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Compressor Best Practices
Compressors are the highest producers of revenue predictive maintenance purposes to obtain optimum
among driven equipment, in upstream and down- reliability e which can exceed 99.7% for compressor
stream industries. They are usually un-spared, and are types that are properly selected, designed, installed
considered as critical equipment items. Compressor and monitored.
reliability is therefore a high priority, and is directly This chapter will address best practices that will
proportional to company profit. Many compressor optimize site compressor safety, reliability, and
trains are continuously condition-monitored for minimize repair time and maintenance costs.
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