GE

Oil & Gas

Overhung Centrifugal
Compressors
D Series Single-Stage
 A long history of innovation and service
D Series Single-Stage Technology is the backbone of this industry and GE is well
known as a leader in the field – with more than 100 years of
No matter what the sector or the challenge, we are keenly
aware of the impact that new technology can and does

Compressors
Overhung, single-stage centrifugal compressors are
designed for lower pressure, high volume applications,
including mechanical vapor recompression, sulfuric acid
plants, chlorine, combustion air, process gas boosters
and many more. With different combinations of materials,
experience in compression solutions for oil and gas applications.
Our Oil & Gas business includes manufacturing plants, service
facilities and technical support offices in 48 countries, and
5,500 dedicated employees worldwide who are backed by an
extensive network of partners, distributors and representatives.
Our team provides complete solutions to all segments of the
industry, from production to transmission and processing,
with a broad and expanding portfolio of high-tech products
and services.
We continually invest the time and resources to develop more
efficient products and processes. We offer shared technology
strengths from across the global GE organization and regularly
partner with customers to develop innovative solutions to the
most demanding applications.
have on our customers’ operations – so we are continually
searching for innovative ways to help improve the performance
and efficiency of our equipment.
In order to achieve this goal, we have assembled a world-class
team of oil and gas specialists and provided them with the
most sophisticated engineering tools available. GE technology
developers work closely with other GE Technology Centers
of Excellence, universities and other industry leaders. These
extended capabilities, combined with longstanding experience
and a history of innovation, form a unique resource that our
customers are able to leverage to their advantage.
Time-tested, tough performance

seal designs, and impeller configurations, D Series
compressors are capable of handling a wide range of
gases and processes. Packages can be tailored to meet
Recent initiatives include the establishment of ISO 9000 design
and production consistency; processes for expanding flow and
head capabilities; and customer-focused processes designed
to meet special job data and submittal requirements.
Products and Solutions
For over 40 years, we have built single-stage compressors that
deliver consistent, reliable service in heavy-duty industrial
applications. This success is the result of a single, focused
objective: to manufacture and service top-quality compressors
that work better, last longer and meet or exceed every
customer’s specifications.

specific customer specifications as well as API and
other industry standards.
GE offers complete solutions from initial project conception
through installation, life-cycle support and decommissioning. To
date, we have more than 40,000 machines installed worldwide.
Our products include a full line of compression equipment:
For low pressure, high volume applications, our single-stage
overhung compressors offer a compact design, wide-ranging
flexibility and long service life. With a variety of models and
seal options, we can tailor a system to meet your specific
needs. Our Six Sigma quality management system helps

How they work • Axial, centrifugal, reciprocating, screw and rotary

vane compressors
ensure trouble-free operation and short lead times.

• Gas and steam turbines for mechanical drive, power

Gas enters the compressor axially and is accelerated
by the rotating impeller. At the impeller exit, the kinetic
energy of the gas is converted into pressure energy in
generation and cogeneration applications
• Expanders for energy recovery
• Pumps
• Static equipment from heavy-wall reactors to valves and
metering equipment

the parallel wall diffuser and the compressor volute or
collecting ring. Whether controlled by adjustable inlet
guide vanes or by variable speed operation, the
compressor can meet a wide range of varying flow and
pressure requirements. This simple compressor design,
incorporating a single overhung impeller with a shaft
Service solutions include full turnkey plant capabilities from
conceptual design to installation and start-up:
• Complete aftermarket services for rotating equipment
including machinery uprating
• Life extension and Contractual Service Agreements (CSAs)
• Complete pipeline integrity and optimization services
• Conversions, Modifications and Uprates (CM&Us) that
enable customers to introduce the latest technology into
their installed equipment

mounted on two tilting-pad radial bearings, provides

many years of dependable service.

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 1 Heavy-duty casings 6 Exclusive balance ring on back of impeller
• Cast iron standard, other materials • Permits trim balancing while compressor remains
available depending on application in place
• Low point drain on all casings • No removal of process piping or inlet nozzle required
• Reduces downtime
2 Inlet nozzles
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• Removable 7 Variety of shaft seals
5 • Cast iron standard, other materials • Configurations available to suit specific
available depending on application applications including:
– multiple labyrinth type
3 Optional inlet guide vanes
– segmented carbon ring type
• Creates infinite array of performance characteristics
– dry gas seals
• Maximizes efficiency in variable
operating conditions 8 Rotating elements
• Power savings of up to 15% possible • Designed to boost uptime, simplify maintenance
• Increases turndown, broadening • Shaft and impeller assembled and balanced as
5 operating range a unit
• Pneumatic, electric or manual operators • Entire element can normally be removed and
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• Variety of housing materials to suit customer needs installed without removing impeller from shaft
• Standard vanes made of 316 stainless steel • Integral thrust collars
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1 4 Efficient impellers 9 Selection of bearings
• Milled, fabricated or cast • Full line of pivoted-shoe radial bearing packages
• Available in a variety of materials and • Tilt-pad, double-acting thrust bearings
configurations • Interchangeable shoes for each bearing size
• Absence of shroud ring reduces • Horizontal split housing and bearing eases inspection
particle accumulation and maintenance
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5 O-rings 10 High speed couplings
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• Ensure tight fit to avoid contamination or leakage • Unlubricated couplings
• Ease disassembly and reassembly • Include spacers and guards
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Outstanding features
designed for top
performance and
minimal maintenance
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Single-stage compressor details Typical installations
Frame sizes Casing
• Backplate support: D8 to D36 • Cast iron for lower working pressure
• Centerline support: D42 to D72 • Smaller machines go to 200 psig/13.8 bar g
with steel casing
Impeller options • Other materials available for specific applications Sulfuric acid production
• 12-78” diameter Model D42JR
• One-piece milled impeller, forged hub/welded blades or Inlet nozzle Volume: 100,300 ICFM / 170,400 m3/hr
cast impeller • Cast iron Speed: 3,915 rpm
• Material options • Nickel plated for steam applications Inlet: 11.63 psia / 0.8 bar a
Discharge: 20.45 psia / 1.41 bar a
- AISI 4140 alloy steel • Other materials available Driver: 4,700 hp / 3,506 kW
- 410 stainless steel (to 1,000 fps)
Backplate
- 17-4 stainless steel (to 1,400 fps) • Fabricated steel or cast iron
- Milled titanium (above 1,400 fps) • Other materials available
- Other materials available for specific applications
• Speeds: 2,000 to 20,000 rpm Inlet guide vane assembly
• Cast iron housing, steel and stainless
Shaft steel available
• Single-piece bar stock or forging • Nickel plated housing for steam applications
• Integral thrust collar • One-piece 316 stainless steel vanes Mechanical vapor recompression
Model: D42JR
• Tapered impeller fit, no key required or hydraulic removal, • Teflon bushings at vane shafts Volume: 90,000 ICFM / 152,900 m3/hr
if specified • Other materials available for specific applications Speed: 4,452 rpm
• Coupling fit to meet specific requirements Inlet: 15.0 psia / 1.03 bar a
– Keyed cylindrical fit Discharge: 21.6 psia / 1.49 bar a
Driver: 3,500 hp / 2,611 kW
– Tapered hydraulic fit
• Renewable stainless sleeve in seal area

Air blower in fertilizer plant

Model: D48JR
Volume: 124,040 ICFM / 210,750 m3/hr
Speed: 3,540 rpm
Inlet: 14.25 psia / 0.98 bar a
Discharge: 24.0 psia / 1.65 bar a
Driver: 6,360 hp / 4,745 kW

Main air supply for wind tunnel facility

Model: D54JR
Volume: 240,000 ICFM / 407,760 m3/hr
Speed: 3,600 rpm
Inlet: 8.3 psia / 0.57 bar a
Discharge: 14.9 psia / 1.03 bar a
Driver: 7,500 hp / 5,595 kW

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Support systems manufactured to meet
specific requirements
Because each system’s operation depends upon unique
requirements, GE offers a variety of factory assembled
accessory packages.
Drivers
Most drivers are electric motors or steam turbines, with or
without speed change gears. For special applications, gas
turbines, gas expanders or reciprocating engines are available.
Lubrication Console
Designed to exacting standards as an integral part of each
component, a lubrication console provides clean, cool,
pressurized lubricant to the equipment bearings.
Bearing package Buffered labyrinth seal package
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Bearing packages
To ensure reliable service, pivoted-shoe radial bearings and
tilt-pad, double-acting thrust bearings are used exclusively
on all heavy-duty, single-stage centrifugal compressors. The
oil-flooded radial bearings feature five pivoted-shoe pads,
equally spaced around the base of a horizontally split
bearing body. Each shoe is self-aligning to compensate for
shaft angularity. A separate oil wedge is formed between
each shoe and the shaft journal. This design eliminates shaft
instability caused by “oil whirl”, a common problem with
lightly loaded sleeve bearings.
For easy inspection and maintenance, the bearings
and housing are split. The bearing can be removed without
disturbing the shaft. Shoes for each bearing size are
completely interchangeable, shoe-to-shoe. Should parts
replacement become necessary, only the affected
parts must be replaced, not the entire bearing.
Carbon ring seal package
Seal packages
Buffered labyrinth
Designed for corrosive, dirty and toxic gas or steam use
where some buffer gas consumption is permitted, these
seals contain a buffering port for gas or steam. Sealing
touchpoints located on either side of the buffering port
prevent the process gas from leaking into the atmosphere.
The seal is horizontally split and bolted to the backplate
from the bearing side, providing accessibility for inspection
or removal of the seal.
Carbon ring
Used where more positive sealing is required and only a
small amount of buffering gas usage is acceptable, these
segmented carbon rings are held in position by two garter
springs and antirotation stops. Carbon rings are stacked in
the chamber and fastened in place by an end plate bolted
to the seal housing. The entire seal housing is horizontally
split and bolted to the backplate from the bearing side,
providing accessibility for inspection or removal of the seal.
Other seal options
For applications requiring zero leakage of buffer gas to the
process, dry gas seals with a buffer system can be provided.
Other seal arrangements are available.
Sound attenuation
A custom designed sound attenuation blanket can be affixed
to the exterior of the compressor casing. Each segment of
the blanket is comprised of a heavy lead sheet surrounded by
layers of fiberglass mat encased in an oil-resistant covering.
Segments are individually marked and form-fitted around the
casing. A stainless steel wire hook-and-loop system facilitates
installation and removal. This design reduces the calculated
sound level by as much as 25 dB from the compressor’s
unprotected sound pressure levels and can dramatically
reduce the exposed temperatures in hot applications such
as vapor recompression.
Control panels
Panel enclosures typically include instrumentation designed
to integrate the compressor into the specific installation’s
operating philosophy. Monitoring equipment measures shaft
vibration and bearing temperature to provide continuous
protection. Push-button controls govern local start and
emergency stop. Other options may include antisurge and
performance controllers or other specific components to
meet customer specifications.
Comprehensive testing
Every single-stage centrifugal compressor we manufacture
must pass stringent testing and inspection procedures.
Each component is thoroughly tested individually, then the
entire assembled compressor goes through a comprehensive
testing and inspection process.
Shafts
Full magnetic particle inspection is conducted on the shaft.
Other tests include complete sonic inspection, dimensional
checks, and tests for electrical and mechanical run-out
and concentricity.
Rotating elements
To ensure top performance at installation, the shaft and
impeller are assembled and balanced as a unit in our
facility. Both static and dynamic balancing are conducted.
Impellers
Hub-disc forgings undergo complete sonic inspection.
Physical and chemical properties are verified as well. After
preliminary machining, full magnetic particle inspection or
dye-penetrant tests are run.
Impeller blades undergo full magnetic particle inspection or
dye-penetrant tests, and physical and chemical properties
are verified.
Peak performance
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Fully welded impellers pass magnetic particle inspection or
dye-penetrant tests of all welds. A full radiograph inspection
is conducted on cast impellers. All impellers are statically
and dynamically balanced. Mechanical integrity is assured
through over-speed tests, followed by final magnetic particle
inspection or dye-penetrant tests and dimensional checks.
Casings
Each casing undergoes hydrostatic testing to 150% of
maximum application pressure. Physical and chemical
properties are verified as well.
Inlet guide vanes
Dye-penetrant tests are conducted on all vanes. Assembled
units are also bench tested.
Assembled compressors
Every compressor is fully assembled and mechanically tested
with the same clearances required for field operation. All
operational data is recorded for future reference. To confirm
that design standards have been met, vibration, bearing
performance, oil temperatures, as well as oil flows and
pressures are checked and confirmed.
Oil & Gas Global Services
Our Global Services teams provide a complete spectrum of Applications
services for the oil and gas industry – from installation to We have a proven record of performance in applications as
maintenance, refurbishment and uprates. We support the tough as:
entire product value chain from large gas and steam turbines
to pumps and valves for both our own and multi-vendor • Sulfuric acid production
equipment. • Brine concentration
Global Services offers an extensive portfolio of proactive and • Mechanical vapor recompression
interactive service products such as Conversions, • Chlorinated hydrocarbons
Modifications & Uprates (CM&Us), Condition-based • Sulfur removal/recovery
Maintenance and Contractual Service Agreements (CSAs).
These complement our traditional offerings of OEM-quality • Chlorine
spare parts, repairs and field services. • Combustion air
• Tail gas
Our unique position gives us access to the world-class
GE engineering organization and the advanced technology, • Exhauster
design experience and manufacturing capabilities that ensure • Cogeneration
our customers the highest quality engineering know-how, spare • Synthetic fuels production
parts, repair and field service, plus state-of-the-art product
uprates. This same expertise can also be called upon for the • Fluidized bed
repair, refurbishment and upgrading of third-party equipment.
Environmental
To protect our customers’ investment in equipment, we have GE takes great pride in helping meet environmental
developed the following set of Reliability, Availability, challenges through processes such as:
Maintainability (RAM) solutions, all of which play an important
role in optimizing plant operations and maintenance: • Water purification
• Sewage treatment
• Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics for proactive • Recompression evaporation
maintenance planning
• Solvent recovery
• PILOT, a system for tracking availability and
outage documentation
• Reliability Engineering, a process using field experience
for continuous product improvement
Finally, to simplify and streamline the way we serve our
customers, we have implemented a Customer Service Center
and a series of e-Service solutions.
Industries
Global Services has acquired a broad range of expertise through
meeting the varied needs of such diverse industries as:
• Chemical and petrochemical
• Petroleum
• Refining and production
• Food processing
• Pulp and paper
• Military
• Natural gas
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