Gas Processing

As the demand for natural gas grows, the gas industry must evolve with it. At Atlas Copco Gas and Process, we lean on our thousands of reference units to design robust, reliable and efficient equipment that meets your process needs today – and in the future.

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Benefits

Designed to your process standards

Atlas Copco Gas and Process has designed and delivered thousands of turbomachines over the past 40 plus years. We provide both pre-engineered and fully customized solutions in accordance with industry and customer specifications.

A single source for all of your compressor and expander needs

Our product offerings cover the entire natural-gas processing cycle. Including inlet, stabilizer overhead, regeneration, refrigeration compressors, turboexpanders, and residue gas compressors we can engineer the gas handling rotating equipment to handle your process.

Standardized, efficient design lowers CAPEX & OPEX

We work to lower your CAPEX costs – up to 50 percent of your plant’s equipment budget – by providing standardized, single-skid compressors that can be installed in less time, less space, and using lighter foundations than competing screw, reciprocating, or inline

centrifugal compressors.

Five years uninterrupted operation

Our integrally geared centrifugal compressors and expanders do not require annual shutdown for maintenance or replacement of wearing parts. The machines are designed for five years of interrupted operation, which minimizes the plant down time and increases the plant through put.

Life cycle support

You can rely on Atlas Copco Gas and Process to provide complete life cycle support for concept design, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, aftermarket service, repair, and maintenance.

Customer benefits

• Robust and reliable machinery can be operated continuously for longer periods

(five years) between major services versus reciprocating or screw compressors.

• Unlike oil-flooded reciprocating or screw compressors, Atlas Copco centrifugal

compressors keep your process oil free.

• Energy-efficient design that can save at least 10% in annual energy costs

• Machines can be engineered to API or other customer-specified standards.

• We are a single supplier for all gas processing turbomachinery.

Applications

Regeneration gas

Engineered for various dehydration processes, our regeneration gas compressors give you the flexibility and efficiency you demand in your gas process.

Refrigeration gas

High flow levels and efficiency are what you can expect from our compressors that are engineered for refrigeration gas duty. Our centrifugal stages are inherently oil-free, eliminating the contamination and cycle performance degradation that can occur with screw machines.

Cryogenic expansion

We have the solution for your cryogenic NGL/LPG recovery, dew point control, and LNG cycles. Our expanders can be designed to meet your most demanding process needs, with standardized or custom-engineered machines. We offer each product with lube-oil bearings or oil-free magnetic bearings.

Residue gas

Our efficient, integrally geared residue gas compressors feature multiple stage options running off a single gearbox. This can not only replace multiple reciprocating compressors but also provide uninterrupted oil and pulsation-free

gas supply preferred by pipeline operators.