Improving sustainability: Tackle fugitive emissions from reciprocating compressors

12/1/2024

Special Focus—Valves, Pumps, Turbomachinery and Compression V. TATARINOV, Burckhardt Compression, Winterthur, Switzerland Reciprocating gas compressors are used in many applications, and their operators demand excellent reliability. Unscheduled downtime can incur significant financial costs for the business. Therefore, most operators employ a proactive maintenance regime to ensure their compressors deliver reliable service between major overhauls. At the same time, sustainability is an increasingly pressing issue, and all major assets have a role to play in reducing their carbon footprint and the resources they consume. In a world that uses various gases in industrial applications, compre