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GE Oil & Gas ICL — Integrated Compressor Line Proven zero-emissions compression for industry-wide applications
Smart, small & light
ICL is ideal for limited spaces industry-wide, including
offshore platforms and downstream facilities.
• Enhance productivity
• High reliability and availability
• Low operating cost
• Compact and lightweight configuration
• High flexibility and wide operating range
• Easy installation and low maintenance
• Zero emissions and low noise
Single-stage version
GRT Gaz Etrez site, France. Photo by Philippe Dureuil
Proven versatility & reliability
GE’s Integrated Compressor Line (ICL) is the ideal solution when
high efficiency, small footprint and low noise are important. 10 Gas storage
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The designs draw on more than 100 years of experience and
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innovation to deliver proven compression performance in Subsea — Blue-C
upstream, midstream and downstream clean gas applications. High molecular
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weight
Instead of a combustion engine, ICL has a high-speed electric Multi-stage Re
motor fully integrated with the compressor in a single sealed 5 frig
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casing. It’s a high-efficiency induction motor, proven by 4 million Na an
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hours of successful operation over 15 years. The rotor is levitated ra et
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system. This eliminates parts contact and wear, lube oil systems
and dry gas seals — so there are no fluids to leak or dispose of, 2
and no depressurization required on shutdown. Single stage
These units have a much wider operating range than 1.1
conventional compressors: 35-105% of nominal speed versus 1 2 3 4 5 10 20 30
the typical 70-105% — and the ICL’s efficiency remains high Inlet flow rate x 1,000 m /h
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and stable over the entire range. With 40% lower requested
maintenance than conventional compressors, ICL provides
exceptional reliability and availability no matter where it’s
installed. And it does all this while producing zero emissions.
higher performance
wider application
lower emissions
Offshore
• Extended capability for mild/raw gas In the offshore environment weight and accessible and approximately half the size
- Up to 10% CO2 footprint are limited. By saving up to 60% of a conventional compressor. The motor
- Up to 100 ppm H2S in space and footprint, the ICL can reduce and compressor casing are flanged tightly
structure cost, avoid additional deck together so the unit does not require
- Water saturated
space requirements or limit platform size three-point skid mounting. Removing
• New material validated for motor & AMB requirements. The ICL runs on magnetic complex auxiliaries such as the lube oil
• Up to 100 bar suction pressure bearings and avoids dry gas seals. Thus, system and dry gas seal panel reduces
it does not require oil and does not have maintenance downtime, simplifies the
continuous gas leakage. This dramatically noise enclosure design and reduces the
improves safety by limiting the risk of fire. amount of noise produced to meet even
The ICL package design is simple, widely the toughest regulations.
Innovation & integration
High-performance design Electric motor & drive
The compressor is driven by high-speed motor and high-frequency
The ICL combines our renowned centrifugal compressor drive technology from GE Power Conversion. The pressurized,
technology with an electric motor driver in a single, completely induction motor includes a laminated rotor with a squirrel cage
sealed casing that provides an efficient, easily installed and — a design proven by more than 4 million operating hours in
environmentally friendly compression solution for oil and gas industry-wide applications. The drive is highly efficient over a
applications up to 15 MW. very wide operating range, with the same hardware capable of
ICL’s small, lightweight yet powerful package is a result of GE’s driving the motor at low speeds and all the way up to 300 Hz.
unique ability to bring together proven solutions from the oil
and gas, aviation and power generation industries. All these Active magnetic bearings
technologies have been fully proven in the most demanding With AMB technology, the rotor is levitated by a control system
conditions, and our well-known compressor technologies have that precisely regulates the rotor spacing to avoid all parts
achieved many milestones for the production, transportation contact and friction. This eliminates the need for lubricant
and processing sectors of the oil and gas industry. thereby solving the problem of leak-prone lube oil systems used
with conventional bearings. The AMB design maintains rotor
Centrifugal compressor levitation during starts, normal operation and stops including
Both the multi-stage and the single stage ICL compressor emergency shutdowns. Ball bearing back-up allows the machine
casings are directly flanged onto the motor, avoiding any to stop without damage.
alignment requirements. The single stage ICL compressor rotor
uses a single impeller, directly mounted on the motor shaft
through a hirth coupling. The multi-stage ICL compressor rotor
features a shaft on which up to 9 impellers can be stacked. The
rotor is connected to the motor through a flexible coupling,
eliminating the need for complex tuning of the bearing system
and simplifying future rewheeling of the compressor. The
ICL design incorporates GE Oil & Gas’s latest technological
advances, including our high-performance impeller design to
deliver the best efficiency, flexibility and operating range.
6 MW, 8,000 hp, ICL with 4 stages in-line during factory acceptance test
Pipeline compression
The single-stage ICL offers a much wider • Radial inlet and tangential outlet Design pressure ratio
operating range than conventional • Simplified package with no running • 1.1 to 1.4 (up to 1.55)
centrifugal compressors. Our design auxiliaries • Rated up to 900 lbs
greatly simplifies the compressor and • Standardized GE high speed motor
improves reliability through key features GE high-speed drive system
• Minimal spare parts • 4 MW / 5,500 hp, 18,000 rpm
including:
• Axial thrust load-control device • 6-8.5 MW / 8,000–11,000 hp, 12,000 rpm
• Overhung single impeller (patent pending) • 13 MW / 18,000 hp, 10,500 rpm
• Independent motor cooling • Motor cooling ensured at low
• Lateral flange (10 x NEMA) pressure ratio
• Easy lateral access — all preventive • Flexible IGV option (sealed integrated
maintenance possible without variable inlet guide vane)
dismantling process piping
Compressor Gearbox Electric motor
Lube oil system
Minimized maintenance
Thanks to the AMB system that eliminates
parts contact and wear, as well as the
absence of lube oil systems and dry gas
seal, the ICL maintenance requirements Gas seal panel
are significantly reduced. As a result,
the ICL boasts higher reliability and 40%
lower requested maintenance than a High speed
electric motor
conventional compressor. Compressor
• No wear parts
• No gearbox
• No lube oil Cooling gas
filter
• No seal systems
Zero emissions
The ICL is a clean approach to compression. There is no seal Complete support
leakage from the completely closed case, no depressurization GE’s highly skilled local engineers and technicians provide
is required on shutdown, and the AMBs require no lubrication, on-site technical support for installation, commission,
so there are no lubricant leaks and no oil to dispose of. overhaul, repair and maintenance. They are supported by the
• No venting on shutdown engineering, design and analysis teams at our global Centers
of Excellence, regional service shops, technical assistants and
• No bearing lube oil
project managers.
• No seal leakage
• Full installation services
• Expert maintenance and ongoing OEM support
• Remote monitoring and diagnostics
• Contractual Service Agreements
Storage & other onshore
• Power up to 13 MW/18,000 hp ICL’s compact design greatly enhances stations in remote locations. Producing
• Pressure rating up to 1,500 lbs brownfield upgrade possibilities by about half the noise of a traditional
• Flow up to 45,000 am3/h (26,000 acfm) minimizing installation cost, time and product, ICL is also a better fit with its
space requirements. Once installed, surrounding environment; and there’s
• Multi-stage in-line or back-to-back
it increases productivity through no oil or gas leakage, which further
• Ideal for automated plants significantly lower maintenance improves EHS performance. It’s extremely
• Broad operating range requirements. There are no friction flexible and efficient — one machine
• High efficiency points, so the ICL can start and stop performs both injection and withdrawal
quickly, and it’s well suited for gas — minimizing energy consumption while
network management and unmanned producing no NOx or CO2 emissions.
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