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  • API 688 : 2012

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    PULSATION AND VIBRATION CONTROL IN POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINERY SYSTEMS FOR PETROLEUM, PETROCHEMICAL, AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY SERVICES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  10-08-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-04-2012

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    Part 1: Pulsation and Vibration Control Fundamentals for
            Positive Displacement Machinery
    1 Scope
    2 Terms and Definitions
    3 Fundamentals of Pulsation and Mechanical Vibration Theory
    4 Fundamentals of Modeling
    5 Flow Measurement
    6 Results Reporting Guidelines
    7 Field testing
    8 Valve Dynamic Performance Analysis
    Part 2: Reciprocating Compressors
    1 General
    2 Comments On API 618, 5th Edition,
      Clause 7.9 - Pulsation and Vibration Control
    API 618 Annex M (informative) - Design Approach Work
            Process Flowcharts
    API 618 Annex N (informative) - Guideline for Compressor
            Gas Piping Design and Preparation for an Acoustic
            Simulation Analysis
    API 618 Annex O (informative) - Guidelines for Sizing Low
            Pass Acoustic Filters
    API 618 Annex P (informative) - Piping and Pulsation
            Superession Device Shaking Force Guidelines

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    Gives guidance on the application of pulsation and vibration control requirements found in the API purchasing specifications for positive displacement machinery.

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    Document Type Standard
    Product Note This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    API MPM CH14.3 : 3ED 90 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - NATURAL GAS FLUID MEASUREMENT - ORIFICE METERING OF NATURAL GAS AND OTHER RELATED HYDROCARBON FLUIDS
    ISO 5167:1980 Measurement of fluid flow by means of orifice plates, nozzles and Venturi tubes inserted in circular cross-section conduits running full
    ISO/TR 3313:1998 Measurement of fluid flow in closed conduits Guidelines on the effects of flow pulsations on flow-measurement instruments
    ISO/TR 12765:1998 Measurement of fluid flow in closed conduits Methods using transit-time ultrasonic flowmeters
    ISO 10790:2015 Measurement of fluid flow in closed conduits Guidance to the selection, installation and use of Coriolis flowmeters (mass flow, density and volume flow measurements)
    API MPM CH5.8 : 2011 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 5.8: MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID HYDROCARBONS BY ULTRASONIC FLOW METERS
    ISO/TR 12764:1997 Measurement of fluid flow in closed conduits Flowrate measurement by means of vortex shedding flowmeters inserted in circular cross-section conduits running full
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