Liquid floodback is liquid refrigerant returning to the compressor’s crankcase during the running cycle. Refrigerant migration is refrigerant liquid or vapor returning to the compressor during the off ...
The core of a refrigeration system is the compressor, which is designed to pump cool refrigerant gas from the evaporator into the condenser. To accomplish this task the compressor raises the ...
This is the final of three articles that describe BP’s experience with reciprocating compressor damage from liquids intrusion at two facilities, in Oklahoma and Alaska. Part 1 of the series (OGJ, May ...