Highlights
Highlights
Benefits
- Suited to the highest flow rates, providing polytropic efficiency exceeding 90%
- Variable stator vane can move from to +10° to -35°, enabling wide operating flow range even with a fixed-speed motor driver
- Standard airfoil configuration for all frames and sizes optimizes aerodynamic and mechanical behaviour up to 7:1 pressure ratio
Features
- AN series for LNG applications can operate with flow up to 250,000 m³/h with up to 15 stages
- AX series for flows over 450,000 m³/h; scalable to any driver size for air compression, CO₂ separation, nitric acid processes
Applications
- Refinery catalytic cracking
- Air compression
- Sweet/sour gas to liquid application
Overview
Overview
Baker Hughes AN and AX axial compressors are based on decades of experience with over a million running hours. All AN and AX units can manage the highest flow rates and provide high polytropic efficiency to guarantee plant flexibility with a fixed-speed driver. Complete standard configurations ensure optimum blade-row behavior even with high pressure ratios.
Series
AN
AX
Discharge pressure
25 bar
18 bar
Inlet flow range
Up to 160,000 m3/h
Over 850,000 m3/h
Pressure ratio
3:1 to 7:1
3:1 to 7:1
Application
LNG processes
Air separations, CO2 separation, nitric acid processes
Configuration
AN 200, AN 250
AX 100, AX 200, AX 300, AX 450+