How Advanced Air Compressor Technology Serves the Uptrend of X-to-Liquid Energy Conversion.
*This webinar will be run twice at 8AM London and 10AM New York. Please register for the time that is most convenient for you.
Against the background of the growing demand for fuels and chemicals, X-to-Liquid processes are increasingly used to convert natural gas or coal into liquid hydrocarbons. This so called Fischer-Tropsch synthesis needs huge amounts of oxygen, being delivered by Air Separation Units (ASU). The speakers will reflect on the development and market introduction of highly-efficient air compressor “mega trains†that has gone hand in hand with the trend of increasing ASU plant sizes.
A single of these AIRMAX trains is able to deliver the flow for 3,000 to 7,000 tons O2 production per day and more, depending on which of its five standardized sizes is used. The webinar will explain the technical setup and optional configurations of this concept, like compressor trains for high pressure air separation. Participants get insights to the overall development and specifically to that of the ground-breaking AR-MAX1 compressor, being heart of the trains. It is first of its kind which combines both the benefits of aero engine as well as industrial compressor technology, being extremely compact, robust and efficient.
This recent progress in air compression technology leads to economic advantages for customers like the price, shorter delivery time and lower effort for site erection, operations and maintenance due to the lower train count in large plants. The webinar will also reflect on examples like the erection of the world’s most modern large Coal-to-Liquid plant which relies on AIRMAX “mega trainsâ€.
Presented by
Dr. Marco Ernst,
Head of Compressor Development
Marco Ernst is responsible for the compressor development department in Oberhausen. He has led pertinent calculation as well as R&D teams for project AIRMAX. After finishing his studies in aerospace engineering at RWTH Aachen, he successfully completed economics at Ruhr University Bochum. Before joining MAN in 2009, Ernst finally concluded his education with a doctoral thesis on turbomachinery back at RWTH.
Sebastian Parzigas,
Project Manager Sales.
Sebastian Parzigas is Project Manager Sales for compressors, turbines and auxiliaries for Large Air Separation Units. After his degree in process engineering at Berufsakademie Mannheim in 2002, Parzigas worked in several project-based sales positions at well-known turbomachinery manufacturers. He joined MAN Diesel & Turbo in 2007 and took over his current role in 2013.
