquid droplets to a wet gas compressor.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second size is smaller than the first size and wherein the third size is smaller than the second size.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the flowing steps comprise a subsonic velocity.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the flowing steps comprise a supersonic velocity.
18. A wet gas compressor system, comprising:
a wet gas compressor;
the wet gas compressor comprises an inlet section and a plurality of stages;
a plurality of impellers disposed downstream of the inlet section;
one or more variable cross-section nozzles positioned upstream of the plurality of impellers and about the inlet section; and
a gas flow with a plurality of liquid droplets therein;
wherein the plurality of liquid droplets comprises a first size upstream of the one or more variable cross-section nozzles and a second size downstream of the one or more variable cross-section nozzles and wherein the second size is smaller than the first size.
19. The wet gas compressor system of claim 18 , wherein the one or more variable cross-section nozzles are positioned between a pair of the plurality of stages.