Keywords Hydrocarbon Gas Compressors, Rotary Screw Compressors, Synthetic Oils, Basestocks
Oil flooded screw compressors are widely used for handling hydrocarbon gases in refineries, gas storage & transportation facilities, etc. In these compressors, gas and oil get thoroughly mixed during compression stage. Besides satisfying basic lubrication requirements of moving parts in compressor, these oils should also resist chemical breakdown and decrease in viscosity due to dissolution of gas.
Authors and Company/Institution Kavita Rai, S.B. Kumhar, J.N. Pandey, Deepak Saxena, E. Sayanna and B. Basu, Indian Oil Corporation R&D Centre, Faridabad, India