AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM OF APPARATUSES FOR AIR COOLING OF NATURAL GAS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC G05D1/00 F28F27/00 

FIELD: systems for automatic control of technological processes for cooling natural gas with use of apparatus for air cooling, possibly in after-compressing stations of gas fields in northernmost regions for sustaining optimal operation modes of air cooling apparatus for natural gas.

SUBSTANCE: system includes frequency-controlled drive unit; unit for processing measurement information and for automatic control; temperature pickups; electronic unit of temperature pickups; computing unit; two actuating devices; blowers. Signals of temperature pickups are fed through electronic unit to unit for processing measurement information and for automatic control. Said unit for processing measurement information judges (on base of inlet signals) what blowers are to be used and sends respective electric signal to computing unit. With the aid of computing unit one actuating device turns on electric motors of blowers due to their alternative connection with frequency-controlled drive and connects with AC-source electric motors of blowers. Other actuating device controls temperature of walls of heat exchange tubes in all sections of air cooling apparatus of gas and connects with frequency-controlled drive electric motor of blower of that section where temperature of walls of heat exchange tubes differs from preset value. After achieving preset temperature value of walls of heat exchange tubes of selected section, apparatus turns off electric motor of blower from frequency-controlled drive and switches it to AC source. Similar operations may be realized for electric motors of blowers if necessary.

EFFECT: simplified system for automatic control of apparatus for air cooling of natural gas.

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